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03-12-2007, 09:27 AM | #1 |
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4 Futurama movies on the way (First in December) - Will compile into new season
Who would have ever guessed a small, interstitial animated sequence on THE TRACEY ULLMAN SHOW in 1987 would lead to the full-fledged animated series in 1989, yet THE SIMPSONS is still going strong 18 years later.
It’s been a great ride for creator Matt Groening who is shepherding THE SIMPSONS MOVIE into theaters on July 27 as well as brand new episodes of his cult series FUTURAMA which was unceremoniously cancelled by Fox, only to find an after-life on DVD and the Cartoon Network. Starting in 2008, 16 new episodes are being produced which will also be turned into four direct-to-DVD movies. The first --FUTURAMA: BENDER’S BIG SCORE -- will be released December 2007. iF MAGAZINE: Can you explain how there will be 16 new episodes and the DVD movies at once. MATT GROENING: We’re doing four DVD movies around ninety minutes and then we’re going to reconfigure those and they’ll be episodes on Comedy Central. The impolite way of saying it is we’re chopping them up and the polite way is to say we’re reconfiguring and we’re going to add narration and more stuff. We’re going to be doing some fun extras on the DVD show, there’s going to be "Everybody Loves Hyptno-Toad" – a whole show of it. The DVD’s are going to be self-contained packages, but the episodes will also work, we hope. That’s the goal. Full interview with Groening here: http://new.ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=1962 |
03-12-2007, 09:52 AM | #2 |
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You win again gravity!!!
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03-12-2007, 09:53 AM | #3 |
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Seriously the Simpsons has been so stale for so long it'll be great if these new Futurama eps are as good as the original run
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03-12-2007, 09:58 AM | #4 |
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Finally. I was so irate when Futurama was cancelled... let's just hope it doesn't come back on and turn out shitty and overused ala Family Guy.
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03-12-2007, 10:16 AM | #5 |
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I just hope Groening will have the sense to keep it short and sweet to be honest, he's obviously got ideas otherwise he wouldn't be doing it but I don't wanna see Futurama end up like the Simpsons.
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03-12-2007, 11:25 AM | #6 |
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We already knew.
Mostly because this was posted before. |
03-13-2007, 05:39 AM | #7 |
Last of a Dying Forum
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A full episode of "Everyone Loves Hypno-Toad" is worth the DVD's alone.
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03-13-2007, 02:38 PM | #8 | |
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03-13-2007, 02:55 PM | #9 |
I am the cheese
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Maybe becasue Comedy Central has more viewers and more money? Nah, couldn't be.
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03-13-2007, 02:58 PM | #10 |
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Comedy Central bought the rights a while ago for airing Futurama starting in either 08 or 09. I think just after Cartoon Network got the rights.
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03-15-2007, 01:08 PM | #11 | |
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03-16-2007, 03:21 PM | #12 |
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Ahh, I didnt know about the contract thing, or the possible dispute that KK refers to. Just was wondering if that was a typo. I guess I could really care less for which channel it is shown on.
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03-16-2007, 07:09 PM | #13 |
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Fuckin awesome, i was like when they cancelled futurama, good to hear its coming back
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