20 Years Later, 'The Simpsons Movie' Is Getting a Sequel — And It Already Has a Release Date

The Simpsons are returning to the big screen twenty years after their first movie and 38 years after the series debuted. In July 2007, The Simpsons Movie opened as the long-awaited film adaptation of the popular animated series. It was a box office and critical hit, grossing $537 million worldwide and receiving an 87% on Rotten Tomatoes. Talks of a sequel have been circulating since the first film ended, with Maggie Simpson's "first words" that the family heard being "sequel?", although no news has been released on that front in a decade.