Overview
- The Sorry to Bother You filmmaker said the project will be a full-length movie drawn from Anne Washburn’s stage work.
- Washburn first signaled the film in a 2025 playbill note for The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire.
- The source play centers on post-apocalyptic survivors reconstructing The Simpsons’ “Cape Feare,” which over time transforms into communal myth.
- The play was commissioned by The Civilians, features music by Michael Friedman, premiered in 2012 in Washington, D.C., and ran at Playwrights Horizons in 2013.
- No casting, studio involvement, production timeline, or distribution plans for the adaptation have been announced.