Whereas each episode of The Simpsons (except you already know one thing I do not) has been out there on Disney+ since The Home of Mouse purchased twentieth Century Fox again in 2019, Disney hasn’t actually completed something with the property in any other case. That is seemingly about to alter quickly, based on some revelations unleashed upon us throughout The Simpsons panel on the D23 Expo at this time.
For the uninitiated, D23 is Disney’s annual fan expo, the place not solely can followers do and purchase a number of Disney stuff, however the firm additionally holds panels and makes bulletins concerning their many, many properties. Consider it as form of like a San Diego Comedian-Con however simply Disney. The primary Expo was held in 2009, not coincidentally after having a presence at San Diego Comedian-Con years prior.
Whereas there have been quite a few bulletins (and “bulletins” — you will see) through the panel that featured Simpsons creator Matt Groening and present showrunner Matt Selman, one particularly caught our ear. Or, extra precisely, eye, because it was shared with us by way of this put up from Empire on X.
“We’re By no means Gonna Finish! Come On!”
The Simpsons: Hit and Run was the second recreation primarily based on the franchise by Radical Leisure, following The Simpsons: Street Rage in 2001. Whereas Street Rage had a gameplay loop just like that of Loopy Taxi (so uncomfortably in order that Sega truly went and filed a lawsuit about it), Hit & Run leaned towards Grand Theft Auto.
Homer and the remainder of the household weren’t killing mobsters, nevertheless it did observe the identical mission-based construction inside an open-world metropolis of Springfield. Extra just lately, there’s been a Simpsons/Fortnite collaboration, giving gamers an opportunity to battle by a recreation of the well-known household’s hometown.
When Groening and Salman had been requested concerning the potential for a sequel to the sport, Groening responded with “I feel the unique recreation is coming again in some kind,” to which Salman rapidly interjected with “…or not!” Now, you may make of that what you’ll, however there is a good probability Groening could have let slip one thing he should not have.
Groening could have let slip one thing he should not have.
The panel additionally included a preview of the upcoming “Treehouse of Horror” episode, the present’s annual Halloween celebration, with this one being the thirty seventh. This newest episode is reported to incorporate a stop-motion animation tribute to The Nightmare Earlier than Christmas. When requested about Nancy Cartwright’s (the voice of Bart Simpson) feedback speculating that the present would finish after its fortieth season, Groening quipped, “We’re by no means gonna finish! Come on!” At this level, he is in all probability proper.
The Simpsons started as quick animated segments that aired throughout Fox’s The Tracy Ullman Present in 1987. Created by Groening, then identified for his syndicated sketch Life in Hell, the segments spun off into their very own collection in 1989. It has aired consecutively since then, making it the longest-running sitcom (animated or in any other case) of all time. It has gained over 30 Emmy Awards and has continuously been cited by quite a few publications because the “biggest present of all time.”
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September 16, 2003
- ESRB
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3+
- Developer(s)
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Radical Leisure
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Radical Leisure
- Engine
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unreal engine 5
