Danny DeVito reportedly set to return to ‘The Simpsons’ as Homer’s brother

Danny DeVito is reportedly set to return to The Simpsons as Homer’s brother.

Recently at San Diego Comic-Con, The Simpsons revealed some details about the show’s premiere called ‘Bart’s Birthday’ as he “celebrates the most shocking birthday party of his entire life, one that might just change everyone in Springfield forever.”

The episode includes many guest stars including John Cena, Tom Hanks, Joel McHale, Conan O’Brien (as himself) and DeVito.

While nothing was confirmed at the event about the roles each would be playing, Simpsons writer and producer Michael Price confirmed to the Four Finger Discount podcast that DeVito would be returning to “[play] a character that he has previously played on the show”.

DeVito voiced Herb Powell, Homer Simpson’s older, long-lost half-brother on the show in ‘O Brother Where Art Thou’. He’s also appeared in ‘Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes’ and ‘Changing Of The Guardian’.

You can hear price revealing the news below:

Recently, a writer from The Simpsons reacted to news the show predicted Kamala Harris’ presidential nomination.

Last month (July 21), Joe Biden announced his exit from the presidential race and endorsed Vice President Harris to be the next presidential candidate for the democrats.

The 81-year-old plans to serve out the remainder of his term in office, which ends at noon on January 20, 2025. He immediately endorsed Harris to be the next president of the US, and explained that the decision was made “in the best interest of my party and the country”.

Soon after on social media, a meme went viral after long time writer and showrunner on The Simpsons, Al Jean, posted a picture of Harris alongside one of Lisa Simpson from the show.

Taken from the episode, Bart To The Future, the picture shows Lisa when she becomes President of America in the future. The comparison garnered much attention on social media because Lisa’s outfit was eerily similar to the one Harris wore during Biden’s inauguration. Both can be seen in pearl earrings, a pearl necklace and a purple blazer.

The Simpsons has a long history of seemingly predicting the future – including Donald Trump’s presidential bid.

Speaking to NME in 2017, Jean said of the uncanny predictions: “One of our writers, the guy whose episode predicted Donald Trump as president, said it best: ‘If you write 700 episodes, and you don’t predict anything, then you’re pretty bad. If you throw enough darts, you’re going to get some bullseyes.’”

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