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Futurama Voices Could Be Recast

Posted by Soulskill on from the bite-my-shiny-metal-*** dept.

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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  1. ob by shentino · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Bite my shiny metal ass!

    1. Re:ob by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      This is what Slashdot is all about, two comic book store guys battling it out :D

    2. Re:ob by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Who cares what the tags say? Are you serious? Tags in general have debatable utility, but around here, what good are they?

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    3. Re:ob by Dachannien · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Actually, the tags here serve one useful purpose: they provide a quick indicator of most Slashdotters' opinions related to the article. After all, a time-honored tradition around here is not R'ing TFA. With tags, now you don't have to read the comments, either.

  2. Not watching without original cast. by Gudeldar · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I absolutely will NOT watch it without the original cast. I can't imagine anyone other than Billy West voicing Fry.

  3. Good news everybody! by dancingmad · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wait, this isn't good news at all.

    Seriously, the voice actors in Futurama gave their characters heart and soul. It's not just that the actors are good (they are, of course) but the characters have grown along with the actors, such that in my mind, and in the mind of many fans I am sure, the two are inseparable.

    Without the original cast, I won't be watching, simple as that.
    It's going to cost more money in the long run to produce an abject failure than to put more money into the show from the start and hoping the fanbase comes back.

    --
    "There is no time, sir, at which ties do not matter," Jeeves, (Jeeves and the Impending Doom)
  4. Re:Speech-to-text by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Hello... Smithers... You're. quite. good. at. turning. me. on."

    I'll give you a hint. If that were in any way possible, we'd be seeing it now. At least for some show like "Pokemon" where the dialog tend to be extremely simple.

    We'll see truly convincing computer-generated people long before we'll be hearing them.

    --
    You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
  5. Re:Comentary by KeithJM · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Would they really risk the entire show for some money, when they care so much for it?

    I've had some jobs I really enjoyed. The products were good, the people were great, and I loved my time there. If they called me right now and offered me less money than they used to pay me, I wouldn't go back.