The Simpsons Movie 2 Title Change Confirmed As Homer Destroys Springfield In First Footage

After two decades of waiting, The Simpsons Movie 2 is finally closer with the first proper look at the sequel.

Talks of a follow-up to the 2007 record-breaking hit had swirled for years, with the creative team behind the series generally reluctant due to the high expectations after the first film and wanting to avoid the excess stress put upon the staff of balancing both the show and film. Following Disney's acquisition of Fox, discussions steadily ramped up, until The Simpsons 2 was officially confirmed in late 2025, with a Fall 2027 release date set.

Now, with just over a year remaining until the film hits theaters, 20th Century Studios has unveiled the first look at The Simpsons 2 as part of the Disney Entertainment Showcase at D23, in which ScreenRant was attendance. The studio took to revealing the official logo for the long-awaited sequel, which confirms that the film is now entitled The New Simpsons Movie. Check out the logo below:

In addition to the first logo and title change for the film, the studio also offered the first footage from The New Simpsons Movie, which they classified as "rough," but that Bart insisted on showing. The footage features Homer at a Springfield Isotopes baseball game, in which he's asking for the team to "make me rich, make Homer rich," only for his efforts to catch a fly ball heading into the stand leads into a destructive tour of Springfield:

Multiple characters fall on top of each other trying to get it. The ball bounces around everywhere — in the press box, on the music section. Homer chases it throughout the hallways of the stadium. An orange liquid is spilled and Homer uses an employee as a surfboard on the liquid to catch up to the ball. The ball ends up inside Moe's, then into the Bowlarama, then into an operating room, down the street, and down a hill towards the factory. It goes through a factory window and into the tanks. Homer dives in and swims to try to get it, and is then launched into the air. He falls back into the baseball stadium, where the ball lands at Bart’s feet.

Though the first look may not have revealed many details about the sequel's story, it is interesting that 20th Century Studios have elected to change its title to that of The New Simpsons Movie. Former showrunner Al Jean previously indicated part of the concern with making a sequel was how it would tie canonically into the TV series, and with the new title electing to forgo the atypical numerical naming system, it may point to the creative team wanting to shift from it being viewed as a sequel to instead just another story in the franchise.

Beyond whether it will live up to the narrative and humor expectations of the original, the other big point of attention for The New Simpsons Movie is how the film performs at the box office. The first Simpsons movie was a runaway hit upon its July 2007 release, becoming the eight-highest-grossing film of the year and both the second-highest-grossing traditionally animated film and highest-grossing animated TV film adaptation of all-time at the time.

In the years since, not only did 2025's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle overtake the latter two records, but Disney and 20th Century Studios tried their hand at bringing another fan-favorite series to the big screen with The Bob's Burgers Movie. Even while costing just half of the first Simpsons movie, the 2022 film unfortunately failed to overcome both Top Gun: Maverick competition and the gradual theatrical bounce back after COVID-19, grossing only $34.1 million at the box office.

Disney and 20th Century seemed to have already kept this in mind for The Simpsons 2, as it was originally slated for a late July 2027 release, only to be pushed back to September 3 to avoid competition from Warner Bros.' A Minecraft Movie Squared. As of the time of writing, this has effectively given the sequel an opening weekend all to itself, with the immediate following week bringing The Conjuring: First Communion, thus giving it an edge by focusing on a very different demographic and set it up for a chance at beating the first film.

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