 The production staff had considered a film adaptation of The Simpsons since early in the series . The show 's creator , Matt Groening , felt a feature @-@ length film would allow them to increase the show 's scale and animate sequences too complex for a TV series . He intended the film to be made after the show ended , " but that [ ... ] was undone by good ratings " . There were attempts to adapt the fourth season episode " Kamp Krusty " into a film , but difficulties were encountered in expanding the episode to feature @-@ length . For a long time the project was held up . There was difficulty finding a story that was sufficient for a film , and the crew did not have enough time to complete such a project , as they already worked full @-@ time on the show . Groening also expressed a wish to make Simpstasia , a parody of Fantasia ; it was never produced , partly because it would have been too difficult to write a feature @-@ length script . Before his death , Phil Hartman had said he had wished to make a live action Troy McClure film , and several of the show 's staff had expressed a desire to help create it . 
