Springfield’s headed again to the massive display: a brand new Simpsons film is formally set for July 23, 2027.
It’s the second function outing for Homer & Co., sliding right into a Disney launch slot that an untitled Marvel flick simply vacated.
And certain, The Simpsons franchise is a shade of its former self, however the popular culture phenomenan has accomplished sufficient to warrant no less than contemplating watching the sequel.
For nostalgia’s sake: The Simpsons Film (2007) was a monster—$74M opening weekend, $183M home, $536M worldwide—again when TV juggernauts may nonetheless crush theaters. (
Plot particulars on the brand new movie are underneath wraps for now; as quickly as we all know extra, we’ll shout it from the Kwik-E-Mart roof.
The web (embedded under) is clammering for Hank Scorpio to be the principle villain of the sequel — a long-standing rumor that he was a scrapped villain for the unique film.
In the meantime, the present that began in 1989 continues to be trucking in Season 37. Created by James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, and Sam Simon, the working-class chaos of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie started as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Present in 1987 earlier than going full Springfield.
Voices you realize by coronary heart: Dan Castellaneta (Homer), Julie Kavner (Marge), Nancy Cartwright (Bart), Yeardley Smith (Lisa), plus multi-role MVPs Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer.
Should you’re craving for extra Simpsons information, take a look at a few of our criminally underrated Mr. Burns quotes or some nice one-off characters from the collection.
Thus far, the web appears fairly excited concerning the sequel… what are your ideas?
