"We are thrilled that Matt Groening and 20th Century Fox Television have decided to produce new episodes of 'Futurama' and that Comedy Central will be the first to air them.""There is a deep and passionate fan base for this intelligent and very funny show that matches perfectly with our audience, and it is great that we can offer them not just the existing library but something they've never seen as well." There are also plans to make four new DVD movies of Futurama, which will also eventually be shown as four episodes each on Comedy Central. This makes the number of episodes 16, not 13.
Futurama Voice actor Billy West (who voices Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Zoidberg and Zapp Brannigan in Futurama) took time out to answer 10 questions for members on slashdot. Among those:
Q: We've heard a lot about the original voice actors who are returning to Futurama. [...] However, what about the other staff? Are the writers of the Fox episodes returning [...]? [...]
Billy: Outside of the voices, I don't know if ALL the writers and artists are on board, but I'm guessing most of them are.
You can read the full interview at slashdot - http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/05/1555200.
Great news, in my opinion. Futurama is great, and I can't wait to see the new episodes! Wonder which UK TV channel will show the new episodes.. Comedy Central is a Viacom network, so it could be Paramount Comedy..
