After 28 seasons and almost 18 years at the top, The Simpsons are still going and showing no signs of stopping. Indeed they have even had time to have a hit movie, with 2008’s The Simpsons Movie grossing over $527million worldwide. Rumours have flown around since of a sequel and producer James L. Brooks has this week shed some new light on the status of a second film.
Speaking to LRM, Brooks said that 20th Century Fox are keen for a sequel to be made but it may not be as straight forward as that:
“Fox very much wants us to do another one, and maybe we will and maybe we won’t — that’s where it is… How do we divide our labors, and do we believe in the idea we have? We may go into a more active exploration of a second movie soon.”
The first film was hugely successful (perhaps more so than some had thought) but after so many years and episodes since, it’s a question of whether a second film would be worthwhile given the original’s $75millon budget. Still, as long as the show continues many fans will be itching to see the beloved family on the big screen one more time.
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