“Homer has returned a second.” On Instagram, 20th Century Studios announced the production of a second part of The Simpsons, the moviewith an emblematic pink donut of the series. Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, therefore, return to the big screen after twenty years of absence. The continuation is expected, officially in development, to leave in theaters on July 23, 2027 in the United States.
The first OPUS in the cult series created by Matt Groening was launched in July 2007. The Simpsons, the movie He had had a mass commercial success, bringing $ 536 million to the world box office for a budget of $ 75 million.
Directed by David Silverman, veteran of the series, the film told how Springfield was locked under a giant glass dome after Homer accidentally contaminated the city lake. The intrigue followed the Simpson family forced to flee while the whole city declared them fugitives, forcing Homer to buy his mistakes to save his family and his community.
A 40 already planned season
No details of the plot have been transmitted for the moment. The discussions around a suite have been circulating for years, but so far nothing had been materialized. The project arrives at a strategic moment for the franchise, while the longest animated series in the history of television continues to thrive in Fox.
The series has already been renewed until its 40th season, which will be broadcast between 2028 and 2029. After dozens of seasons and a film since the launch of the series in 1989, the Matt Selman showrunner states that the transmission helped the series not only to remain relevant in the cultural conversation, but also to win new fans.
“Now, children don’t watch her on television in the afternoon, they can see all the time all the day,” Matt Selman told Variety. “Being in Disney+ was something rejuvenating for us. It is not that we realize that we needed a change of image, but we appreciated it.”
The film projection occurs twenty years after the launch of the first OPUS in 2007. The series, which began as short segments in The Tracey Ullman show In 1987, before becoming a complete series in 1989, he crossed almost four decades by remaining a pillar of world pop culture with more than 700 episodes.
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