‘The Simpsons’ Mother’s Day Short Poster

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• Disney+ is launching a new special for Mother's Day
  The Simpsons
  on May 10, 2024, with Marge and other mothers on a galactic adventure.
• The poster and title of the short suggest that it may be an homage to the Star Wars franchise, with Chewbacca making an appearance.
• The tradition of exclusive Simpsons shorts on Disney+ began as a way to reach new audiences unfamiliar with the long-running franchise.

Disney+ has announced a new short film for The Simpsons entitled “May 12 accompany you” in the celebration of Mother's Day. The promotional short will be available to stream on Disney+ worldwide on May 10, 2024. The story will follow Marge Simpson (Julie Kavner) as she joins the other Disney+ moms on “a special holiday outing that turns into an epic galactic adventure filled with heroes, villains and a surprising old friend.”

Disney+ announced the latest short The Simpsons franchise with a poster featuring Marge and an animated version of the War of the galaxies character Chewbacca. This, combined with the title of the short which refers to the famous phrase “May the Force be with you”, suggests that the Mother's Day special could be a tribute to the War of the galaxies franchise

This isn't the first time we've seen a celebratory launch — Disney+ has already launched a couple of them The Simpsons exclusive shorts This includes “Maggie Simpson in Rogue Not Quite One,” “Welcome the Club,” Emmy-nominated shorts “Billie Met Lisa” and “The Force Awakens From Its Nap,” among others.

'The Simpsons' shorts have evolved a lot over the years

While Disney+ exclusive shorts are a recent tradition, The Simpsons The franchise began as a series of short animated segments The Tracey Ullman Showwith the Simpson family. These one-minute segments debuted in April 1987 and ran as part the Tracey Ullman show for three yearsbefore becoming its own series in December 1898 with the Christmas special “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire”.

The franchise had stopped producing shorts after that, until the release of The Simpsons Movie in 2007 when two theatrical shorts with Maggie Simpson, with the voice Nancy Cartwright, were released. “The longest nursery school” was released in 2012 with Ice age: continental drift and “Playdate with Destiny” came out in 2020 with Come in.

After The Simpsons was added to Disney+, co-creator and executive producer James L. Brooks decided to revive the idea of ​​shorts as a way to promote the show and reach an audience that might not be familiar with the franchise. The first Disney+ exclusive short titled “The Force Awakens from Its Nap” premiered on May 4, 2021.in the celebration of War of the galaxies Day. From the MCU crossover to War of the galaxies parodies, and now the Mother's Day special, Disney+ currently has a wide range of The Simpsons shorts, with the next also opting for War of the galaxies nuances

The Simpsons' The Mother's Day short film, “May the 12th Be With You” premieres on May 10, 2024, exclusively on Disney+.

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