The New York Post is reporting that a deal to begin production on new Family Guy episodes “could even be announced as early as this week, according to sources.” “We’re sort of waiting on an official word, but to the best of my knowledge, the plan is to start producing a batch of new episodes without necessarily knowing where they’re going to wind up,” says Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy. “It’s sort of a new format that really hasn’t been tried before, and it’s based on the DVD sales.” However, MacFarlane adds that if the show does return, then production for the planned Family Guy movie will likely stop. “To do an original movie directly for DVD and the series at the same time would be a little difficult,” he says. “But there’s been some discussion of doing a series of episodes that would all link together to form a movie.”