Glen Powell is bringing the laughs this spooky season.
The actor will make a guest appearance on the upcoming Halloween special episode of Family Guy, voicing competitive pumpkin carver Patrick McCloskey, producers revealed Saturday at the animated show’s San Diego Comic-Con panel.
“Peter and his friends aim to unseat the reigning champion (Powell) in Quahog’s annual Pumpkin Contest by any means necessary,” reads the synopsis for the first of two Hulu Exclusive holiday specials, premiering Oct. 14 on the streaming platform.
The episode will also feature the voice of Derek Jacobi as Stewie’s beloved teddy bear Rupert.
Powell’s upcoming voice role comes after his massive $81.2 million opening weekend in Twisters, leading the high-octane Lee Isaac Chung-helmed sequel alongside Daisy Edgar-Jones and Anthony Ramos.
Family Guy fans were treated to a sneak peek of the show’s upcoming 23rd season on Friday at Comic-Con with a trailer that roasted Top Gun: Maverick, the Supreme Court Justices and George Santos, and featured a live-action appearance from Pete Davidson.
Celebrating the show’s 25th anniversary, it was announced in April at PaleyFest LA that Family Guy will air two holiday specials exclusively on Hulu later this year, with the other set for Christmas.
Following the show’s premiere on Fox in 1999, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane told the Los Angeles Times in April that he doesn’t “see a good reason” to stop making the show.
“People still love it. It makes people happy and it funds some good causes,” he said at the time. “It’s a lot of extraneous cash that you can donate to Rainforest Trust and you can still go out to dinner that night.”
MacFarlane continued, “There was a time when I thought, it’s time to wrap it up. At this point, we’ve reached escape velocity. I don’t know that there’s any reason to stop at this point unless people get sick of it. Unless the numbers show that people just are, ‘Eh, we don’t care about Family Guy anymore.’ But that hasn’t happened yet.”