The Simpsons: Beyond Bartholomew (Cancelled 2006 Hit & Run Sequel)

The Simpsons: Beyond Bartholomew is a cancelled Hit & Run sequel that was initially being developed by Radical Entertainment and was set to be published by Vivendi Universal Games, for Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows.

It was speculated that the game was set during the events of Hit & Run while Bart was in the UFO. Bart would've been the character to spearhead the first level of the game and would do things such as find other people who were captured and attempt to free them or search the UFO for any clues.

The game was announced to be in development in December 2004, over a year after the release of Hit & Run. An early version of the game was available to play at E3 2006, before the game was cancelled in mid-2007, following the release of The Simpsons Movie. Just two years later, a new Simpsons game was released that wasn't related to Hit & Run in almost any way.

Development
The game started development in the summer of 2004 following the success of The Simpsons: Hit & Run and was being worked on under the title of Beyond until being officially announced in December as The Simpsons: Beyond Bartholomew. The final title of the game wasn't decided, however.

Development went smoothly from May 2004 to August 2006, even receiving a November 2008 release date. But after production was halted in 2006 for nearly four months due to unknown reasons, the game went through several behind-the-scenes changes, such as new modelers being hired after the previous ones ended up getting scrapped. Development went on for the next seven months rather shakily, however. This led to the game eventually being cancelled in July of 2007.