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Simu Liu will voice a character in an episode of The Simpsons (Picture: : Rex / The Simpsons)

The Simpsons is gearing up for its 34th season and Simu Liu will appear as Lisa Simpson’s ‘perfect’ love interest.

The 33-year-old actor – best known for the lead role in Marvel blockbuster Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings – is lending his voice to an upcoming episode, as revealed by showrunner Matt Selman.

Selman – who also serves as a writer and executive producer for the longrunning animated classic – has teased some details for the new season, including some major guest stars.

He told Deadline: ‘We have Simu Liu from Marvel’s Shang-Chi in an upcoming show as Lisa’s perfect future boyfriend. We have our season premiere where Homer gets into a conspiracy cabal while hunting down a missing turtle.

‘I’m very excited about one where Krusty has a kind of nice-guy-type afternoon syndicated Ellen DeGeneres talk show that surprisingly goes awry. And then we have huge guest part for iconic comedy legend Melissa McCarthy coming up.

‘It’s a really juicy, funny part where she plays a kid who’s Homer’s rival for love from Grandpa. She’s plays kind of a quirky kid who has Grandpa’s love and Homer’s like, “Why does Grandpa like this kid? And why didn’t he like me?” It’s really emotional as well.’

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Shang-Chi actor Simu Liu is set for a big role (Picture: Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images)
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The Simpsons have a lot planned for the 34th series (Picture: Fox)

Meanwhile, Selman revealed some other episodes in the new run, including two Treehouse of Horror eps.

‘I’m excited about Season 34. It’s probably the best 34th season of any show you’ve ever seen,’ he quipped. ‘We have two Halloween episodes this year, two Treehouse of Horror episodes.

‘One is three scary stories like we always do, but very scary and weird. We have an anime parody of Death Note, which I’m so excited about. The full-length episode is a parody of Stephen King’s book It with, get ready for it, Krusty as Pennywise.’

Meanwhile, the show has been credited for foreseeing everything from the ebola outbreak to the election of President Donald Trump, the coronavirus pandemic, the Disney-Fox merger, Lady Gaga’s Half-Time show and Virgin CEO Richard Branson’s space flight.

With that, Selman revealed there are also plans for a ‘conceptual episode’ explaining how the show has made so many predictions about the future.

We can’t wait!

The Simpsons returns to Fox on September 25 and is available to stream on Disney+ in the UK.

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