FUTURAMA: THE BEAST WITH A BILLION BACKS will be 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.