Futurama News - No spoilers outside spoiler tags!

[Reply #240 on:]

Well, it seems Maurice LaMarche, Billy West and Phil LaMarr will be attending the Anaheim Comic-Con on Saturday, 17 April.

That might reveal some more information about the coming season.  We can only hope, I guess.

[Reply #241 on:]

They're moving the Comic-Con to Anaheim?  I heard that it might relocate.   I'm pretty sure some things about the coming season will be revealed.   Don't see why not.  

I can't wait for the "Duh-Vinci Code" episode! 

[Reply #242 on:]

Svip is the awesomeness of awesomeness.  I need some sunglasses, seriously, people.

Anyway, 3 new episode titles are up from the Copyright catalogue!

• In-a-Gadda-Da-Leela
• Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences
• Proposition Infinity

Check my previous post on how to confirm this for yourself.  Please continue in the spoiler thread about the new episode titles.

[Reply #243 on:]

Yes, yes, thank you Svip!

[Reply #244 on:]

What do you mean continue in the spoiler thread? there are no fucking spoilers.

[Reply #245 on:]

I know, right?

[Reply #246 on:]

Well, it seems Maurice LaMarche, Billy West and Phil LaMarr will be attending the Anaheim Comic-Con on Saturday, 17 April.

That might reveal some more information about the coming season.  We can only hope, I guess.

GotFuturama on Twitter says:  From David X Cohen: "All is going well, though ... hoping to have some really good stuff to show off at the Comic-con"

Edit Also Eric Rogers confirms that there will be a double bill on 24 June and that the latest Animatic is AWESOME! http://twitter.com/erog23

[Reply #247 on:]

What does 'a double bill' mean?

[Reply #248 on:]

Ah sorry...a britishism there...it means two episodes back to back

[Reply #249 on:]

Ah sorry...a britishism there...it means two episodes back to back

So wait.  Rebirth and 6ACV02 will be airing on the same day?

[Reply #250 on:]

I don't think my eyes could take that much awesome.

[Reply #251 on:]

So wait.  Rebirth and 6ACV02 will be airing on the same day?

either that or Rebirth is a two-part episode.

[Reply #252 on:]

I wouldn't be surprised if the second episode did somehow continue on from the first.

But then that would be it.

[Reply #253 on:]

That Lrr episode title is awesome! The best yet! Also I love Lrr so I'm really looking forward to that one...

[Reply #254 on:]

Ah sorry...a britishism there...it means two episodes back to back

So wait.  Rebirth and 6ACV02 will be airing on the same day?

That's what he said...

[Reply #255 on:]

They're moving the Comic-Con to Anaheim?  I heard that it might relocate.

The one in Anaheim is one of Wizard World's conventions. It's not affiliated with the San Diego Comic-Con.

...although it is true that SDCC will likely relocate.

And I found a little news tidbit on one of the guest voices for the new season, courtesy of Mark Evanier's NewsFromMe.com:

Sergio Aragonés...has done a number of acting roles (he recently performed a voice for an upcoming Futurama)

And if somehow your geek quotient isn't high enough that you don't know who Sergio is: http://www.sergioaragones.com/

[Reply #256 on:]

Odd that no one's mentioned these yet, but a couple of the Futurama cast were interviewed recently: Maurice LaMarche and Phil LaMarr. Neither offers much in the way of "news" per se, but they do include Futurama-related discussion:

http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/33299/anaheim-comic-con-2010-a-chat-with-actor-phil-lamarr

http://www.geekcastradio.com/?p=1358

[Reply #257 on:]

I just wish they could at least get the name of the most important feature of the show right:

TOONZONE NEWS: Previously the Galaxy Express had to leave through a wormhole. Does it pick up from there?

But I'd be damned if I haven't seen my feature share of spelling mistakes regarding Futurama.  Leela is almost often under fire, with very strange alternative spellings.  But Kif is often seen with two Ks and Zapp with one p.

Now, I am not saying that everyone on Earth show know how to spell this, and in most cases I just shrug off - if not laugh.  But an interviewer?  Eh, how hard could it possibly be?  It's usually mentioned in the opening description about Futurama that it is called 'Planet Express'.

I know that even Comedy Central made this mistake on their website, which received quite an uproar (and it has since been fixed), but seriously.  You didn't bother to check the product you just bought?  Eh, maybe Futurama simply is too niche.

Now, enough complaining, the interviews does, as said, not reveal much, it merely confirms things we already knew.

Except, perhaps, this:

TOONZONE NEWS: Will you be playing any other characters besides Hermes in the new episodes?

LaMARR: Well a lot of the old characters come back. The Robot Preacher is back. Bubblegum Tate is back. In fact, most of the old characters are back. Sometimes all at once.

I am certain LaMarr is overstating, but I am getting a nerve of 'fan wank' in one of these episodes.  Maybe with more gravitas than the audience scene in Into the Wild Green Yonder.

But thanks for the links.  Interesting nonetheless.

[Reply #258 on:]

Don't know if this should go here but whatever:

Submit Your Questions for the Cast and Creators of Futurama:

http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2010/05/04/submit-your-questions-for-the-cast-and-creators-of-futurama/comment-page-2/#comments

[Reply #259 on:]

Some of these questions are just hilarious.

"Does Fry and Lila ever get married?" Who the hell is Lila?

"Do you regret making the "Why of Fry" episode?" I don't see why they would.

"Why is old New York (where Fry's old house is) buried under new New York?" Does he even watch the show?

"Why is it the members of the Planet Express Crew never seem to remember who Scruffy is?" Ever heard of a thing called a "joke"?

"Will there be a new season of Futurama?" *facepalm*

Thank you internets, for compiling all the retards into one place.

[Reply #260 on:]

Can I be ignorant but also like Futurama?

It's certainly possible for one to do so, judging from the large number of examples on this very website.

Yourself included, I presume ?

Some of these questions are just hilarious.

"Does Fry and Lila ever get married?" Who the hell is Lila?

"Do you regret making the "Why of Fry" episode?" I don't see why they would.

"Why is old New York (where Fry's old house is) buried under new New York?" Does he even watch the show?

"Why is it the members of the Planet Express Crew never seem to remember who Scruffy is?" Ever heard of a thing called a "joke"?

"Will there be a new season of Futurama?" *facepalm*

Thank you internets, for compiling all the retards into one place.

Seems to be a school for pompous drips on this forum
Fingers up your avatars nose to stop the brain leaking out ?

[Reply #261 on:]

I stumbled upon this today.

http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/tag/countdown-to-futurama/

Looks like the season premiere is an hour long. Finally, a constant source of teasers to get my Futurama appetite started up again.

EDIT: If you're a fan of Futurama on Facebook, the website above appears on your feed.

[Reply #262 on:]

Every weekday from now until the premiere (Which is an hour, did I mention that? Yeah, the premiere is an hour!), we'll be posting stills, storyboards, videos and other never-before-seen junk from the new episodes to help make the waiting a little easier.

nice find koldstare64!

[Reply #263 on:]

Seems to be a school for pompous drips on this forum
Fingers up your avatars nose to stop the brain leaking out ?

Your avatar is an inbred dumbass who did it with his grandmother.

[Reply #264 on:]

As if I needed more of a reason to prefer Comedy Central to Fox--this is an awesome move on their part. This waiting is a pain, so at least they recognize that and are trying to, y'know, help a brotha nerdlinger out.

[Reply #265 on:]

I wonder how many more stupid comments will appear on the next picture.
I think I'll look forward to reading them for a laugh rather than the actual pictures!

[Reply #266 on:]

It just makes you wonder, since Futurama is a show that contains a lot of jokes containing obscure mathematical and scientific references.

How the hell did they manage to rope in such an elite bunch of morons?

I read one page of questions, I had to stop...

[Reply #267 on:]

I wish they could put short 1 minute clips from the new season and put them on YouTube.

[Reply #268 on:]

an American Physical Society interview with David X. Cohen

[Reply #269 on:]

For anyone that watches Family Guy: How awesome was that Bender/Futurama reference?

[Reply #270 on:]

It wasn't awesome but it was nice.

[Reply #271 on:]

So I like found this.

Apparently, MSN seems to know what's up.  But given how they don't even mention "Rebirth" among other things, I am going with a bit of suspicion whether this source is reliable.  It could turn out to be right (where it is certainly not wrong), but I'd prefer a second opinion, if you will.

[Reply #272 on:]

Looks legit to me.

[Reply #273 on:]

You are the last guy I would trust on 'legit'.  I need a better second opinion!

[Reply #274 on:]

Looks legit to me.

[Reply #275 on:]

Okay, I redraw my statement, Future Shock is the last guy I would trust on 'legit'.

[Reply #276 on:]

FF1 is now officially the second-least trustworthy on 'legit.'
My work here is done.

[Reply #277 on:]

I don't trust msn - ever. So why not just think of it as a semi-reliable source, and then rage about it when it turns out to be wrong?

[Reply #278 on:]

So I like found this.

Apparently, MSN seems to know what's up.  But given how they don't even mention "Rebirth" among other things, I am going with a bit of suspicion whether this source is reliable.  It could turn out to be right (where it is certainly not wrong), but I'd prefer a second opinion, if you will.

I would slightly trust it. It lists "Rebirth" as "Untitled", which doesn't hurt its legitimacy. I would say we only got hard confirmation that "Rebirth" was the actual episode title name rather than a place holder when Comedy Central said it was the episode's title. Before that, we had DXC acting like it was a place holder. Plus, I don't think MSN can be edited by users like IMDB or Wikipedia can be. If this were on IMDB like when the movies were being announced, I wouldn't trust it. I remember m0le (I think it was him) editing IMDB's page on the Futurama movie, some n00b coming in and acting like it was hard confirmation, and then m0le posting saying he did and he just wanted to prove that people shouldn't trust IMDB. I don't think the same is true of MSN.

And, if we trust MSN, it reports that Into the Wild Green Yonder will be shown before the premiere of 6ACV01 and 02. This would explain why the premiere of the new episodes is at 10pm: CC's showing a "two-hour" movie at 8pm.

And and, if we trust MSN, we also have confirmation on a new episode title and plot lines (as well as confirmation on air dates). I'll post analysis on this new information in the Spoilers thread.

[Reply #279 on:]

Why not here? There aren't any spoilers.