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Direct to DVD Futurama Movie
An anonymous reader writes "In a recent video blog Billy West mentions that a Futurama movie is in production!" From the video: "Good news everyone...there's gonna be a Futurama movie, coming out on DVD, I think we're gonna start doing it soon. There were talks and I guess they're really happy about moving forward with it cuz the DVDs of Futurama sold really well, and then with a possibility of a second one." Already mentioned as a possibility here on Slashdot. He also talks extensively of his new puppet-based project 'Billy Bastard', which will be based on his drunken shenanigans as a band member when he was younger.
about moving forward with it cuz the
::crosses fingers::
omgwtfbbq will catch on next..
I haven't seen the blog but is there any idea as to how big the budget will be for this? Will all the voice actors be returning and will the animation be as complex as in the TV show?
I'm not sure I want a futurama movie in the vein of Starship Troopers 2.
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Futurama is an excellent candidate for a direct to download experiment. It's got geek appeal, has no network time slot, and is an established, legitimate show.
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Direct to DVD? Does this mean we get an uncut version never intended for television?
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I'm not sure this is a good thing... In the past whenever something went direct to dvd/video, it meant that basically they had produced it on a shoestring budget, for the sole purpose of taking advantage of success from it's prequels... If disney has taught us anything, it's how to run a franchise into the ground. I'm not sure I want futurama's good name ruined in such fashion...
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Here's to hopefully seeing a legendary TV series resurrected with a movie, instead of destroyed by one.
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Futurama Direct-to-Video Greenlit?
Update by [-mArc-]:
Due to some communication hickup within CGEF, the following had been posted without all information attached. Most importantly, our latest information from David X. Cohen is that the movie(s) have NOT been greenlit yet. So, take what Billy says as a good sign, but not neccessarily as the final word on it.
It seems that FOX has finally given the Futurama Direct-to-Video the green light. In the first of IGN's exclusive Video Blogs direct from San Diego's Comic-Con International, voice actor Billy West (Fry, Zoidberg, the Professor, and many more voices for many more shows) revealed to us that a brand-new direct-to-video Futurama movie has been greenlit. There is also an option on a second dvd.
Thanks to IGN for this exclusive information. The information has not yet been confirmed by Matt Groening or FOX itself, so let's just keep hoping
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I find it interesting that they're talking about having the movie go straight to DVD. I guess maybe I'm biased, but the straight-to-home-video market was always a very low budget domain. So I'm curious as to whether this will break the B-rated mold. I can't see a Futurama movie doing well in theaters, so I think it's a good move...I just wonder whether maybe that will catch on more generally. I could think of a bunch more series shows that are definitely movie potential, but probably wouldn't draw millions upon millions into theaters.
Maybe DVD has raised the worthiness of direct-to-home-video in the eyes of producers from the network-made-for-tv ghetto that was VHS. If so, that's definitely a Good Thing.
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This is most likely a great thing - futurama, probably the best prime-time cartoon with geek appeal ever is being resurrected. The reasons why I said "most likely":
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1. the show was starting to get bad around the end. The jokes were less thought-out, the plots wildy random and inconsistent. This could be because the creators knew the show was going to be cancelled so they stopped trying.
2. Whenever a show is cancelled, the writers and everyone involved go and find other jobs. If this is true, it means that new writers will need to be hired, and the style will likely change (eg. family guy).
3. Futurama was a great show in 22 minute chunks (the length of the average show minus ads), but will this mean it will make a good 2 hour movie? The southpark movie was too long imo at under 1:30 - it just seemed like a long, drawn-out episode. I am worried that the creators of futurama have gotten too used to the 20 minute plot.
4. If the futurama movie is indeed bad, it will dilute its legacy. On the bright side, if it's bad I can ignore it and no loss, but if it's good, I will be very happy.
The good things that may come from this:
1. high quality version of futurama! maybe even wide screen
2. If successful, it *may* bring the show back. Maybe even replace the crapfest that the Simpsons have become.
3. more bender
This was confirmed at Comic Con yesterday (Saturday) during the Simpsons panel with Matt G. Needless to say, the Futurama DVD got the largest applause of the session.
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Instead of reading articles online, you now have to watch a video to see if the announcement claim is really through, or if it is just a catchy title?
Now I need TiVo for the internet so I can fast forward??
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Boondock Saints was released straight to video/DVD.
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can you preorder this?
usenet is already taking pre-orders, sadly
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Absolutely not - as much as I love both shows, you need a plot when you make a movie, something Family Guy, especially these days, can't manage.
However, Futurama is well known for having well constructed, and often very moving plots (see: Jurrassic Bark).
Hundreds of dollars???
You got ripped...Over here in Australia they were selling for around $30AU a set.
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This is the best nanosecond of my life, no wait this one is, that one was slightly worse, so far so good on this one. Would have been good to see the series return to TV, but any new Futurama material is going to be gold.
.. or at least, Joe DiMaggio, the Voice of Bender, in a loft-party in downtown Los Angeles ..
.. delicious .. i helped myself to a whole stack of them. then, i turn around and hear Bender going 'bite my shiny metal ass', and i think "damn, cookies!?", when .. lo and behold .. there was Joe, doing his Bender for the chicks.
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Evidently in the East Coast release of the DVD the first 20 minutes of the movie will be replaced by football.
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None of you are asking the most important question of all about a Futurama movie:
Are we going to see Amy naked?
And not that lame "from behind so all we see is her butt" style nudity, either!
Give us full frontal naked Amy!
And naked Leela!
But no naked Hermes or Farnsworth.
Or Zap. Definitely no naked Zap.
That would be bad.
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