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Futurama Returns

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Re: Futurama Returns

Postby Shadowman » Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:18 pm

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'Futurama' cast returning for reboot
Original voices ink deal; end spat with Fox
By MICHAEL SCHNEIDER
'Futurama'

The "Futurama" characters won't be sporting new voices after all.

Three of the five "Futurama" cast members - Katey Sagal, Maurice LaMarche and Tress MacNeille - have just sealed pacts with 20th Century Fox TV to return to the show as it reboots with 26 new episodes for Comedy Central. The show's other two voice stars, Billy West and John DiMaggio, are expected to follow suit shortly.

Both the actors and 20th are believed to have found a compromise. Move comes after 20th put out a casting call earlier this month to find replacement actors for the show.

The studio announced in June that it would produce 26 new episodes of "Futurama," and that Comedy Central was on board to begin airing the new episodes in mid-2010. As part of the announcement, the show's producers said stars including West, Sagal and DiMaggio had all signed on to return.

Turns out they hadn't - and talks broke down as the studio and actors were wildly apart on episodic salary.

It wasn't the first time 20th had gone that route during a tough negotiation on one of its animated shows. The studio once made a similar move on "The Simpsons" when it couldn't come to a deal with that show's stars; although casting feelers were sent out, a deal was eventually made, just as in this case.

20th and Comedy Central have been kicking around ways to make "Futurama," originally produced for a broadcast network (Fox), make financial sense for a cable run.

It was believed that the "Futurama" cast were asking for around $75,000 per episode, although the actors have said their request was actually much lower than that. It was not clear what 20th was offering.

Created by Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, "Futurama" originally aired on Fox from 1999 to 2003. The success of the show's repeats on DVD and cable, as well as a series of first-run DVD releases, led to the decision to revive "Futurama."

Other costs that were slashed in the process led to a smaller writing staff and a shorter delivery schedule.
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Re: Futurama Returns

Postby Renne » Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:26 pm

Thank god for that!
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