Futurama Voices Could Be Recast

Svippy writes "According to reports surfacing on the Internet, Futurama may be recast. The animated series is due to return next year on Comedy Central, but may not be the same as we once knew it. 'As part of the announcement, the show's producers said stars including West, Sagal and DiMaggio had all signed on to return. Turns out that wasn't true. The stars had all expressed interest in returning. But with the budget for Futurama dramatically slashed, the salary offers came in well below what the thesps were asking.' Phil LaMarr posted 20th Century Fox's request for auditions on his Facebook page. However, some are skeptical about whether it's a real casting call or purely a stunt to reduce the salaries of the voice actors."

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Re:Why not just make them sound the same?

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Personally I can't wait until they perfect synthetic voices, then there will be no need for overpaid voice actors at all.

Many voice actors for the most part are total dicks.

OH FUCK THAT!!!!!.....

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.....And yet, FOX slaughters yet another potential cash cow.

Honestly, what is with companies that take great ideas and totally ruin them in the name of "improving" them?

I could talk about such epic fuck-ups ad nauseum, but I'll limit my post to.....

FUCK THAT. Futurama will lose the vast majority of what it has built up over the years because those asinine morons at the network can't realize a potential major cash source.

Good job FOX. You are about to destroy something very valuable.