In an interview at the 2005 San Diego Comic-Con, Dana Snyder and Matt Maiellaro confirmed rumors that there would be a feature-length movie of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. More details were revealed at the 2005 Paley Television Festival, such as a possible cameo by 80s funk group Cameo and Maiellaro described it as "An action piece that leads into an origin story that unfolds in a very 'Aqua Teen' way."
The creators revealed much more information in an interview with Wizard Entertainment. While they dodged many questions, they confirmed that the movie will run 80 minutes, was filmed on a meager $750,000 budget and features a plot detail about a "lost Aqua Teen." There was a rumor that Master Shake would have a 48-minute drum solo, but nothing else of this rumor has come up so it has been dubbed false. They also confirmed more cameos, with Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart, Jon Benjamin from Home Movies, filmmaker Jon Glazer, SNL's Fred Armisen and Bruce Campbell to make appearances. On the matter of the film's rating, which will play a large part in how loyal the film will be to the show, Maiellaro commented that "I think if (the movie is rated) R, it won’t get the audience that watches it. But we don’t know yet. We’re still waiting to find out." Aqua Teen Hunger Force: The Movie is expected to be in theatres around Fall 2006, but its release date is not yet confirmed.
A short teaser on the ATHF Volume 4 special features suggests that the film is in production.
Episode 58, entitled "Deleted Scenes" (First aired: December 18, 2005), is the first 22 minute episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and according to the episode narration contains deleted scenes from the upcoming movie. However, the deleted scenes all combine to form one normal 11-minute episode, so it is unknown if they are actually deleted scenes or an episode used to promote the film. The episode refers to the name of the movie as "Untitled Master Shake Project". The episode altogether recounts the unfolding of a prank in which Master Shake (via his being the director of the alleged Master Shake Project movie) persuades Carl to shove a broom stick in his anus during production (because Carl was simply playing his role in the story line) It should be noted that animation in the deleted scenes are much sharper and certain characters (Meatwad's dolls Dewey, Vanessa and Boxy Brown) are drawn with much more detail. Also, Carl animates more instead of standing around with his hands on his hips. This suggest a higher budget and is a typical change made to movies based on cartoons. The Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future also has a deeper, much more distorted voice which might mean his new voice was recorded at a different studio.
On March 30, 2006, Adult Swim announced on their website new information about the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie [1]. According to the site, the movie will debut in theaters in September 2006.
"The Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie Film for Theatres is an action-adventure epic that tackles the mysterious circumstances that brought Meatwad, Frylock and Master Shake together. An immortal piece of exercise equipment threatens the balance of galactic peace, and it is up to the Aqua Teen Hunger Force to run away from it. Complicating matters, the Plutonians team up with the Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future for ultimate control of the deadly device."
The description given in the annoucement is consistent with much of the content of "Deleted Scenes" but there is no way to know if it is serious or another joke.
New sources say that the movie was pushed back to February 2007, for unknowm reasons
