FOX issues Press Release for this Sunday Night’s ‘The Simpsons’

This Sunday Night @ 8 pm EST only on FOX, The Simpsons ring in the new year in style as the series will be featuring a bevy of Hollywood’s finest in a brand-new episode. PAUL RUDD, SETH ROGEN, JUDD APATOW, LESLIE MANN, CHANNING TATUM, WILL ARNETT AND ROB HALFORD are all set to appear this Sunday Night and from the sounds of it executive producer Matt Selman is rather excited about rolling out THIS red carpet:

“Judd Apatow, Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd and Seth Rogen have been looking for a project to do together for a long time. So we were happy to finally give them this opportunity,” said THE SIMPSONS executive producer Matt Selman. “Will Arnett, Channing Tatum and Rob Halford never wanted to work together, so please don’t tell them they’re in the same episode.”

In “Steal this Episode,” Homer (Dan Castellaneta) is banned from the Springfield movie theaters, so Bart (Nancy Cartwright) teaches him how to download movies illegally. Homer creates a backyard movie theater where he shows his friends pirated movies for free. But Marge (Julie Kavner) feels guilty for watching illegally downloaded movies, and in trying to pay the film studios back for “stealing with her eyes,” she accidentally tips off the FBI to Homer’s “Cinema Pirate-diso.” The Simpsons must go on the run to escape the relentless justice of head FBI anti-piracy agent (Arnett), who is determined to bring Homer to justice at any cost.

Look out later today for a whole bunch of preview pics from FOX featuring all of the guest stars. In related news Seth Rogen and Will Arnett are taking on animation endeavors of their own. Seth is developing a new animated series for FX called Bigfoot as well as a CG movie called Sausage Party which just sounds awesome. Will is getting ready to star in a series all his own set to premier next year on Netflix called BoJack the Horsemen.