Simpsons Movie Sequel on the Horizon?

The Simpsonsrecently aired their landmark 600th episode during the course of the 28th season of the show. FXX is currently planning to air a marathon of every single episode of the show, but there is one question on the minds of many fans that doesn’t have anything to do with the show; isThe Simpsons Movie 2ever going to get made? The answer is maybe.

LongtimeSimpsonsproducerJames L. Brooksrecently did an interview withLRMand the subject of a sequel toThe Simpsons Moviecame up as it often does. His answer wasn’t overly promising, but he wouldn’t rule out the possibility of aSimpsons Movie 2 happening. Here is what he had to say.

“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 Simpsons Moviemade $527 million worldwide working from a comparatively small production budget of just $75 million. So, whenJames L. Brookssays that Fox wants to do another one, that isn’t at all surprising. But he also makes a point that the people that work on the movie would also have to work on the show simultaneously, making things difficult for those involved. He also implies that they may already have an idea for the movie, saying “do we believe in the idea we have?” Given that the firstSimpsonsmovie came out nearly ten years ago, it wouldn’t be hard to imagine another idea has been kicked around in the time since.

Over the summer, Fox held a panel forThe SimpsonsatSan Diego Comic-Conand not surprisingly, the subject ofThe Simpsons Movie 2also came up. At the panel,Al Jeanaddressed the possibility of doing a sequel and stated that it would only happen if they felt it could be genuinely good and that they wouldn’t do it just to cash in. Here is what he had to say.

“We talk about it, but if we do it we only want to do it if it’s going to be really good. We would never do it just to cash in, so if it comes out, it’s because we believe in it.”

Not only didThe Simpsons Moviemake a lot of money for Fox at the box office, but it was also very well-liked by both fans and critics. The movie currently holds an 88 percent approval rating from critics onRotten Tomatoesand a 77 percent audience score. So it is understandable thatAl Jeanand the rest of the team behindThe Simpsonswouldn’t want to doThe Simpsons Movie 2unless it could be at least as good. We’ll have to wait and see if it happens, but at least the door isn’t closed completely. That being said, it doesn’t sound like it will be happening anytime soon.