· 38 comments · Save ·
For Sale Apr 23, 2026 at 11:25 PM

‘Simpsons Movie 2’ to Receive $22 Million as California Starts Funding Animation

Posted by mlg1981

‘Simpsons Movie 2’ to Receive $22 Million as California Starts Funding Animation
Variety
‘Simpsons Movie 2’ to Receive $22 Million as California Starts Funding Animation
'The Simpsons Movie 2' will be among the first animated films to receive money from the state of California, with $22 million in tax incentives.
🚩 Report this post

38 Comments

Sign in to comment — or just click the box below.
🔒 Your email is never shown publicly.
Odd_Level9850 Apr 23, 2026 +136
Simpsons doesn’t need funding; that money would have been better spent on smaller studios and brands.
136
ComputerDecent463 Apr 24, 2026 +20
It would have been better funding healthcare and homeless shelters.
20
Kind_Development708 Apr 24, 2026 +6
If they don’t get it they’ll go else where because another state or country will offer the tax credit. The state still makes money off of it but now instead of let’s say 25M it’s 3M in Tax’s. It’s just a race to the bottom because there is tax money to be made even with giving huge credits out for films. But places are gonna keep undercutting each other because a little bit of money is better than no money. (Which was of course a lot of money originally)
6
Neurojazz Apr 23, 2026 +7
Same! Safe!
7
hylo23 Apr 24, 2026 +2
Maybe, just maybe the Simpsons will see it this way and pull in some of those little guys.
2
barrtoni Apr 24, 2026 +1
This is the way.
1
Faptainjack2 Apr 24, 2026 +1
Or a futurama movie
1
St0n3yM33rkat Apr 24, 2026 +1
Nah. That time has come and gone. Newer Futurama is good but nowhere near the writing quality of the original seasons.
1
SeattleHasDied Apr 24, 2026 +20
This is bullshit! "The Simpsons" brand is a profit-making juggernaut and doesn't need any cinematic welfare.
20
silly_nate Apr 24, 2026 +3
Especially now that they’re an extension of Disney. Maybe if they were still just Fox and were going under and hadn’t been bought by a megacorp I could see justification for it.
3
Hawkwise83 Apr 24, 2026 +14
Disney shouldn't qualify for government grants.
14
Stinky_TheCat Apr 24, 2026 +26
Totally the property that needed to be propped up by tax payer spending... Not you know... 2 million on 11 start ups. Why fund something new when you can shovel cash to some Corp.
26
ChunkStumpmon Apr 24, 2026 +4
It’s not animated in California
4
Tenoch_12 Apr 24, 2026 +1
Yes it is
1
ChunkStumpmon Apr 24, 2026 +1
When did that happen?
1
Tenoch_12 Apr 24, 2026 +1
It's always been animated in California
1
ChunkStumpmon Apr 24, 2026 +1
[no it’s animated in Korea](https://responsejournal.net/issue/2024-11/feature/between-seoul-springfield)
1
metsfanapk Apr 24, 2026
That shows it’s animated (the key poses which there are a lot of) in California then Korea does the in betweens which is a lot of small movements like mouth and eye movements. This is like saying some of the best animators in Disney history aren’t animating it because they didn’t animate every frame. There needs to be 24 images every second. Approximately 32,000 every episode. The fact that California only does 1-2k doesn’t mean it’s not animated here. Doesn’t downplay what the Korean animators bring to the simpsons but “it’s not animated here” is false
0
ChunkStumpmon Apr 25, 2026 +2
That’s the kind of specious reasoning I don’t abide by fella
2
Comfortable_Care2715 Apr 24, 2026 +10
Really? Disney can’t afford it?
10
sucobe Apr 24, 2026 +8
F*** off giving Simpsons $22M. Absolutely f*** off.
8
cornwallisdoggington Apr 24, 2026 +3
Stop! He’s already dead
3
Bruggenmeister Apr 24, 2026 +3
Actors get millions voicing a single Episode ...
3
Jack_Q_Frost_Jr Apr 23, 2026 +6
Who knows what adventures they'll have between now and the time the movies become unprofitable?
6
No-Lead-6769 Apr 24, 2026 +7
This should piss people off more than it does.. along with tax payer funded stadiums and bribes to companies to relocate, politician insider trading.. 
7
so1i1oquy Apr 23, 2026 +4
I mean, the Simpsons is kind of like a 501c3 at this point.
4
3six5 Apr 24, 2026 +1
Is that a model number for a pacifier?
1
so1i1oquy Apr 24, 2026 +2
Sort of
2
liverstealer Apr 24, 2026 +2
Marge’s necklace should be red.
2
FantasyBaseballChamp Apr 24, 2026 +2
Awful Show is Awful Rich
2
ol-gormsby Apr 24, 2026 +1
What I want to see is a puppet version of "The Boys" - but I know that Matt & Trey have said "never again" for puppets. Who else might be able to do it?
1
ragonastik39 Apr 24, 2026 +1
If the movie is being worked on/animated in California then I don’t see an issue. That’s tax dollars going to create jobs but I’m not American so I don’t know how stuff works there haha.
1
bforce1313 Apr 25, 2026 +1
Seems like funding smaller or other animation ventures would have been better?
1
jesseeme Apr 24, 2026 +1
Disneys a new player in this animation thing you guys, this money could really get their name out there.
1
Bebopdavidson Apr 24, 2026 +1
I hope they do spider-pig again. That’s literally all I remember from the last one. And I can recite the first few seasons
1
A-Good-Weather-Man Apr 24, 2026
“Fire up the sweat shops! Business is boomin!”
0
OneBillPhil Apr 24, 2026
It’s good that a young upstart franchise like the Simpsons can get help from the government. 
0
bob_lala Apr 24, 2026 -3
Simpsons, the TV show isn’t even animated in the United States
-3
← Back to Board