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Otis P Jivefunk
DOOP Secretary
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I've got a feeling Fox wouldn't sell the rights, just to piss people off. That's the sort of people they are...
I'm not sure how much money Matt Groening has, but I'm sure it would be a very reasonable amount.
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mattmag
Crustacean
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I ought to invent something... perhaps some kind of death clock!
ill make billions and buy the rights to the show. infact, ill buy the fox network, or how about every network! i will be unstoppable!!!! hahahahahahahaha!
is bill gates by any chance a huge futurama fan?
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shizumadrive
Crustacean
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Bleh how'd Cartoon Network get ahold of Family Guy and make new episodes for it? Maybe they'll do it for Futurama?
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shizumadrive
Crustacean
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Yeah I know that Family is cheaper and that CN's funds ar emore limited but I still think they could afford to produce smaller seasons.
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shizumadrive
Crustacean
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Cool even better. Let the morons at fox make the shows for Cartoon network heck put the new ones on FX that channel needs something to watch.
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Amy´s Soldier
Crustacean
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Originally posted by Mouse On Venus: Yeah, the British average is definitely six. Which is either representative of the capital available or, much more likely, the number of ideas the writing staff can generate. A quality over quantity thing. Altough Futurama provides both.
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Sil
Professor
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Futurama is more expensive than that, isn't it? The costs go up the more brand new 3D models there are - stuff like Roswell was very expensive because the tank and the planes - all that stuff was a one time job. At least with stuff like the moon, they only paid the modelling fee in SP3K and got plenty of reuse out of it. I thought Futurama was closer to $2mn per episode on the more complicated eps.
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sheep555
Liquid Emperor
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Originally posted by ActionLaPointe: i was just wondering in some deep "save futurama" thought...anyone got any idea how much the shows rights might cost to purchase from fox...many million im guessing but anyone know where we could find a decent estimate... By "rights", I take it you are not just referring to intellectual property rights, but to the cost of "buying" the show. This varies according to market conditions - with the DVDs still to come out in the USA, and episodes still being shown in many countries, Fox are unlikely to sell - certainly, you'd expect to pay well into the tens of millions. Originally posted by Mouse On Venus: Yeah, the British average is definitely six. Which is either representative of the capital available or, much more likely, the number of ideas the writing staff can generate. A quality over quantity thing. The main reason is British shows don't have a writing staff, but a single writer - think about all the great British comedy shows, and you'll realise they're all written by one person, possibly two (Only Fools and Horses - David Jacobs, The Office - Ricky Gervais, Red Dwarf - Grant & Naylow, etc). The only comedy shows in Britain that have a writing staff are the sketch shows (Dead Ringers, Jam, etc). These tend to still run for six shows simply because the audience is too small, and the actors have other commitments. Originally posted by Unknown: I believe that FOX would be the ones actually making the new episodes of Family Guy. It's just not determined yet where they will air. Also, Family Guy isn't too much cheaper than Futurama. I saw somewhere that Futurama costs around $1.2-1.3 million, while Family Guy cost around $900K. The latest I have it that it's a straight to DVD, although I'm not sure. I believe I worked out somewhere that if every member of this forum donated $260 you'd have enough money to resume production of one episode. 10,000 people would have to donate $100 each (in practice, this is only a very, very rough estimate). Originally posted by futuramamama: Who wouldn't? Then there wouldn't even be a cencor. If it was broadcast on TV, it would have to be "censored" (ie, approved). The same with DVD - it would still have to be rated by a censor.
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Sil
Professor
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Oh come on - look at how long My Family lasted - and that's a pile of shite. Except for Nick. I love Nick.
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Sil
Professor
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That's true, but the number of good shows that last a long time seem to bear no relation to the number of bad shows that last longer. There's some that are lame which have gone on far too long (My Family, All About Me and My Hero to name but a few IMO).
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