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Uh-oh. According to The Hollywood Reporter, 20th Century Fox TV hasn’t been able to reach an agreement with the talented men and women who provide the voices for Futurama. Apparently they wanted ten times what they made during the production of the first run of episodes, seen on FOX between 1999 and 2003. The company seems confident they can replace the voice actors or, and this is pure conjecture, they’re confident that announcing they can replace the voice actors will help negotiations.
Either way, the new episodes announced in June are still projected to premiere on cable channel Comedy Central sometime in 2010. Will anyone want to watch Futurama without John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Billy West, Tress MacNeille and Katey Sagal as Fry, Leela, Bender, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg, Hermes, Amy and Zapp Brannigan?
July 18th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Good news, everyone! The voice actors have been replaced!
July 19th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Wow, that’s ridiculous. If the actors want ten times what they were making, that’s insane. And there seems to be no reason to bring back the show without the original voices. If they’re doing that, they might as well make it a spinoff and focus on different people in the same time.
July 19th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
I’m confident 20th Century Fox is just posturing.