Futurama (really) returns!!1

[Jordan]

Straight from the voice actor Billy West himself (who plays Fry), 26 new episodes are going into production! These will air on TV, they aren't going straight to DVD as previously planned.

Link to his message board:
http://www.billywest.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2011&PN=1

This link will probably go down very fast, it was posted on Slashdot.

[Monopolyman]

Good good.

Didn't someone from the show also say something about a Futurama movie, aswell?

[The3rdChildren]

Fucking brilliant news.

[Mike]

Great news! I didn't really like season 4 that much, but hopefully this break will have given the writers a bit of time to get some really good stories and gags for season five. Cant wait!

[Blackfox]

Great news. Let's hope its as good as the first installments of Futurama.

[EEVILMURRAY]

... Got nothing much to say on Futurama. Wasn't that into it.

[Fields]

Well when it does return, remind me not to watch it.

[AshMat]

Yes oh god yes! This is fantastic, can't wait, but wasn't there news of 4 movies aswell a while ago, confirmed by Billy.

[demonmike04]

Good point Retro, I wonder if they decided to scrap them and go with a new season? Hmm....

[gaggle64]

Hmmmm, I'm not so sure about this. Futurama was great, but I felt it went out on a high and I was looking forward to see what Groening would do next. Still, I'm not expecting the quality of the show to disapate anytime soon. I hope they do an hour-long "wedding episode" or something - they seemed quite intrested in doing that on the directors commentary in season 4.

[AshMat]

Maybe that'll be one of the movies if they still do it, Fry and Leela's wedding. But the show would change so much if they did get married, maybe it could show Parallel Fry and Leela's wedding (from The Farnsworth Parabox)

[Babooo]

I've never really got into Futurama tbh. I've watched a couple of episodes here and there but never actually like it alot.

Simpsons all the way baby...:bowdown:

[Bluejay]

Although Simpsons is far superior, (imo) well at least Seasons 4-12 anyway, I'm more than pleased that futurama will return.

[gaggle64]

Maybe that'll be one of the movies if they still do it, Fry and Leela's wedding. But the show would change so much if they did get married, maybe it could show Parallel Fry and Leela's wedding (from The Farnsworth Parabox)
They can't just stick so rigidly with the same format though. because a) it would start to become stale and b) it wouldn't make any sense in terms of character development. I mean, c'mon, Leela finally fell for Fry properly at the end of season 4. Lets face it, it was going to happen eventually.

[The3rdChildren]

Futurama did animation brilliantly. Comedy and drama all meshed into one clever idea. I personally think it to be one of the most original concept animated shows of recent years and welcome it's return.

[Hero-of-Time]

EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!! Best news I have heard in a while. Hopefully Zap Brannigan will feature in the new episodes as that guy is hilarious.

[Schizoid Man]

The Standard of Simpsons today is embarassing, frankly. Whereas 'classic' Simpsons (quite a sizable chunk you'll find!), Family Guy and Futurama are the holy trinity of hilarious animation. I mean will Zoidberg's 'woop woop's' ever get stale? Don't answer that one.

[ShadowV7]

YUS another series thats great,it was sayed that it was gonna continue with a movie a while ago but another series is great,can't wait :D

[Bogbas]

Great! More work for the korean sweatshops... ::shrug:

[AshMat]

Great! More work for the korean sweatshops... ::shrug:
Isn't everything more work for asian sweatshops these days though.

[Portlett]

futurama does kick some serious ass!

[BeerMonkey]

KICK ASS :D i love futurama great news

[Big Red]

hell yeh just what the docter orderd

[Hellfire]

WOOP WOOP!

[The3rdChildren]

It's actually not a new set of 26 episodes. Billy West was wrong when he posted and he's now put it right. It's a couple of movies.

[Mike]

From www.gotfuturama.com: :(

Update:
I'm getting different bits of info that say this news may not be the case.There IS something up Futurama project wise but but it might be the DVD's still.It's hard to keep up with things--but I'll try to do better.

Sorry,
Billy
So there you have it folks, the return of Futurama as a series may not be the case as of right now. In related news that backs up the idea of Futurama coming to DVD rather than TV, Bill Morrisson recently spoke to a fan about how the Futurama Movie script is almost finished at a convention in Germany. Woot.

Update 2: (mArc)
Another well-informed source tells us that there was no basis in reality for the 26 episode rumour. The plan to make direct-to-DVD movies is still existing.

[CoolFunkMan]

My happiness died after reading about the error... :(

Still at least we get the DVD movies, which is better than no Futurama *Regains some happiness.* As for Simpsons - that's become too stale now. Right up to the point where I can't even watch the old episodes any more. Futurama is way better and Family Guy is ace too! (Although I'm only just getting into the latter.)

[MunKy]

Whether its a new season or DVD movies Im still gonna buy it. I love Futurama!

[Konfucius]

Good to hear it will return in one form or another. However, I'm not too sure if we should trust Billy's update, he could also be told to correct it because they didn't want the info about the 26 episodes to come out already.

[ShadowV7]

Upset it's not a series but least we're getting Futurama back

[AshMat]

DVD movies are better than nothing, Damn you Billy!

[Platty]

It should never have been cancelled in the first place, cant wait for the new episodes whether it be on TV or straight to DVD.

[Cubechris]

Win, If this movie news is true, then hurray for all, but I wish they would give it a Cinema release....

Bring on the Bender...

[N_Power]

Its a shame futurama never got the fanbase of simpsons i love it i hope they do end end making a couple more series at some point in the future.

[MunKy]

Futurama has a huge fan base. Just check out gotfuturmama.com fuck im doi drunk right not now.

[Nintendork]

Futurama was okay.. but nothing fantastic.

[BeerMonkey]

gah no new series but at least the film is still coming