There’s Never Been A Sequel to the ‘Simpsons Movie’ Because the First One Was Too Stressful

As Entertainment Weekly reported at the time, on its opening weekend, it “scored the best opening ever for a non-CG animated movie.” The film went on to make more than $536 million at the worldwide box office. We even had a countdown clock on the wall — we called it The Simpsons death clock — counting down the months, weeks, days, seconds ‘til we had to have the movie finished. Longtime Simpsons director David Silverman, who helmed The Simpsons Movie, similarly argued that it would be tough to make sequel because they “don’t want to take a break (from making the series)” and clearly the previous attempt to do both at the same time wasn’t great for everyone’s mental health.

Author: JM McNab

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