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 Posted: Wed, 10th Jun 2009 18:13 Post subject: Futurama back again! |
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| Code: | FUTURAMA" RETURNS TO PRODUCTION WITH AN INITIAL ORDER OF 26 NEW EPISODES TO PREMIERE MID 2010
Emmy Award-Winning Animated Comedy Series Confirmed To Run On COMEDY CENTRAL; Broadcast Network Run Also Possible
NEW YORK, June 10, 2009 -- 20th Century Fox Television, the animation powerhouse that brought "Family Guy" back from the dead five years ago, has done it again: Matt Groening and David X. Cohen's brilliantly subversive animated sci-fi comedy "Futurama" will return to production on 26 new half-hour episodes more than six years after the series aired its last original episode. The move comes on the heels of the series' blockbuster performance on DVD and on COMEDY CENTRAL; the announcement was made today by Twentieth Century Fox Television Chairmen Gary Newman and Dana Walden, and David Bernath, senior vice president, programming for COMEDY CENTRAL.
"Futurama" was a staple of Fox's Sunday night animation block from 1999 to 2003 before ceasing production on original episodes. In June 2006, COMEDY CENTRAL acquired the rights to the existing 72 episodes of the series, which the channel began airing in January 2008, and four recently-produced extended length "Futurama" adventures: "Bender's Big Score," "The Beast with a Billion Backs," "Bender's Game" and "Into the Wild Green Yonder," which enjoyed enormous success both on COMEDY CENTRAL and in DVD release. This new deal marks the show's return to episodic series production on original episodes. "Futurama" becomes only the second series in the history of the medium to go back into production based on the strength of its DVD sales and repeat airings on cable.
The new episodes will be available in mid 2010 to be shown on COMEDY CENTRAL. Twentieth Century Fox Television retains the option to license the original runs of the new episodes to a broadcast network.
"We are excited to continue our relationship with Matt, David and 20th Century Fox TV and to be able to offer COMEDY CENTRAL viewers the first opportunity to see new episodes of 'Futurama,'" said Bernath. "As evidenced by the strong performance of the extended length epics, there remains a deep and passionate fan base for this intelligent and very funny show that matches perfectly with our audience. It's fantastic that we can add brand-new installments of Leela, Fry and Bender's adventures to our existing library."
Quipped Matt Groening, "We're thrilled 'Futurama' is coming back. We now have only 25,766 episodes to make before we catch up with Bender and Fry in the year 3000." Added David X. Cohen, "We're excited and amazed that the show is coming back, perhaps due to some sort of mysterious time loop. We look forward to working with COMEDY CENTRAL and 20th Television to make this the best iteration of the loop yet!"
"When we brought back 'Family Guy' several years ago, everyone said that it was a once-in-a-lifetime thing - that canceled series stay canceled and cannot be revived," commented 20th Century Fox TV Chairmen Gary Newman and Dana Walden. "But 'Futurama' was another series that fans simply demanded we bring back, and we couldn't have been happier when Matt and David agreed that there were many more stories yet to tell." |
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LeoNatan
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Jun 2009 18:18 Post subject: |
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OMG, I can die happy now (after seeing the extra episodes, of course  )!
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helvete
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Jun 2009 18:55 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Jun 2009 22:50 Post subject: |
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Wow, great news!
I really wasn't expecting something like this. It's going to be so good.
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deelix
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Jun 2009 22:57 Post subject: |
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Just hope the episodes will be better than the movies :/
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Jun 2009 23:00 Post subject: |
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weeha!!! Oh and the movies weren't that bad imo. Not good as the show (episode by episode), but not bad...
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| Posted: Wed, 10th Jun 2009 23:08 Post subject: |
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| dingo_d wrote: | | Oh and the movies .. Not good as the show (episode by episode) |
| deelix wrote: | | Just hope the episodes will be better than the movies :/ |
heretics! burn them!
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chiv
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| Posted: Thu, 11th Jun 2009 00:58 Post subject: |
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fucking brilliant, this is great news... lets hope this time it sticks and doesnt get cancelled again ffs.. woooooooooooo futuramaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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| Posted: Thu, 11th Jun 2009 10:24 Post subject: |
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javlar
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| Posted: Thu, 11th Jun 2009 23:38 Post subject: |
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Best news. Just the best.
Futurama is without question my favorite animated series and it's up there in the top5 of all series. I think the movies were good enough, they weren't all 10/10's but it was good to see it again. I'd say at least the first movie was the best movie done based on an animated series, the others were ok but not great.
Southpark, Simpsons, Family Guy and Futurama has all proved that they are best in the 20-minute format imo. Cause then it's more or less all right if they drop a few bad episodes per season since you'll only remember and rewatch the good ones. The long format is hard to pull off when you're expecting to laugh 90% of the time.
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CaptainCox
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| Posted: Sun, 14th Jun 2009 21:33 Post subject: |
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WTF!!!!. WOW! simply WOOOOT!
Cheers for the heads up, can only concur with "javlar" here.
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| Posted: Sun, 14th Jun 2009 23:40 Post subject: |
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Well.. I loved futurama when simpsons started to suck after the ~13th session.
But there is nothing close to family guy
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| Posted: Mon, 15th Jun 2009 01:21 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Mon, 15th Jun 2009 11:34 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Mon, 20th Jul 2009 18:57 Post subject: |
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and now it's time for first, bad news :/
| Quote: | First of all I don't think it is necessary to start a panic over this just yet but according to various sources (Variety, Hollywood Reporter, and IGN) Fox is auditioning for new voice actors auditioning new actors for the roles of our favorite Futurama characters after failing to reach an agreement with the original voice cast.
"We love the 'Futurama' voice performers and absolutely wanted to use them, but unfortunately, we could not meet their salary demands," the studio said in a statement Friday. "While replacing these talented actors will be difficult, the show must go on."
While it is indeed very important that the show goes on, I secretly hope that Fox won't slash the budget for voice actors because a very big part of the success of Futurama lies in its excellent cast. |
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| Posted: Mon, 20th Jul 2009 19:15 Post subject: |
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if they can get matching voice actors the script writers should be able to be pulled it off... i hope :/
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| Posted: Mon, 20th Jul 2009 19:46 Post subject: |
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sigh... i LOVE futurama, and i hate to be a nay-sayer, but i just cant imagine it being the same show without the core cast... ALL of them... either it'll sound all wrong, or it wont be as funny, or theyll try to sound as similar as possible to the originals and it'll jlikely ust come off as cheap, fake, and a little insulting.... sigh... i think id rather see futurama back in FULL FORM or not at all, im sorry to say...
still hoping some sort of agreement can be reached one way or the other to keep the full core cast intact 
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| Posted: Mon, 20th Jul 2009 20:12 Post subject: |
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I hope this is a joke they're playing on the fanbase
They start of the first new episode with different voiceactors that are totally ridicilous. They make up a good story to explain why the voices have changed and then BAM ! the episode ends with everybody getting their original voice back. Now that would be genious!
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| Posted: Sat, 1st Aug 2009 16:28 Post subject: |
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what do you mean good news?? that's great news!
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| Posted: Sat, 1st Aug 2009 22:22 Post subject: |
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WWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH!!
like everything else in life, that pic would look so much better with a white background....
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| Posted: Sun, 2nd Aug 2009 10:19 Post subject: |
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WOOHOO!!
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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| Posted: Fri, 5th Mar 2010 23:12 Post subject: |
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It's not oficial but Thursday June 24th 2010 at 10pm is a date when Two new episodes will have premiere at Comedy Central.
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| qwebob wrote: | | It's not oficial but Thursday June 24th 2010 at 10pm is a date when Two new episodes will have premiere at Comedy Central. |
'Soldier: This is the worst part. The calm before the battle.
Fry: And then the battle is not so bad?
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WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY
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Saner
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| Posted: Sat, 6th Mar 2010 14:37 Post subject: |
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Will be shit.
the first movie was fantastic, but it went downhil from there and ended up being a pile of steaming shit.
Sure they all had there moments, but overall only the first one was actually any good.
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I saw things like that in here and in other "woman problems" topics so...... Am I the only one that thinks some authorities needs to be alerted about Saner and him possibly being a rapist and/or kidnapper ? |
Saner is not being serious. Unless its the subject of Santa!
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