Hey folks, do you want to feel incredibly old incredibly quickly on this fine Monday evening? We thought so, too. It has been 18 years — yes, 1-8 — since David Silverman's The Simpsons Movie hit cinemas worldwide, bringing Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie, and the residents of Springfield to the big screen for the first time in an all-out blockbuster that gave us Under The Dome before Stephen King's Under The Dome, *that* emotional sucker-punch Homer log cabin scene, and, most importantly, Ploppe the pig. Now, from seemingly straight outta nowhere, 20th Century Studios has just announced The Simpsons Movie sequel is happening — and it's coming in Summer 2027. Check out the announcement teaser poster below;
A doughnut decorated in '2's. 'Homer's coming back for seconds' for the tagline. And a release date: 23 July, 2027. It ain't much to go on, sure, but we'd be lying if we said that the nod to the OG movie's poster and the notion of getting a Simpsons Movie 2 almost two decades exactly after that first film came along and spawned a million memes didn't have us just a little excited for the sequel. And honestly, despite knowing literally nothing about what this follow-up will entail — or indeed who will be in it (we're rooting for you, Spider-Pig!) — today's announcement comes at a great time for creator Matt Groening's show, which has only recently been renewed through to an astonishing 40th season, set to air in line with the series' 40th anniversary.
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We've yet to formally receive confirmation that series regulars Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, and Yeardley Smith will all be back for the Simpson family's latest big-screen adventure — though we do seriously doubt they're about to get _Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget_ed anytime soon. But even with a head full of questions and no answers in sight, it still looks like everything's coming up Milhouse for America's favourite animated family. Also, an amazing excuse to dust off the ol' PS2 and fire up the first movie's tie-in videogame, which remains one of the true all-time greats. The campaign for another one begins here!