Futurama....back?
 

Groening has been hinting around in interviews and such lately that Futurama might be on the comeback trail....

Maybe someone there at Fox knows what the hell they're doing.

Good news, as far as I'm concerned. I didn't really like Futurama at first, but managed to get aboard right before Fox took it off the air.

Someone should really buy this ol' boy a thesaurus....skein...jeez. I wonder if he got paid extra for multiple uses of the word plus the link to another 'Variety' page for the definition. :)

Any other Futurama fans here?

hells yeah
this rumor has been batter around since Family Guy got picked back up.
if this is the real deal hells yeah

Freakin' sweet! Love the good one's coming back.

Pretty much the best news I've heard all year.

To whoever cancelled Futurama in the first place:

Bite my shiny metal ass!

Can't wait for the return.

Good news, everyone!

I don't know. I'm as big a fan as anyone, and am very thankful for the reruns, but think that the original series may have ran its course. Having Leela and Fry get together in the last episode, made for a touching finale, and I was satisfied by the closure.

Having crossed that line, I worry that any new episodes would suffer and be a bit directionless. By example, I find the new episodes of Family Guy way too reliant on shock gags and taboo busting; much more than they ever were before. It's just not the same.

I'm still pissed at Fox for marginalizing the original run though. Stupid wankers just can't recognize a good property. :rolleyes:

I remain skeptical. I love Futurama to death, and would love to have it back, but I doubt it will happen. However, if it DID come back, I don't think it would be the worse for it, so long as the have the same writers; I doubt it would be hard to get the voice people back. Billy West and John DiMaggio always said it was one of their favorite gigs and voice acting isn't exactly a superstar business, so I think they'd be happy to have it back. With those two you've got about half the voices, and getting Katey Segal shouldn't be hard...what has she done since the show ended? The rest of the team should be happy to jump on board after that.

It took me a second to realize I was reading a Variety article but as soon as I saw "skein" I knew it... Variety uses it's own words to describe things in the Industry, it takes some getting used to but soon enough, you don't even notice it. Here's their dictionary: http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=slanguage

There were rumors earlier that make me skeptical, but this would be so good.

4 times in 375 words...? Is there a word in the 'Industry-slang' for 'repetitive?' :lol:

They could have said, TV series 4 times and it would have been just the same... only you wouldn't have noticed it because it isn't variety speak.

But they tanked an opportunity for VARIETY.

Smash series
Troubled series
Revolutionary series
Cult series

If they mean to confuse people they should stick with French. :)

Variety's style is brusk and to the point. The hyperbole, when it exists, is in this same manner.

Remember, Variety doesn't write for mass consumption. It is a trade magazine and as such speaks to a very particular audience. In other words, if you are confused they are happy.

Braggle snaggle in flaggle, el floogle il bloogle.*

*Translation: "That's fine I suppose, it isn't my trade."

Bender would have stronger words.

I love Futurama. :D I'd almost say it's better than the Simpsons, but then I might get an angry mob after me.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Futurama come back, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it immediately thereafter be cancelled again.

I wouldn't be surprised because this is Fox we're talking about here. They never realize when they've got something good, it seems.

That being said, I must say that I agree.......... Hells yeah.

no. i think we can all agree it's better. the simpsons had a good run but they died somewhere between season 9 and 35104943878742. jk. i think theyre up to 16 or something? i stoped watching after 12. it got really lame.

but futurama was always good and entertaining.

I would like them back even more. They are still on cartoon network though, so it's not hard to catch an episode or two a night.

It'd make me smile to see new episodes. I've got all the DVDs they have out and have seen them plenty, so seeing new stories would be a good thing in my mind.

I dang well hope so!

Personally i think futurama has picked up considerably since it went off the air, definatly be good to have it back.

Man, that's crazy, I was just watching futurama and just thinking 'when's a new season going to be out?' and then read some fansites.

Well, I haven't seen like the 4 lastest seasons, due to Australia being slow, but in my opinion, they've just run out of ideas. I *hope* they can call a finale season and end it peacefully and with style, rather then just pumping out episodes until Fox has to cut them off (which will be a long time, due to the fierce loyalty of fans and Fox alike, even if the show is substandard).

Just what I think...

Is this saying that there's going to be a movie next year?

I can't wait, Futurama ranks as one of my favorite shows of all time. "Oh, advice on how not to change the future from Mr I'm my own Grandfather!"

One of the best animated shows, I hope it does come back.

thanks for the info, i rate this show better than the simpsons !
a movie may be on the cards it seems

New rumor...well same old rumor picking up steam again


Am I reading that last sentence right? I don't think there's any current production going on beyond the rumored straight to DVD releases.

Still, the prospect of a Simpsons/Futurama/Family Guy/American Dad block has me salivating....

I must admit, I really only watch these shows (Futurama, Simpsons, Family Guy, etc) when I happen to come across them or when I'm occasionally in the mood enough to seek them out, but Futurama was a great show and definitely deserves to be brought back. I hope this is true. :)