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Futurama Rumored To Return On Comedy Central
avajcovec points out a brief note on Collider.com that Comedy Central has ordered 13 new episodes of Futurama. Quoting: "Though still technically a rumor at this point, word is that 'Futurama' production offices have already opened and that casting is about to move forward. This should be a welcome surprise to fans of the show who have already gone through the series' cancellation and resurrection as direct-to-DVD movies."
They may have been "Direct-to-DVD", but I don't think it took them long to then go "and onwards to Sky TV as multi-part episodes". I know there aren't many Futurama episodes, but Sky seem to have played the "Direct to DVD" ones more than normal!
For homework, please write an essay comparing and contrasting Seth McFarlane with Seth Green; be sure to compare and contrast their respective television productions.
Extra credit may be available for extended treatises on Greg the Bunny.
Slightly disreputable, albeit gregarious
Here's another link: http://tv.ign.com/articles/992/992321p1.html
Sounds unlikely they are going to change actors though.
All of the actors are still very much alive, and not to mention are still very interested in Futurama, so doubting the return of the actors is not very justified.
But even if they can't get an actor back, remember what the writers of The Simpsons did when Phil Hartman died? Yeah, they retired his characters, in his honour.
Billy West, for instance, who voices Fry, Farnsworth, among others, have since the release of Into the Wild Green Yonder (well, and before) spoken out about the possibility of a return of the show. And have mention on occasion that Futurama was the best gig he ever had.
I recommend reading this article, for a timeline of what happened since Bender's Game with the possibility of a return.
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Family Guy, the show that replaces Lacey Chabert with Mila Kunas in Season 2? People deal.
> In my (professional) estimation Seth McFarlane is the single most important
> writer in the English language since the time Shakespeare, Coleridge, and Blake.
Well now we know. Seth MacFarlane is the hypnotoad.
Just because you are paranoid does not mean that no-one is out to get you.
Careful! Remember John Goodman voiced the original Santa in their first Christmas special. He wasn't available so John di Maggio did it. It was seamless. You almost couldn't tell until the DVD commentary.
The cutaway scenes in Family Guy represent the first departure from classical comedy I've ever been aware of.
They did the exact same thing in Parker Lewis Can't Lose. I'm no scholar, but I'd find it hard to believe that's the first time it's been done.
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