Seth Rogen to write and star in Simpsons episode

Since Knocked Up consummated his celebrity in 2007, Seth Rogen has continued his ascent to the kind of built-in comedy stardom that accompanies names like Will Ferrell and Adam Sandler. Now he’s poised to take a stab at one of the most prolific comedy powerhouses of all: The Simpsons.

There had been on-and-off rumors, but Simpsons creator Matt Groening confirmed last week that Rogen will write and co-star in a forthcoming episode of the seminal Fox series. “He wrote an episode we’ll be reading soon, where Comic-Book Guy creates a superhero comic which then gets made into a feature film,” he told a news wire. “Homer plays the lead and to slim down; Seth Rogen will play his personal trainer.”

Warner Bros. also revealed yesterday that it will premiere Observe and Report, a new Rogen comedy about a mall security guard, at the South by Southwest festival in March. That film opens April 10.

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