The production elicited various reactions from residents. There were people who hadn't much of a sense of humor or a sense of irony about themselves. They were really insulted, because they had probably paid an extra dollar to be in Beverly Hills adjacent, and you have the nerve to call the movie you're shooting down the block from their place the “Slums of Beverly Hills”–Tamara Jenkins

What separates the movie from the show is scale. We have one hundred speaking parts in the movie, and we created scenes we couldn't begin to draw for the series. Most of all, we wanted a Simpsons movie to be a real moviegoing experience for the audience, while staying true to what we do with the show. We were wary of straying too far uptown–Writer-exec producer James L. Brooks

Ten Things you Need to know about the new movie The Ten, or The Gospel According to Director David Wain.

Our goal in the adaptation was to keep the story as faithful to the book as possible while, at the same time, making it more cinematic and using a bit of our own poetic license to ensure that audiences will have a fantastic ride–Director Matthew Vaughn

It‚Äôs a heartfelt, contemporary drama that strikes an interesting balance between deep emotions and moments of natural humor and lightheartedness, which is how most of us experience life. It‚Äôs about loss, but also about learning to change and finding real love out of loss–Scott Hicks