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Originally posted by Kif White, Jan 19, 2006:
Good news everyone! Check out this post from Billy West at his message board:
second post from the bottom
                   

From Billy West:
HERE'S GREAT NEWS!
Here's the official word on Futurama!!
David X. phoned me about an hour ago and said that this Futurama project
is a done deal! Here's the word from DX---
There are 4 DVD movies that we'll start recording at the end of July or
August.Full feature length FUTURAMA movies.
Everybody is excited to get back together--as I am!

Into the Future,
Billy

               

Futurama Comic-con '07 Panel
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7

             

Return of Futurama Comic (Comic-con '07)
Originally posted by RatchetMan:
Apparently too much UBB code breaks these forums. Here are just the links. First
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Fox has officially announced the DVD and Blue-Ray release of ITWGY.
Source

The Extras:

Show spoiler

Audio Commentary by Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Michael Rowe, Lee Supercinski, Patric M. Verrone and Peter Avanzino
Storyboard Animatic: Into the Wild Green Yonder, Part 1
Featurette: Matt Groening and David X. Cohen in Space!
Docudramarama: “How We Make Futurama So Good”
“Louder! Louder!”: The Acting Technique of Penn Jillette
Golden Stinkers: A Treasury of Deleted Scenes
How To Draw Futurama In 10 Very Difficult Steps
3D Models with Animator Discussion
Bender's Movie Theater Etiquette
Zapp Brannigan's Guide to Making Love at a Woman 
Video Picture – In – Picture commentary by Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Michael Rowe, Lee Supercinski, Patric M. Verrone and Peter Avanzino (BD Exclusive)

1 = Bender's Big Score December 4thNovember 27th, 2007 Full 2-minute trailer
2 = The Beast With A Billion Backs June 24th, 2008 Preview animatic, Official preview
3 = Bender's Game November 4th, 2008 Official trailer
4 = Into the Wild Green Yonder  April 2009February 24th, 2008 Official trailer

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Woo, new thread!
From the last one: Yes, of course, it was the Wired article. Should've remembered that, especially considering it was one of the few I bothered to read. That drawing and some others were in a special section, separate from the main article.

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Thanks for all the links, Nix.  They're very much appreciated.

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Hey Just One Question:

Is BWABB being released on Jun.24 in both England and US?

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June 24th - US
June 30th - UK
Unknown - AUS
From Wikipedia

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Thank you

Im in the US and just wasn't sure

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News about Sky? http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/tv/2008/04/futurama_new_episodes.html

Also Nixorbo could you delete my thread on this topic as I hadn't noticed this one.

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Originally posted by i_c_weiner:
June 24th - US
June 30th - UK
Unknown - AUS
From Wikipedia

My guess for AUS is 25th or 26th of June because those kinds of things come out after USA but before UK, and also on a wednesday or thursday.

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Not really news although any mention of Futurama is good right?
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/may/09/hmvgroupbusiness.retail

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There's not much to talk about so I thought I'd mention that in the UK BWABB has been rated a 12 certificate, just as BBS was here too... http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=777869

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According to the infosphere, "The official trailer for the film will be released on June 3 with the DVD release of Meet the Spartans."   And if someone on the internet said it, it must be true.

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Originally posted by soylentOrange:
According to the infosphere, "The official trailer for the film will be released on June 3 with the DVD release of Meet the Spartans."

Oh joy, now I'll have to rent Meet The Spartans...        

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Good: BwaBB trailer.

Bad: At least one of us will have to rent Meet The Spartans. 

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Someone rent it and post the trailer.

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If anybody ever needed proof that they love to royally screw with us, here it is.

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Ah, it'll be on YouTube the same day Spartans hits stores. 

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This is true. Thank God for YouTube!

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Geez, they must have been on a tight budget if they paid for a trailer on the meet the spartans dvd.

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Yeah; next thing you know, it'll be on the next "scary movie" dvd as well...

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Can't wait, this will be a nice appetiser for the main course. On a side note I'm pretty sure BBS is selling well in England from what I've seen. Shops selling out, decent chart positions. It's looking successful...

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Originally posted by x.Bianca.x:
Geez, they must have been on a tight budget if they paid for a trailer on the meet the spartans dvd.

More than likely the other way around, that is, Meet the Spartans is using Futurama to sell more DVD's.

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Either that or they're both products of Fox Home Entertainment.

Speaking of Fox Home Entertainment, I found this while looking at the BWaBB page:

 

• Bender or cast reads credits
• Bender sings his version of the Futurama Song - which consists solely of "Bite my shiny metal ass" or "Bender is great!"

This I look forward to laughing uproariously at.

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I'm going to rent Meet the Spartans only to see the BWaBB trailer.  I don't care to see the movie.   

I rented "Fantastic Four, Rise of the Silver Surfer" and I didn't find the BBS trailer.  All I found was The Simpsons movie trailer.  Well, at least I got to see the trailer on the BBS DVD. 

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Interesting... Did anyone notice that BBS won an Annie Award?

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I thought it was mentioned in the other movie thread?  >_>

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Originally posted by Xanfor:
Interesting... Did anyone notice that BBS won an Annie Award?

Yeah, I saw something about that a while ago. Never heard of an "Annie" before that though, so I learned something. 

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As some might have seen on IMDB - here is link for the first review of BwBB: http://www.screenjabber.com/futurama_beastbillionbacksDVD

No spoilers except of things we already know and it´s solid positive reaction.

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Fantastic find, that is a great well rounded review! God I can't wait to see this  It sounds absolutely awesome to the max as I suspected! Loving the sounds of all the plots and suplots. They say it's funnier than BBS which can only be a good thing. They also reveal a bit about Benders Game and that Mom will be back in it...

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Oh god I can't wait. It sounds like it is going to be amazing. Well written review adn now I'm thinking that I should not have read it becuase now I can't stand the wait.

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this sounds really promising; I'm just a little wary of the Fry-Colleen subplot.  Only a month has passed and Fry has a girlfriend, after being devoted to Leela for years and years? 

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Yeah, that's why some of us think she's probably a sort of form or manifestation of the beast, and Fry is under some kind of mind control, possibly.
In addition, she'll likely cause Leela a little jealousy, though whether she'll actually show it or not is a different matter.

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She'll probably claim she's just trying to protect him or something.

Leela: "Bender, this is Fry's decision ... and he made it wrong. So it's time for us to interfere in his life."

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The official trailer is out now:
 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3539YPEhF5E

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I love the ending.....yum!

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We get to see Leela, huzzah! Seems she's going to be the beast-battling heroine. Ironic considering the cover art.

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Originally posted by Anarchy_Balsac:
The official trailer is out now:
 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3539YPEhF5E

Added to top post.

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That was seven shades of awesomeness! Anyone know where that trailer came from?

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okay, I am now seriously stoked.  I cant wait another 5 weeks dammit! 

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Cloolsome, this should be good indeed! Gonna be tough waiting, but we've got this far...

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Originally posted by Sine Wave:
We get to see Leela, huzzah! Seems she's going to be the beast-battling heroine. Ironic considering the cover art.

I pretty much guessed that to begin with, and the futurama returns teaser image sort of implies it, so no surprise. It may even be what Nibbler meant when he called her the other. Meaning she'd stop anything that actually managed to mind control Fry.