{"id":2061905,"date":"2025-10-01T11:56:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T11:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2061905"},"modified":"2025-10-01T11:56:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T11:56:19","slug":"the-simpsons-movie-is-getting-a-sequel-20-years-after-the-first-film-hit-theaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-simpsons-movie-is-getting-a-sequel-20-years-after-the-first-film-hit-theaters\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Simpsons Movie\u201d Is Getting a Sequel 20 Years After the First Film Hit Theaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Simpsons will return in another big-screen adventure, in theaters July 23, 2027<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This comes 20 years after 2007&#8217;s The Simpsons Movie became a box-office hit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After premiering in 1989, the long-running animated TV series just began its 37th season on Fox<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Simpsons are headed back to the big screen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Monday, Sept. 29, Disney and 20th Century Studios announced on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPMgc7Yj0PE\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>: &#8220;Woohoo! The Simpsons are coming to theaters with an all-new movie on July 23, 2027!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A brand-new poster teased, &#8220;Homer&#8217;s coming back for seconds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The animated sequel will debut 20 years after 2007&#8217;s The Simpsons Movie, which was the long-running television show&#8217;s first feature-length theatrical release. The PG-13 film proved to be a box-office success, earning over $536 million worldwide.<\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Matt Groening\/Twentieth Century Studios\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"384\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/NEt52Ncfyh8W56KdLP_B.g--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTg4MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/e29c352b93d7d859cbc3262361f3f1f4\"\/><\/div>\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Matt Groening\/Twentieth Century Studios<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Simpsons, created by Matt Groening, premiered in 1989 and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/the-simpsons-season-37-premiere-how-marge-was-brought-back-after-characters-death-11820674\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:recently began airing its 37th season on Fox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">recently began airing its 37th season on Fox<\/a>. Its catalog of nearly 800 episodes is a continued streaming hit for Disney+.<\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Matt Groening\/Twentieth Century Fox \" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/A7KPwFUyvIfen2D9QyYbaw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/c774028d758bd84b42435822a907e28e\"\/><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Matt Groening\/Twentieth Century Fox<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The Simpsons Movie&#8221; (2007)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Directed by David Silverman, 2007&#8217;s The Simpsons Movie followed Homer (Dan Castellaneta), Marge (Julie Kavner), Bart (Nancy Cartwright), Lisa (Yeardley Smith) and Maggie as their beloved town of Springfield was placed under a dome during an environmental crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It earned nominations for Best Animated Film at the BAFTA Awards, Critics Choice Awards and the Golden Globes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Back in 2007, Groening <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/films\/2007\/07\/23\/matt_groening_the_simpsons_2007_interview.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:told BBC Movies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">told BBC Movies<\/a> about the popular TV show&#8217;s journey to the silver screen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve been talking about doing a movie since 1992 but we&#8217;ve always been working on the show. We work on it all year round and we do 24 episodes a year. We didn&#8217;t have a team waiting in the wings ready to do a movie,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;But finally we said we were coming up to our 20th year of existence and our 400th episode, so we should get a movie out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/the-simpsons-movie-getting-sequel-20-years-after-first-11820794\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW The Simpsons will return in another big-screen adventure, in theaters July 23, 2027 This comes 20 years after 2007&#8217;s The Simpsons Movie became a box-office hit After premiering in 1989, the long-running animated TV series just began its 37th season on Fox The Simpsons are headed back to the big screen. 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