Aftermath: Futurama at Comic Con
In a disappointing turn of events, the Futurama panel at Comic Con yesterday did nothing to curb fans’ fears concerning the future of the show and it’s original voice cast.
The voice cast were not present at the panel; however, showrunners Matt Groening and David X. Cohen were present, accompanied by writers and animators. Hypotoad was present to tell the audience to ignore the voice actors’ absence.
Both Matt and David adressed the issue; Matt said: “We love our ‘Futurama’ actors. We hope that Fox and the actors can come to an agreement as soon as possible.”; “Keep your fingers crossed. What’s going on right now is business” said David.
The good news, however, is that plenty of new information regarding the new season beginning next year was revealed.
The origins of Scruffy, the janitor will be revealed; Twitter will feature in an episode, controlled by Mom; Bender and Amy will get together, bringing up a robosexual marriage debate; The Professor and Fry find a time machine and end up in a very distant future; the reasons behind why the Professor hired Zoidberg will be revealed; Fry and Leela will be more romantic; Leela and Zapp will be together on an isolated planet; and a new Anthology of Interest episode is in the works.
A Futurama film for the big screen is also something Matt would love to do: “We’d love to do a Futurama theatrical feature, It’s really fun to see Futurama on the big screen”.
