Grab the doughnuts, because there’s still hope for a sequel to The Simpsons Movie.
The film starring the yellow family from Springfield came out in 2007 and proved to be quite a hit with audiences and critics.
Grossing $527 million worldwide (and becoming the 8th biggest film of that year), the movie earned a nomination at the Annie Awards for Best Animated Feature.
Now, series creator Matt Groening has renewed hope that Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie will return to the big screen.
“No doubt there will be another Simpsons movie one of these days,” he said at San Diego Comic-Con. “I think Disney wants something for its money.”
Disney now owns FOX, which produces The Simpsons.
That aside, Groening admitted that making the first movie was extremely hard.
“The first Simpsons Movie almost killed us,” he said. “We didn’t have a B-team waiting to do The Simpsons Movie, so the same people who wrote, animated, voiced and did the music for The Simpsons TV show also did the movie. That was in 2007. We’re almost recovered, almost.”
We think they’ve had enough time. Bring on the sequel!
