4 Futurama DVD Movies

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YAY!!!! Tangerine!!!! so close so very close I do hope that there is a movie I've been waiting so long to know if it is really and truly true. And it is so close to knowing thetruth!!!

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I LOVE that chart! Woo, tangerine!!

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I'd say I want to be red, but then I'd be regarded as a pervert. 

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Also, to our friends at PEEL, we really are starting the first dvd movie later this summer, but I know you won't believe me and debate it to death because I'm not an "official" source -- I'm just some poor schlub who actually works at the the friggin' cartoon studio where we're making the god-damned thing. That's good, you should be suspicious, because I understand how many times you've been burned in the past by promises that never came to pass and how much that must hurt. Me, I don't know what that must feel like, because nothing like that's ever happened to me -- well, I guess the closest thing would be a few years back when my mom and dad told me and my brother and sisters that we were going to take a family trip to Ireland, but we never went because my parents died within a few months of each other right after we made the reservations.

Source.

I'm sorry for doubting!   

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rikki_rakko has always been on the ball in the past.  This makes me feel quite a bit better about the whole thing.  Still, I wonder why the "official" sources just won't make an announcement yet...

[Reply #245 on:]

holy crap, I think my excitement level was dangerously close to the red line there.

@JBERGES: I wonder... Is it possible that all of this uncertainty that F*x is letting happen is to bolster interest in the show?  If that's the case they'll hold off until the last possible moment to tell us.

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Probably someone is not signed yet or some part of production, distribution, funding, or other $ stuff hasn't been buttoned up.

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Originally posted by soylentOrange:
@JBERGES: I wonder... Is it possible that all of this uncertainty that F*x is letting happen is to bolster interest in the show?  If that's the case they'll hold off until the last possible moment to tell us.

That would be an excessively cheap, hype-building exercise, but I can't imagine it would be too effective getting the word out to the mainstream.  After all, Futurama nerds don't have friends who aren't Futurama nerds (or is that just me?)

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FOX will be generating the buzz to their own timetable.

I would suspect that the advertizing blitz won't happen until it's close to time for the DVD's to actually be released.

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You never know with any sort of movie. Sometimes, you get those "year before release short ads" that say something like "Futurama: The Movie" and "Coming to the 21st Century This December" and a short blip of Bender saying "Bender's back baby!"

Yes, I bet they'll do the huge ad campaign like they did with the Family Guy movie for the Futurama movie.

Personally, all this talk is pretty much confirming that something is happening, but nobody's sure what. I hope that they don't do what they did with the Family Guy movie and split the movie into later episodes, if Futurama got back the television.

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how would this be for an xmas present?

 

Originally posted on CGEF:
Even though there is little information about the four Futurama DVD movies, the project remains on track (i.e., as it stands, they are going to be produced). To give you an idea of the timeline, the first of the movies is tentatively planned to be released around Xmas 2007. We'll let you know once we get more information from our sources.

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It would be just awesome. 

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    * June 21, 2006, Katey Sagal, as a guest on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, stated that Futurama is very likely to return for either 13 or 16 new episodes on Comedy Central, in addition to the DVD movies. She also stated that she had already signed the contract to do voice work in Futurama.

    Also, on Adult Swim, it was announced that Billy West spoke of 3 straight-to-DVD episodes of Futurama which would begin production during the Summer of 2006, hopefully arriving Fall of 2006.

Perhaps these episodes will be bonus features on the DVD's.

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where did those quotes come from Xanfor?  If they're legit I think I may have a heart attack.  New episodes in addition to 4 DVD's?!  Holy freaking sheet!

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Originally posted by Xanfor:
 Perhaps these episodes will be bonus features on the DVD's.

Wow thats freaking even better news with the already sweet DVD movies!!!

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From the Late, late, late Show website...

 

Tuesday, Jun 20
Katey Sagal (Futurama)
David Milch (Deadwood)
Arturo Gatti

See the way Katey's name is listed?  Futurama!

Not 'Married With Children', not 'Eight Simple Steps', 'not Lost'.

The media buzz is starting - little hints dropped here and there to keep the buzz going.

This message board will go up in a flash of spontaneous combustion when the 'official' word is released.

Back a few months ago, I stated that Billy West's rebuttal of the new eps was a little too quick - almost like damage control.  He probably got a bit of a tongue-lashing from DXC for spilling the beans too soon.  Notice that Billy has been strangely silent since then about Futurama?

Anyway - I'm a greedy bastard.  I want the DVD's to be unrated so that the plots can be a little more adult oriented and the eps to be more PG for TV.

If Katey is correct about the new eps being on Comedy Central - the show will be given the respect that it deserves.

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Billy West has basically confirmed what Ms. Sagal said last night/this morning:

 

I was waiting for someone else to announce the show's return to television
so I wouldn't get clobbered if I had any information that was inaccurate!

Yes-- what Katey said is true so there is every reason now (with no
reservations) to go nuts.I'm glad to go back to work on my favorite show!
I'm sure I'll be on a bunch of shows to promote this.I've never seen Craig
Ferguson--what's his story?
Futurama lives!

Billy

Source.

*Happy Dance*

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EEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Alright, I'm done.  You all know how I feel, and I'm not going to go to great lengths to articulate it.  Just one question: Ms. Sagal's on Lost?  I should watch that show sometime.

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From BillyWest.com.

From the fingers of Billy himself...

Yes! A full season of new Futurama episodes is on the way on Comedy Central! I already knew but every time I said anything,I got my ass spanked for ''jumping the gun.'' Everyone is coming back and we start recording in July.  So,ahh.....Death to my enemies!

This'll be so much fun.

Billy


I don't want to anywhere near Orlando, FL.  Venus will be running around sceaming

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ee!"

[Reply #259 on:]

I have an old newspaper article form around february saying that new episodes were being made for comedy central and would stop airing on adult swim I should look for that..*rummages under bed*

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I thought CC was paying a lot for reruns but did think much more of it.

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Originally posted by Ralph Snart:

I don't want to anywhere near Orlando, FL.  Venus will be running around sceaming

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ee!"

Hehheh, funnyly enough. That was my reaction. I made an audible EEEEEEEEEEE that frightened Diego who was sitting in my lap. His ears went way back and he gave me this look like i'd lost my mind.

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funnyly

Is that a real word, or like Fry asking Leela if Bender was 'catastrophizing' another planet?

Anyway, we know what you meant.

This is a happy day for all of us.

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I'm going to spin around until I fall down!

[Reply #264 on:]

every body at my school says there is a season 5 of futurama. I think there dumbasses.

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There's a televised season 5 of Futurama, thanks to Fox.  Production season 4 was split into two televised seasons.

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Originally posted by Ralph Snart:
funnyly

Is that a real word, or like Fry asking Leela if Bender was 'catastrophizing' another planet?

Anyway, we know what you meant.

This is a happy day for all of us.

It is too a real word! Look it up in the Venictionary!

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Well, 'funnily' is a word, at least.  (Not to be confused with funnely, which I assume would mean to do something in the same manner a funnel would...)

Right then... extreme excitement... tears of joy... loss of bladder control... the usual pseudo-optimism.  Katey's input makes this one more legit at least; I have a better feeling about it than the other announcements. Once again, here's hoping for more official word soon.

EDIT:  This Venictionary is boulderdash!  It has different definitions for 'EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!' and 'EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!' I'll never be fluent...

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So far Xanfor and Venus haven't dropped dead from rapturous excitement - we now only have to worry about Shiny.

Hopefully, at the end we'll get closure to the Leela/Fry relationship.

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My main concern is whether or not they can get the same writer's back. If they have to come in with a whole new team of writer's i'm nervous as to how it will all turn out. So i'll have to wait till after the first few episodes before i decide whether i want to drop dead from rapturous excitement.

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I watched Conan last night and not Craig, so I wouldn't have heard that. There is only one word to describe my emotion...
SKWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEE!
*Does the Pee-Wee Dance*

At least it will be on Comedy Central, where it stands a chance, as they do a good job with South Park.

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I look foward to these movies, I always knew it was only a matter of time...

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Originally posted by Billy West:


Yes! A full season of new Futurama episodes is on the way on Comedy Central! I already knew but every time I said anything,I got my ass spanked for ''jumping the gun.'' Everyone is coming back and we start recording in July.So,ahh.....Death to my enemies!

This'll be so much fun.

Billy

*screams*

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Well, if this is all correct I'm going to pretend the table top is a pair of bongos (as in drums =P), and make the cat dance a 'Glee-shuffle' of sorts.

One concern is whether England will have to wait longer than the States for all of it. It's only a concern because I can be impatient.   
The other depressing and shameful concerns like "Is this all a misunderstanding?" are being smothered by euphoric optimism.

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[Reads latest posts in thread]
 
[*Stunned Silence*]

  HAWT DIGGETY DAWG! 

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna' bounce off'a the walls for a while. 
*Zing*Pow*Bwoing*Poit*Twang*Thump*Fwap* *SCREECH*

Does this mean I can finally open the bubbly I've been so patiently chilling in the 'fridge? 
 

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Originally posted by Officer 1BDI:
Billy West has basically confirmed what Ms. Sagal said last night/this morning:

 Source.

*Happy Dance*

Oh my God! Oh my God! *Falls over dead in excitement* Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssss sssssssssssssssssssssssssssss !!!!        

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OMG!!

Oh snap!!! Thankyou, sweet, merciful God! I love you all!!

Heehee, can't wait. I know they'll be fantastic. I just know it! 

Obligatory smilies expressing my rapturous joy and love:

 

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So now I can't wait!!! 

What time do you think they will be broadcast??????????????????????

[Reply #278 on:]

This is outstanding news and I echo Venus' "EEEEEEEeeee"s.  I'm wondering.  Did Comedy Central buy Futurama outright from Fox?  It sounds like the new eps are going to be produced by CC. 

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Originally posted by Dave B:
What time do you think they will be broadcast??????????????????????

I expect it'll probably be sometime next year.

Oohh, the time will go so slowly!!