Comedy Central has confirmed that Futurama will officially be back on your TV sets on June 24, 2010 of this year! The new episodes will begin on June 24, 2010 and they will air on Comedy Central at 10PM EST.

FUTURAMA: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION

On  Oct. 13, 2009 FUTURAMA: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION was released from 20th Century Fox Home Video.  The 19-DVD set also includes the four direct-to-video movies that followed.  Each set will be individually numbered and come in a Bender-head box.  You can pre-order the set now and also receive a collectible poster. 

Futurama's fourth DVD premiere movie, Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder, was released Feb. 24, 2009.  This movie follows the Planet Express crew as they battle ancient forces of darkness trying to keep mankind from a wondrous new Green Age.  Featuring guest voices Penn Jillette, Snoop Dog and Seth MacFarlane.  Extras include audio commentary by creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, plus cast members John DiMaggio and Maurice LaMarche, and others who worked on the movie; a storyboard animatic; deleted scenes; making-of-featurettes; a 'How to Draw Futurama in 10 Very Difficult Steps' featurette; 'Bender's Movie Theater Etiquette'; 'Zapp Brannigan's Guide to MAking Love at a Woman'; and more.  As with the earlier DTV follow-ups to the show, Into the Wild Green Yonder will be broken into four episodes to be run with Comedy Central's 'Futurama' syndication package.

The world television premiere of the "Futurama" Epic "Into the Wild Green Yonder" debuted on Comedy Central. The four-part epic was shown at 9:00 pm ET on Sunday, August 30, 2009.

The third Futurama film has finally arrived!  Released on Nov. 2, 2008.

Featuring the Voices of:
Billy West: Fry/Dr. Zoidberg/Professor Farnsworth/Zap Brannigan/God Entity
John Di Maggio: Bender/Robot Santa/Joey Mousepad
Katey Sagal: Leela
Lauren Tom: Amy Wong
Phil LaMarr: Hermes Conrad
Tress MacNeille: Mom, and others
David Herman: Larry/Dr. Ogden Wernstrom
Frank Welker: Nibbler
Dan Castellaneta: The Robot Devil
George Takei: Himself
Directed By: Dwayne Carey-Hill
Created By: Matt Groening
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: November 4, 2008

Bender’s Game, the third installment of a four film story arc from the cancelled animated series Futurama, will no doubt will please fans more than those just fleetingly familiar.

It has been established in previous episodes of Futurama that the fuel of the future is called dark matter. It now seems that prices of dark matter are skyrocketing out of control, and it is aggravating everyone, including the Planet Express crew, who must conserve money. Many are blaming Mom (voice of Tress MacNeille, The Ant Bully), the two-faced elderly owner of Mombil, who states that the supply is dwindling and she is in danger of losing money. However, figures have shown her profits to be better than they have been in years. What gives? Professor Farnsworth (voice of Billy West, Pinky and the Brain) is supremely irritated because he has a complicated history with Mom, and is determined to obliterate her dark matter source in favor of alternative energy options. In order to achieve this revenge, he needs a powerful crystal and the aid of his trusty employees Fry (also voiced by Billy West) and Leela (voice of Katey Sagal, Eli Stone).

Meanwhile, Bender (voice of John Di Maggio, Kim Possible) is upset because of his lack of imagination. So he sets out to master the game Dungeons & Dragons, which some of the kids play around the workplace. Not only does he find out how to use his imagination, but Bender becomes addicted to D & D to the point where needs psychiatric treatment. At the same time, Leela is forced to wear a collar due to her escalating temper problem, and the entire gangs learns what happens when you mess with such powerful crystals. An alternate dimension is formed!

As usual, the beginning offers an homage, this time to the classic film Yellow Submarine, which is simply stunning in terms of visual splendor. Three-quarters of this latest mission are mesmerizing, uproarious, and enormously entertaining. The final section is where the momentum shifts downhill a bit. Nevertheless, this is filled with laugh out loud moments, witty jokes, and superb dialogue that actually expands upon the characters. For instance, in one scene, Cubert Farnsworth and Dwight Conrad, the clone of Professor Farnsworth and the offspring of Hermes Conrad exchange lines after a smell emits from their Dodecahedron die. They assume the other farted, and it starts predictably with “Her who smelt it dealt it”, but goes on longer than you would expect.

This is the third time that Futurama was made in high definition and widescreen. The result is an instant success. The picture is pristine, and the animation is gorgeous.  This is presented with an aspect ratio of 1.78:1, and has been enhanced for 16x9 television sets.

Extras Include:

Audio Commentary - This features a large group such as Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Billy West, John Di Maggio, Tress MacNeille, Michael Rowe, Claudia Katz, and Dwayne Carey-Hill. As usual, David X. Cohen is the person who provides the most interesting information and trivia. The rest just have a good time and fill in the dead spots. At times, Di Maggio goes into great length about his Dungeons & Dragons playing days, which can be weird unless you know how to play the game. These are always exciting commentaries with a laid back atmosphere, but constantly dropping neat tidbits.

Storyboard Animatic (21:47) – This is basically the hand-drawn sketches of the first portion of the film, complete with sound effects.

Futurama Genetics Lab - This bonus allows you to choose two characters and merge their DNA.

Dungeons & Dragons & Futurama (7:03) – The majority of this is spent showing clips of old episodes where Dungeons & Dragons creatures or related lingo was discussed. The creators definitely know a lot about the game. The remaining part of this extra has David X. Cohen and others trying to be funny by acting like over the top D&D addicts. The clips were good, the rest was odd.

How to Draw Futurama in 83 Easy Steps (7:52) – No explanation needed for this one. Basically we enter different rooms in the studio and watch the animators complete a quick drawing of Zoidberg, Leela, and others. Again we have the crew acting silly.

3D Models with Animator Discussion (5:03) – This was extremely neat as it revealed all the intricate details of the ships displayed during the Demolition Derby sequence. You can spot the Enterprise, the Space 1999 ship, a Lego ship, and many more as the animators describe how they were constructed.

Deleted Scene (1:03) – The scene is entitled “Cup or Nozzle” and is actually quite funny as Cubert is force fed Slurmie, which must be the same as a Slushie. Sadly, this was the only deleted scene.

Blooperama 2 (1:50) – Unlike the Pixar films, which provide animated bloopers, this was behind the scenes slip ups, which is funny, and is always great to see the voices in action.

Bender’s Anti-Piracy Warning (1:12) – This spoofs one of the antipiracy commercials that would automatically play when you popped in a DVD. This was pretty comical, but anything with Bender is.

Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (1:13) – This is a sneak peek of that DVD, set to be released in 2009 sometime.

FUTURAMA: THE BEAST WITH A BILLION BACKS was released on June 24, 2008.  The latest story follows Bender, Fry, Leela and the rest of the Planet Express team as they deal with a repulsive planet-sized monster from another dimension, with sensuous results.  The DVD includes commentary from the cast and crew; the half-hour 'Futurama: The Lost Adventure', an episode produced for a video game; the behind-the-scenes featurette 'Meet Yivo!'; 'A Brief History of Deathball' featurette; deleted scenes; storyboards, animatics and 3-D models with animator discussions; and a sneak peak at the third movie, BENDER'S GAME.  As with BENDER'S BIG SCORE, Fox promises carbon-neutral DVD packaging.  

Futurama Four-Part Special
Headed To Comedy Central
March 05, 2008

Emmy Award -winning animated series FUTURAMA has landed at Comedy Central for the premiere of "Bender's Big Score," scheduled to debut as a four-part epic on Sunday, March 23, beginning at 8 p.m.

Starring in their first-ever television epic, Bender, Fry, the Professor, Leela and the rest of the Planet Express crew face the forces of time travel, gold plated Death Stars and alien spammers.

See just how strong the bonds of friendship are when a tattoo on Fry’s butt forces him to flee the future and puts Bender on a manhunt to kill his best friend. With the fabric of space and time tearing apart and the Planet Express held captive, can Bender and Fry reconcile before the universe is destroyed forever?

FUTURAMA focuses on the life of Philip Fry (Billy West), a 25-year-old pizza delivery boy who accidentally freezes himself December 31, 1999 and wakes up 1,000 years later with a fresh start at life. His "diverse" new group of friends includes Turanga LeeLa (Katey Sagal), a tough, but lovely one-eyed alien, and Bender (John DiMaggio), a robot who possesses human characteristics and flaws.

The show also features guest stars such as Sarah Silverman, Hank Azaria, Bob Odenkirk, Pamela Anderson, Beatrice Arthur, Lucy Liu, Beck and Coolio.

FUTURAMA aired on Fox from 1999 to 2003 and the series consists of 72 episodes. It was nominated five consecutive years and won three Emmys, including Outstanding Animated Program in 2002.

FUTURAMA is produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox Television. The show is created and executive produced by Matt Groening with co-executive producers David X. Cohen, Ken Keeler and Eric Horsted.

FUTURAMA: BENDER'S BIG-SCORE was released Nov. 27, 2007 directly to DVD.  It's the first full-length FUTURAMA feature based on the TV series; three more feature films will be released individually through 2008, all with the original creative team and voice cast on hand.  FUTURAMA also goes green - the cardboard packaging touts a completely carbon neutral design.

The plot of BENDER'S BIG-SCORE finds the "Futurama" crew fighting to save Earth in an epic battle against nudist alien Internet scammers.  Bender the robot soon comes under the alien's spell and is sent back in time to loot the Earth of its greatest treasures.  At one point he runs into Al Gore, who guest stars as himself, during the 2000 presidential recount.  Other guest stars include Coolio and Sarah Silverman.

Extras: Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, actor Billy West, director Dwayne Carey-Hill, Claudia Katz, actor John DiMaggio, actor Phil LaMarr and writer Ken Keeler offer a commentary for the movie. The whole gang is happy to be back, and this commentary sees them all having a lot of fun chatting about bringing these characters back for the first of our films.

"Everybody Loves Hypnotoad" is a full 20+ minutes of the "Hypnotoad" bit from the movie.  Three deleted scenes are presented without commentary and in storyboard form. The cast returns again for "Futurama Returns!", which is a live reading of the new "Futurama" comic. The "Futurama promo for "An Inconvenient Truth" is offered, along with video commentary from Al Gore, Matt Groening and David X. Cohen.

"Bite My Shiny Metal X" proves that "Futurama can be educational and entertaining, as this featurette actually has the creators listening to (and participating in) a math lecture.  We also get the original draft of the screenplay, 3-D models/turnarounds, new character sketches and the 5-minute Comic Con promo.

While the DVD movies will be feature-length, they likely will show up as episodes on Comedy Central, which is slated to air reruns on the show starting next year.  Upcoming movie titles include Futurama: Bender's Game, Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Bucks and Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder.

The Digital Entertainment Group names FUTURAMA: BENDER'S BIG SCORE the most environmentally friendly DVD release of 2007. 
 

Futurama Debuts on Comedy Central

Comedy Central will air Matt Groening’s Emmy Award-winning animated series Futurama, beginning Monday, January 2, 2008, at 8 p.m.  The network will broadcast all 72 existing episodes, as well as four Futurama DVD movies: Bender’s Big Score, Bender’s Game, The Beast with a Billion Backs and Into the Wild Green Yonder. Bender’s Big Score, released on DVD this year, will air in the first quarter of 2008.

 

DVD's
	Futurama Vol. 4 Released Aug. 24, 2004 from 20th Century Fox Features include: 18 episodes on four discs; commentary on all 18 episodes - Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch, Leela's Homeworld, Love and Rocket, Less Than Hero, A Taste of Freedom, Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV, Jurassic Bark, Crimes of the Hot, Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles, The Why of Fry, Where No Fan Has Gone Before, The Sting, Bend Her, Obsoletely Fabulous, The Farnsworth Parabox, Three Hundred Big Boys, Spanish Fry, The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings; plus an extra on "Jurassic Bark"; deleted scenes; storyboard images; international clip; animatic; Easter eggs; 11 segments of 3-D models from rough drafts with narration; two "how to draw characters" galleries of Bender and Professor Farnsworth; still gallery and nine pencil test segments
	Futurama Vol. 3 Released March 9, 2004 from 20th Century Fox Features include: 22 episodes on four discs; commentary by Matt Groening on every episode; deleted scenes from 17 episodes; storyboard, character art, and "how to draw" galleries; animatic, 3-D models and more
	Futurama Volume 2 Released August 12, 2003 from 20th Century Fox Features include:  all 19 episodes from the second production season - I Second that Emotion, Brannigan Begin Again, A Head in the Polls, Xmas Story, Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?, The Lesser of Two Evils, Put Your Head on My Shoulders, Raging Bender, A Bicyclops Built for Two, A Clone of My Own, How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back, The Deep South, Bender Gets Made, Mother's Day, The Problem with Popplers, Anthology of Interest, War Is the H-Word, The Honking, The Cryonic Woman; commentary on all episodes; 15 deleted scenes; animatics for episode #2CVO5, Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love"; Easter eggs; Futurama video game trailer; still gallery/concent art
	Futurama Volume 1 Released March 25, 2003 from 20th Century Fox Features include:  13 episodes on 3 discs; commentary on all episodes; animatic, script and storyboards for "Space Pilot 3000"; deleted scenes from six episodes; featurette; concept art gallery (videos and stills)
	Futurama - Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection Released Aug. 23, 2005 from 20th Century Fox Features include: four classic episodes - Hell Is Other Robots, Anthology of Interest I, Roswell That Ends Well, The Sting; special introduction by series creator Matt Groening and executive producer David X. Cohen, joined by Futurama characters and crew; additional introductions for each episode; full-length animatic of Hell Is Other Robets featuring optional commentary Matt Groening; David X. Cohen, Claudia Katz, Rich Moore, John DiMaggio (voice of Bender) and Billy West (voice of Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg and more)

Synopsis:

Phillip Fry is a 25-year-old pizza delivery boy whose life is going nowhere. When he accidentally freezes himself on December 31, 1999, he wakes up 1,000 years in the future and has a chance to make a fresh start. He goes to work for the Planet Express Corporation, a futuristic delivery service that transports packages to all five quadrants of the universe. His companions include the delivery ship's captain, Leela, a beautiful one-eyed female alien who kicks some serious butt, and Bender, a robot with very human flaws.