A trailer for a live-action film based on The Simpsonswith Adam Sandler as Homer recently went viral on social media and YouTube.

The YouTube channel Multiverse of AI released the trailer last week on August 8th. Although the name of the channel should have hinted to viewers that the trailer might not be a real project, speculation about a new film caused quite a stir.

As mentioned, Sandler played the father figure in the trailer, but it also included Kristen Wiig as margin, Jacob Tremblay as beard and Young Sheldon‘S Mckenna Grace as Lisa.

The forgery Just join in Star also commented on the clip and described each character in the show: Will Ferrell as Ned Flanders, Steve Buscemi like Montgomery Burns, John C. Reilly as Barney Gumble, Bill Hader as Reverend Timothy Lovejoy and more. While fans couldn’t help but feel that these actors could portray these iconic characters well, the creepy, distorted AI graphics – and the fact that most of the characters created by the AI ​​looked significantly younger than they are now – made this exact creation seem far from reality.

The trailer ended right after the characters were introduced. There was no mention of a release date or the producers involved in the film.

Will there be another Simpsons movie?

While Matt Groeningthe creator of the Fox sitcom, said he had “no doubt” that a second The Simpsons The film – in its animated form – will be released, but a sequel is not currently being actively worked on.

2014 Producer James L. Brooks said the team was “asked to develop it.”

“But we don’t. We do a lot of other things.”

Jean-Marie It was later revealed that Season 26’s “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” in which the family is transported to Kang and Kodos’ planet, was being considered as a plot for a feature film.

Three years later, David Silverman told Weekly entertainment: “I would love for there to be another movie. We’re a long way from that. We’re talking about this and that. We’re thinking about it, but nothing’s happening yet… it’s still disheartening because it really took away our courage to do the movie and the show at the same time.”

In 2019, Groening told Comic-Con attendees: “Without a doubt, there will be another The Simpsons Film one day. I think Disney wants something for its money.” However, he warned: “That is a true answer. The first The Simpsons The movie almost killed us.

“We didn’t have a B team waiting to The Simpsons Movieso it is the same people who wrote the script, made the animations, did the voices and composed the music for The Simpsons The TV show also made the film. That was in 2007. We’re almost recovered, almost.”

Co-Showrunner Matt Selman further explained the challenges of producing a film instead of a new season ComicBook in May 2024.

He described the stress of producing a film as “much, much higher than that of a television series” and explained how producing a The Simpsons Film requires “about as much work as 30 episodes” of The Simpsons.

“But a new ‘The Simpsons The movie would be amazing. We just need the right idea and a billion hours to make it great,” he added.