The Simpsons to join forces with Futurama for crossover episode
On Thursday, July 18, we found out that Homer Simpson and the rest of Springfield will be featured in an episode of Family Guy.
And today, fans of Matt Groening’s animated comedies were given some big news: The Simpsons will host a different crossover installment, and it involves… Futurama. Simpsons executive producer Al Jean announced at the show’s Comic-Con panel on Saturday that the two shows will join forces for an episode that will be recorded next month. It is slated to air on Fox as either the season 25 finale in May 2014 or as the season 26 premiere in fall 2014.
Speaking with EW after the session, Jean revealed the reasoning behind the blending of these two worlds. “Futurama is such an easy fit,” he says. “It’s really funny, and their show lends itself to any variety of plot lines. By having them on, we have a little freedom… The biggest thrill for me is that we don’t have to adjust the animation style.”
The plot will revolve around bad boys Bender and Bart: “Bender has to come back from the future to kill Bart because there’s something that Bart does now that makes the future really, really, really bad,” Jean continues. “Tip of the hat to Harlan Ellison.” (Ellison, by the way, will lend his voice to a different episode this season.)