'Superbad' pair penning 'Simpsons' episode

Seth Rogen has revealed that he will pen an episode of The Simpsons with writing partner Evan Goldberg.

Speaking to Collider, Rogen said Simpsons producer James L. Brooks was a fan of his teen comedy Superbad.

He said: "We called The Simpsons and asked if we could write an episode. Evan actually met James L. Brooks at a party and James said he really liked Superbad, so we thought there's our in. Maybe we could ask to write a Simpsons."

Knocked Up star Rogen added that the episode would likely air during the show's 21st season.

"I don't know how [the process] works exactly," he said. "They just told us to get them the script over the next couple of weeks and then I assume it goes to animation. So I don't know, maybe next season?"

Traditionally, The Simpsons uses an in-house writing staff to pen episodes. However, Ricky Gervais recently wrote and starred in an episode of the long-running Fox comedy.