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"The Simpsons / Family Guy crossover is expected to air as an hour-long special in 2014. New details of the special episode - first announced last week (July 18) - were revealed at Comic Con 2013 by Rich Appel, currently a co-exec producer on Family Guy and formerly a producer on The Simpsons.   &amp;quot;[The crossover is] gonna be the season premiere in a year, but it&amp;#039;s a super-sized episode - it may be an hour episode,&amp;quot; said Appel. &amp;quot;We were thrilled - [The Simpsons voice actors] Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Hank Azaria, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright... they all play their parts.&amp;quot; Appel explained that the special - which will air as an episode of Family Guy - was penned by the Family Guy writing staff, with just &amp;quot;two notes&amp;quot; from Simpsons execs Matt Groening, Al Jean and James L Brooks. &amp;quot;As soon as Dan opened his mouth with his first Homer line, there was a wave of applause,&amp;quot; Appel said of the first script read-through. &amp;quot;[And] there may or may not be a 5-minute Chicken fight between Peter and Homer!&amp;quot; The Simpsons will also crossover with another Matt Groening creation - animated sci-fi comedy Futurama - in an upcoming episode. &amp;gt; Ashton Kutcher, Liam Neeson to guest star on Family Guy Watch a segment of the Family Guy Comic Con 2013 panel below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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