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The Simpsons has a truly massive overall cast. While most of the show centers around the titular family, there are dozens of supporting characters that have received focus over the last thirty-four seasons. This isn't even counting the nearly countless minor characters who've appeared, some of whom had plenty of untapped potential as mainstay additions to the show.

Introduced during Season 12, Francine Rhenquist had the makings of a solid addition to The Simpsons' supporting cast. The female bully served a unique role as a direct antagonist to Lisa, having the potential to become a show mainstay as a foil to the good-intentioned and brainy young girl. However, Francine only ever had one major appearance in The Simpsons. Here's how Lisa almost got her own version of Nelson.

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Lisa Simpson discovers that villains really do have more fun in the new Simpsons animated short, “Welcome to the Club” on Disney+, which sees her hanging out with “Little Mermaid” baddie Ursula and Loki.

Tom Hiddleston, who previously appeared in the Simpsons/Marvel crossover short, “The Good, the Bart, and the Loki,” returns to voice the mischievous trickster god in the new four-minute short. Voice artist Dawn Lewis takes over the role of Ursula from Pat Carroll, who died earlier this year.

Ahead of the short film’s premiere on Thursday, Sept. 8 at 12:01 a.m. Pt, TheWrap spoke with “The Simpsons” writer/producer Al Jean, who joked he’s dying to do a NatGeo crossover. And since he’s a big fan of “Bluey,” it might not be a stretch to see Simpsons’ pooch Santa’s Little Helper hanging out with our favorite animated heelers.

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Sky plans to broadcast one new film a week from 2022.

UK pay-tv broadcaster Sky is to launch 30 new Sky Original films this year and will increase this to one a week from 2022 in a bid to become “the best home cinema service in the world”.

It represents a major push into film for the UK pay-tv operator, taking on streaming giants Netflix and Amazon as well as Disney, whose channels were removed from Sky last October following the launch of Disney+.

The plan to launch one original film per week from next year echoes a similar commitment made by Netflix earlier this month.

Sure sounds like there is going to be The Simpsons Movie 2. Some day. As we all know good and well by this point in time, Disney recently snatched up the rights to all of 20th Century Fox's properties, including The Simpsons. And today we have word out of Comic-Con that The Simpsons creator Matt Groening feels there will no doubt be a sequel to 2007's The Simpsons Movie one of these days.

Why? Well, because Disney wants something for its money, of course. Specifically, Matt Groening revealed this speaking from Sdcc this weekend.

"No doubt there will be another Simpsons movie one of these days. I think Disney wants something for its money."

Nice! Now I don't know about you, but the idea of seeing another The Simpsons movie hit the big-screen has me all kinds of excited. After all, I have been a fan of the series since...

Sneak Peek newly released set images, plus new footage from the 90 minute, Season 5 finale of "The Walking Dead", seen by more than 15 million viewers, written by Scott Gimple and directed by Greg Nicotero, that aired March 29, 2015 on AMC:

"...'Daryl' finds himself in trouble...

"...while out on a run.

"Meanwhile, in 'Alexandria', 'Rick' and his group...

"...continue to feel like outsiders...

"...as danger lurks near the gates..."

Guest cast included Corey Brill, Steve Coulter, Major Dodson...

...Ann Mahoney, Elijah Marcano, Katelyn Nacon...

...Jordan Woods-Robinson, Ted Huckabee, Dahlia Legault...

...Michael Traynor, Susie Spear Purcell...

...David Silverman and Tiffany Morgan.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Walking Dead: Conquer"...

Sneak Peek more footage from the 90 minute, Season 5 Finale of "The Walking Dead", titled "Conquer", written by Scott Gimple and directed by Greg Nicotero, that aired March 29, 2015 on AMC:

"...'Daryl' finds himself in trouble while out on a run.

"Meanwhile, in 'Alexandria', 'Rick' and his group...

"...continue to feel like outsiders as danger lurks near the gates..."

Guest cast includes Corey Brill, Steve Coulter, Major Dodson, Ann Mahoney, Elijah Marcano, Katelyn Nacon, Jordan Woods-Robinson, Ted Huckabee, Dahlia Legault, Michael Traynor, Susie Spear Purcell, David Silverman and Tiffany Morgan.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Walking Dead: Conquer"...

Sneak Peek new images, plus footage from the 90 minute, Season 5 Finale of "The Walking Dead", titled "Conquer", written by Scott Gimple and directed by Greg Nicotero, airing March 29, 2015 on AMC:

"...'Daryl' finds himself in trouble while out on a run.

"Meanwhile, in 'Alexandria', 'Rick' and his group...

"...continue to feel like outsiders as danger lurks near the gates..."

Guest cast includes Corey Brill, Steve Coulter, Major Dodson, Ann Mahoney, Elijah Marcano, Katelyn Nacon, Jordan Woods-Robinson, Ted Huckabee, Dahlia Legault, Michael Traynor, Susie Spear Purcell, David Silverman and Tiffany Morgan.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Walking Dead: Conquer"...

Sneak Peek footage from the 90 minute, Season 5 Finale of "The Walking Dead", titled "Conquer", written by Scott Gimple and directed by Greg Nicotero, airing March 29, 2015 on AMC:

"...'Daryl' finds himself in trouble while out on the run.

"Meanwhile, in 'Alexandria', 'Rick' and his group continue to feel like outsiders as danger lurks near the gates..."

Guest cast includes Corey Brill, Steve Coulter, Major Dodson, Ann Mahoney, Elijah Marcano, Katelyn Nacon, Jordan Woods-Robinson, Ted Huckabee, Dahlia Legault, Michael Traynor, Susie Spear Purcell, David Silverman and Tiffany Morgan.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Walking Dead: Conquer"...

*full disclosure: a DVD screener of this film was provided by Lakeview Pictures. Director: Steve Kopera. Writers: Mike Kopera, Steve Kopera and David Silverman. Cast: Mike Kopera, Bo Keister, Angela Relucio and Melissa Mars. The Cabining is an indie slasher film and mystery from first time feature film director Steve Kopera. This feature brings a writing duo to an isolated creative retreat. Here, horror cliches are played upon as one writer searches for inspiration. The Cabining is a small production and occasionally a simple one, but the film offers some charm in its eighty-three minutes. The film begins with the characters Todd (Mike Kopera) and Bruce (Bo Keister). These two are putting together a script, for an upcoming horror feature. They have two weeks to get the words on paper. So, they seek out a writing retreat called Shangri-La. At this new setting, Todd and Bruce meet some fellow writers,...

Dragon Con SymbolThe Dragon Con Independent Film Festival has announced a full list of short and features films for the event. One of the largest film festivals in America, Dragon Con takes place in Atlanta, Georgia beginning September 3rd. This years feature highlights involve a zombie apocalypse taking place at a prom in As Good As Dead, two students trying to save the world from terrorists in Horrible Turn, and a prequel to J.R.R. Tolkien's story The Lord of the Rings in Born of Hope. This is only a brief intro' and fans of independent film and creativity can check out the schedule for the film festival below, or at the Dragon Con website.

The full synopsis for Born of Hope:

"A scattered people, the descendants of storied sea kings of the ancient West, struggle to survive in a lonely wilderness as a dark force relentlessly bends its will toward their destruction.