A Second Simpsons Movie Is Coming

[ZariusTwo]

20th Century Fox is reportedly developing a Bob’s Burgers movie, a sequel to The Simpsons Movie, and a Family Guy movie which mixes animation and live-action. The studio will partner with its sister studio, Fox’s television branch, to bring the projects to the big screen.

Fox executives are reportedly transitioning its film studio into TV production, with series in development based on Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Ice Age and Night at the Museum. Fox Searchlight has expanded into television as well.

RELATED: Bob’s Burgers Will Return for Another Season

Fox’s approach to animation will be revamped since their partnership with DreamWorks, acquired by Comcast, expired, according to Fox Chief Executive Stacey Snider.

This news comes amid the purchase of the studio’s assets by Disney which put Fox in flux. Whether the film division downsizes or closes their doors by summer of next year is unclear. Disney hasn’t addressed maintaining Fox as a movie brand or producing new films under it.

What is known is Disney will acquire the rights to Avatar and X-Men. The studio giant also reportedly intends to release movies already complete and in production once the deal is official.

Regardless, Fox is moving ahead like normal. “We’re doing the only thing we know how to do, which is put one foot in front of another,” said one executive.

Snider, however, is expected to leave once the acquisition takes hold.

(via Wall Street Journal)

https://www.cbr.com/bobs-burgers-movie-simpsons-sequel-announced/

[Wildcat]

Ya saw this a little while ago. The first movie was good but I didn’t think it was as great as it could have been. Still love the show though. I’ll definitely take a sequel.

(Love Family Guy too. Billy Gardell for Peter Griffin.)

[drgon78]

Well it has only been more then a decade since the last Simpson movie so why not. As for the other two I have no interest in, but I know some people that will be.

[ZariusTwo]

Family Guy movie will be a mix of animation and live action eh?

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[Redeemer]

I loved the movie when it first came out. I still enjoy the movie, but it has not aged well imo. Hopefully the sequel will be great.

[ZariusTwo]

I loved the movie when it first came out. I still enjoy the movie, but it has not aged well imo. Hopefully the sequel will be great.

The first movie needed Hank Scorpio as the villain in my opinion.

[drgon78]

Hank Scorpio was too good of a boss and friend to Homer to be the villain of the movie but it would be nice to see him again.

It would be nice to have the movie focus more Bart and Lisa instead of Homer(and/or Marge).

Mr Burns would be great to have as a big time villain in the next movie.

[sdp]

I've wanted a new Simpsons movie for about 2 years now, it's been over a decade so we deserve one. I didn't even love the first movie, it was fine but it just felt a re-tread of prior Homer ****s up majorly, Marge leaves him but things work out in the end storyline.

Now that we know that Fox & Disney have no plans on cancelling the Simpsons anytime soon, they might as well make a new movie to get people excited. I remember the marketing for the first movie and while my city didn't get a Kwik-e-Mart, I did live in a Springfield and here was a contest over which Springfield had the angriest mob. Sadly my city wasn't the most original and we lost but it was still fun going downtown and seeing all these simpsons fans trying to be like a Springfield mob.

[sdp]

Well we're finally getting one in 2027. I wonder if Disney would just pump out sequels when this one is a success until no one cares anymore. I also wonder if they'd try to make it a finale. Kinda glad we're getting one since one of the main cast is bound to croak any day. The audience of this movie is basically everyone that has stopped watching the simpsons whether 25, 20, 10 or 5 years ago.

[CyberCubed]

People are bringing up how its been 20 years by 2027 since the first movie came out in 2007, which is blowing my mind. Back in 2007 it felt like the Simpsons movie was coming out "late" as we were already in the post-classic seasons by then. I remember seeing it in theater and people thought Simpsons was finally going to end. :lol:

It's surreal to think the movie came out almost 20 years ago. Goddamn, we are now closer in time between the first movie and the second then when Simpsons first came out in the 80's to the movie in 2007. The passage of time is crazy.

[Mad Dog McMutt]

I'm not sure if I even want to watch this new movie. I have seen a couple of modern episodes and I didn't like them at all. I feel like the writers on the Simpsons aren't very creative like they used to be.

[sdp]

I'm going to watch every Simpsons episode to get ready for this movie. Pretty much stopped watching after S10 only am episode or two over the decades since then so most will be new to me.
I want to see the downfall of this show and have my opinion over the different eras.

[Coola Yagami]

I'm going to watch every Simpsons episode to get ready for this movie.

Cybercubed?? That you??

[ZariusTwo]

I feel like the writers on the Simpsons aren't very creative like they used to be.

Most of them left. In fact, the original creative team departed in season four.

[sdp]

Cybercubed?? That you??

I've wanted to watch every episode of the simpsons for a while now I just needed an excuse. I always thought it'd be once the show ended but it seems Disney will just be replacing the main VAs once they start dying/retiring so might as well watch it now to lead up to the second movie, watching a few episodes a week give or take and i think I can finish 30 years worth of episodes in 2 years when the movie finally comes out.
I'd have to watch roughly ten episodes per week to make it happen, I think it's possible. I'm sure early on in my marathon i'll be able to watch a bunch of episodes and not so much in the later eras, especially since I'll be so bored of the characters by then that even amaizing episodes will not feel great but so be it.

[Daytona]

As a golden age purist, I’m still interested when they shake it up and a movie is a good way to do that. Otherwise I just want a great Simpsons VR game someday. I’m also still into the Treehouse of Horror specials.

Other then that, yeah I stick to seasons 2-9, but I’ll give this a chance at least.

[Andrew NDB]

I may or may not be interested enough to see it in theaters. Maybe if the movie has a good "gimmick." I haven't seen a "new" episode of the Simpsons in probably as long as it has been since I watched regular TV... so probably 10, 15 years or more.

[sdp]

It's always been interesting how the general consensus have shifted their thoughts of the simpsons seasons as the show has continued.

Like when did the original golden age end? At first people would say S7, perhaps 8 and now people change it up to 10.

By the time the movie came out people online were already calling all those post S9 seasons as zombie simpsons and now zombie simpsons are like after the movie, same with when they say Jerkass homer began, it seems to shift as the show ages. The whole "simpsons has been bad keeps shifting later and later which I find interesting since now it seems to include a whole bunch of seasons that were the original "simpsons is bad now".
Also seeing how people try to divide the eras is interesting, there's no real consistency for the same reasons above, when did jerkass homer begin and when did zombie simpsons etc begin are all subjective it seems. I'll be happy to finally have my own opinion in the matter and without much bias since I basically stopped watching at S9.

I feel like the writers on the Simpsons aren't very creative like they used to be.
From the clips I've seen the series did seem to get some kind of boost from the Disney buy out in terms of writing. They're now doing character/show breaking plots and while some purists may hate them for it, at the very least it feels like something new.

Most of them left. In fact, the original creative team departed in season four.

That makes sense, after that the show began its downfall by relying too much on Homer being stupid. Yeah it was really funny but there's only one way they could go after that and it's making him dumber and dumber. I know I'm in the minority of this but I prefer S1-4, they had flaws but they were a family you could relate to. Bart was the better main character to follow. Many of the characteristics people hate from the later seasons are really just exagerating character traits they first showed in the later seasons of hte golden age S5-8 or whatever.

[CyberCubed]

It's always been interesting how the general consensus have shifted their thoughts of the simpsons seasons as the show has continued.

Like when did the original golden age end? At first people would say S7, perhaps 8 and now people change it up to 10.

Season 9 is considered the last all around great season, although the cracks were beginning to show like making Homer too much a jerk at times. Season 10 however was just fairly average, that's when the show started to slip but it's still a decent season to go out on.

Season 11 onward is where things got really bad with only like a few good eps a season. What I did when I finished my rewatch at Season 10, is I looked up "best eps of each season" list for Season 11 onward, and only watched the handful of eps instead of all 22 eps of the season onward. There are still a number of gems between Season 11-20, but I can't recommend an entire season.

So yeah, stop after Season 10, watch the movie, and if you want to go further look up "best eps of each season" for Season 11 onward.

[Mad Dog McMutt]

I think that season 11 and 12 are half bad and half good, whereas season 9 and everything before was brilliant. Season 10 was 75% good in my opinion.

[Wildcat]

The newest episode just came out. About Lisa and 90s fashion. it was pretty good. It's another one of those where they treat the 90s and the 2000s kinda as if Bart and Lisa were not around yet.

I know people like to write off the series Post X Season but there is definitely a lot of great and interesting episodes throughout and in recent times. I really liked the episode where everyone sees Marge's secret letters venting her anger towards them.

A lot of people were upset, including myself, that The Simpsons Tapped Out mobile game shutdown last year which was from EA. I wonder if it had anything to do with them being sold.

Obviously it had a lot of In-App purchases but they were optional. I never put real money into it but I think plenty of people did. It was around since 2012.

[sdp]

The newest episode just came out. About Lisa and 90s fashion. it was pretty good. It's another one of those where they treat the 90s and the 2000s kinda as if Bart and Lisa were not around yet.

I don't get why people are upset, it's clear the simpsons are on a sliding timeline where years can happen even if it's still technically the same year, we've seen some characters age, many christmas' celebrated, but everyone is still in the same school year. In a perfect world the show would've let them age or would've let the show stay set in the 90s, but in a perfect world it wouldve been cancelled 30 years ago.

I mean how old is Homer supposed to be? I'm assuming like some of our ages, early/mid 30s, so Homer had to be a kid in the 90s and a teenager in the 2000s if we go by today's timelines.

[Wildcat]

I don't get why people are upset, it's clear the simpsons are on a sliding timeline where years can happen even if it's still technically the same year, we've seen some characters age, many christmas' celebrated, but everyone is still in the same school year. In a perfect world the show would've let them age or would've let the show stay set in the 90s, but in a perfect world it wouldve been cancelled 30 years ago.

I mean how old is Homer supposed to be? I'm assuming like some of our ages, early/mid 30s, so Homer had to be a kid in the 90s and a teenager in the 2000s if we go by today's timelines.

I'm not too bothered by it. I do prefer they acknowledge real time passing though. I mean Marge and Homer could not have grown up and/or met in the 70s. 80s and 90s. They should at least keep a basic, but still loose, timeline of events so they don't need to age the characters.

For example in this episode, instead of portraying Marge and the adults having grown up in the 90s they could have had Lisa discover old clothes another way.

[CyberCubed]

The issue is the backstories, like Grandpa Abe Simpson fought in World War II, Skinner was in Vietnam, the technology of the show was of the 80's and early 90's for most of the first 10 seasons. Yes a few Christmas' and summer vacations pass, but that's not a big deal. Bart forever being in the 4th grade too.

[LeotheLateBloomer]

I mean what's the point in watching it if you don't watch the show anymore? To listen to Marge and Mr. Burns' aging voices? No thank you.

[ZariusTwo]

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[CyberCubed]

20 years after the first one in 2007. 20 years after this one all the main voice actors will finally be dead. It's safe to say this will be the final movie.

[sdp]

I'm going to watch every Simpsons episode to get ready for this movie. Pretty much stopped watching after S10 only am episode or two over the decades since then so most will be new to me.
I want to see the downfall of this show and have my opinion over the different eras.

Yikes, well if i had started when I made this comment I likely would've finished, but I only started in december and haven't been too consistent in watching episodes. I'm only now starting season 4.

I think if I watch 2 episodes a day I can make it, but I don't think that's going to be feasible. We'll see, but i'll feel satisfied if I make it through most of the seasons only missing a couple.

20 years after the first one in 2007. 20 years after this one all the main voice actors will finally be dead. It's safe to say this will be the final movie.

That was before Disney owned the simpsons though, if this movie does well, I can see them fast tracking a third movie so that it comes out in the next 4-5 years.

[ZariusTwo]

Rumoured plot is the family confront their future selves

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/articles/simpsons-movie-2-rumor-may-161159099.html

[neatoman]

Rumoured plot is the family confront their future selves

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/articles/simpsons-movie-2-rumor-may-161159099.html

Uhm... I know they did something like that for the Futurama crossover but:

The premise of Futurama would require something like that to happen.
The episode is pretty clearly non-canon and not presented as a normal episode.
That one sucked anyway.

The idea of a time travel episode that isn't presented as some non-canon anthology thing or something is... A bit too weird for the Simpsons. The show typically excels in turning normal things absurd, not in engaging with inherently fantastical ideas.

[ZariusTwo]

The Simpsons Home Console game worked with a meta sci-fi premise also (Matt Groening was even a boss character), and that game's story was written by Matt Selman, who's currently in charge of the show

[ZariusTwo]

So they brought Apu back in the new Treehouse of Horror Special, and gave him a voice too. Wonder if that means he'll join the movie roster?

[Wildcat]

It was a great episode too. I’m sure some will complain about Apu’s voice but he sounded good imo. Just a little different.

Loved the Ghostbusters references. I need a GB Homer toy with a donut for the no-ghost logo. :lol: