Overview
- Riley confirmed on X that he is directing the feature adaptation, following a 2025 playbill note in which Washburn first signaled the project’s development.
- The play’s premise centers on survivors who try to reconstruct The Simpsons’ “Cape Feare” from memory after an unspecified catastrophe.
- The story unfolds across three time jumps—immediately after the event, seven years later, and 75 years later—showing the material’s shift from recollection to staged performance to mythic ritual.
- Coverage notes that few specifics about the film have been announced, with no cast, production timeline, financing, or release details made public.
- Separately, Riley’s unrelated film I Love Boosters is slated to premiere at the 2026 SXSW Film & Television Festival.