Overview
- At Disney’s D23 fan event, company executives confirmed the film’s official title as The New Simpsons Movie and announced a theatrical release date of September 3, 2027.
- The footage shown on Saturday was described by Disney as a rough animatic of a large-scale baseball chase through Springfield, signaling the project is still in storyboard and early production stages rather than finished animation.
- A new logo was revealed that replaces the ‘O’ in Movie with a donut and frames the mark against a hedge image referencing the viral Homer-in-bush meme.
- Creator Matt Groening teased that the cult game The Simpsons: Hit & Run “is coming back in some form,” but that idea remains unconfirmed and could face rights hurdles because the game’s publishing history involves Vivendi, Activision and Microsoft.
- The sequel sits alongside Disney’s continued TV strategy for the series, which is renewed through season 40, and cast remarks about a potential series endpoint have been reported but not officially confirmed by Disney.