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Futurama to be Resurrected?

KingDaveRa writes "Futurama could follow in the footsteps of Family Guy and re-enter production more than two years after it was axed. The animated series, brainchild of Simpsons creator Matt Groening, ended after four produced seasons amid lackluster ratings and broken scheduling on broadcast network Fox." From the Reuters article: "Reps for 20th Century Fox have declined to comment on the news, but Variety says initial negotiations have begun. If revived, it's unclear exactly which network would air the new episodes. While Fox housed the original series, the show found new life once reruns began showing on the Cartoon Network. Comedy Central subsequently snapped up the off-air rights and will exclusively air the repeats beginning in 2008. " A follow-up to Groening and Cohen's recent comments.

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  1. futurama by ducatier · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good news everybody!

    1. Re:futurama by Rei · · Score: 5, Funny

      (Execubot rolls dice)

      Executive Beta: "Groening Cartoons Are Back!"

      Ahhh, so many memories, so many strange fluids gushing out of patients' bodies....

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      "WANTED: Sinking ship seeks rats."
    2. Re:futurama by dpille · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ahhh, so many memories

      *Pushes button* And now they're gone.

  2. I'm axing a question by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Futurama could follow in the footsteps of Family Guy and re-enter production more than two years after it was axed.

    Well, i'm waiting... what did they ax it?

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    The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
    1. Re:I'm axing a question by systemic+chaos · · Score: 5, Funny

      You're obviously used to ancient pronunciations, like when you say Christmas instead of Xmas.

  3. My Little Girl Rejoices by Chagatai · · Score: 4, Funny
    My three year-old daughter loves Futurama. Her favorite character? Bender, naturally. She would see a commercial or the DVD set in the store and shout, "Look, daddy! It's Bender!" Gratefully, she does omit the, "Bite my shiny metal ass."

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    --Chag
    1. Re:My Little Girl Rejoices by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Gratefully, she does omit the, "Bite my shiny metal ass."

      What's your daughter doing with a shiny metal ass?

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      The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
  4. Cue comments... by maynard · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...about the resurrection of Farscape and Firefly for an "F" trifecta!!!

    1. Re:Cue comments... by Viper+Daimao · · Score: 4, Funny

      And while Claudia Black is hot there's no amount of her naked hugging a dance pole that could get me to watch it.

      There's defintely an amount of naked hugging a dance pole that could get me to watch it, and I eagerly await the experiments to quantify this amount.

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      "In the game of life, someone always has to lose. To me, if life were fair, that someone would always be Oklahoma." -DKR
  5. Re:get some priorities, people! by Spad · · Score: 5, Funny

    Futurama is being resurrected and you're talking about Ariel Sharon?! You disgust me!

  6. Life... by pizza_milkshake · · Score: 4, Funny

    Life is hilariously cruel.

  7. Re:atleast they realize their mistakes by Asakusa · · Score: 3, Funny

    What's "Arrested Development"?

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    The prisoner of hope is sustained and encouraged by his hope, even as he is confined by it.
  8. hmm by engagebot · · Score: 3, Funny

    "If only there was some way to know which can of slurm has the winning bottlecap..."

    "wait, what did you say? I was too busy using this ray gun to look inside of stuff."

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    Han shot first.
  9. Re:Woooo-Whoooo! by QuantaStarFire · · Score: 3, Funny
    Woooo-Whoooo!

    That's just air escaping from the folds of his fat!

  10. If I Only Had... by SenorPez · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... my Fing-Longer, I could activate the What-If machine, and see what would happen if FOX brought back Futurama.

    Instead, I'll just enjoy the syndication, instead.

  11. Re:I'm all for it ... by Sheetrock · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, it's kind of a bummer that the only choice for right-wing comedy on the air right now is Fox News.

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    Try not. Do or do not, there is no try.
    -- Dr. Spock, stardate 2822-3.




  12. Reporters... Don't They Know Anything? by Evil+Closet+Monkey · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the Article:
    The series revolved around Fry, a pizza delivery boy, who is accidentally frozen for a thousand years. He wakes up in the year 3000 and befriends sassy one-eyed pilot Leela and cranky robot Bender, who both work for an intergalactic delivery service run by a distant nephew of Fry's.

    Leela worked at the Chrionics lab, getting her job with the delivery service at the same time as Fry.
    Bender was ending his carrier as a bender, rather drastically, when he met Fry. Also joining Planet Express at the same time as Fry and Leela.

    My last shred of faith is shattered. How are we ever to trust the news media again!?

  13. Don't Worry. by Farrside · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fox would never allow something like that to happen.

  14. They'll have to re-hire a TON of people for this! by sgant · · Score: 4, Funny

    I mean, the voice talent alone. You have to get the people that do the voices of Philip J. Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg, Zapp Brannigan, Leo Wong, and various other people. I mean that's 5 people right there you have to re-hire!

    Can they find all these guys again? They could be anywhere! They may all have scheduling conflicts or something...

    waiting for someone to state the obvious about this of course

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    "Leo Fender was in a 'state of grace' when he designed the Stratocaster." -- Paul Reed Smith
  15. Re:TV execs don't have a clue by Damek · · Score: 3, Funny

    Their titles all contain vowels! ...

    What, you thought I was going to jump on the "they all contain F!" bandwagon? Pfft.