The creator of Family Guy, Seth McFarlane, has revealed that a movie version of the series could be imminent.

Talking to Cinescape, McFarlane said that cartoon family the Griffins could be coming back.

"It's all come down to the budget right now. We're hashing it out," McFarlane tells CA. "It would be a direct-to-DVD project."

Since its cancellation, Family Guy has been a huge success on DVD and has achieved good ratings for reruns on the Cartoon Network, prompting the call for a new film. But when can we expect to see the finished result?

"Timeframe, you're probably looking at a year, a year-and-a-half down the line," McFarlane said, "It will take a while to make. If we could do it within a year it would be very exciting."