10 August,2016 08:09 AM IST | | Agencies
The animated comedy TV show 'The Simpsons' is to get a double-length episode titled 'The Great Phatsby', and will be rap homage to the F Scott Fitzgerald novel 'The Great Gatsby'
Simpsons
The Simpsons is set to get its first hour-long episode - a hip-hop special.
The animated comedy TV show is to get a double-length episode titled 'The Great Phatsby', and will be rap homage to the F Scott Fitzgerald novel 'The Great Gatsby'.
Speaking to a website, the show's executive producer Matt Selman said: "This was just going to be a regular episode, but the table read went so well, in a fit of passion and excitement and ambition and excess, we decided to super-size it. We haven't done a huge amount of stories in the world of hip hop and rap culture, so we just went for it."
The episode will feature Empire actress Taraji P. Henson - who will play a similar role to her Empire character Cookie Lyon - as a guest star, and follows the story of Mr. Burns' friendship with a charismatic rapper named Jay G.
