Good news, everyone! Many of you may already know that Futurama is set to return in 2010 with all new episodes; but what none of us knew until recently is that it will be returning with all the original voice actors back to reprise their roles.
Futurama is a dope cartoon that takes place in the 31st century and comes from the creators of The Simpsons, that much like Family Guy was maybe a little to fresh for it's time when it was originally aired. Thanks to the tireless effort of TV nerds everywhere and their manic DVD buying and letter writing, the series is set to be resurrected for all new episodes.
The bad news dropped a couple of months ago that all new voice actors would be brought in because the original cast wanted too much money to reprise their roles. Again, the TV nerds took to the streets and demanded that the original cast return. You demanded and the suits listened! Everybody who wrote letters received this response:
"Dear Futurama Fan, Thank you for voicing your strong support for Futurama and the original voice cast. We appreciate the time you took to fire off a thoughtful and/or concerned and/or homicidal e-mail message to our casting director, Scott Muller. (Rest assured, not a single one of these e-mails reached the actual decision-makers at 20th Century Fox Television. For future reference, please note that Scott Muller is in fact one of Futurama's biggest fans, and was instrumental in bringing about the return of the cast. Please hoist a bottle of Olde Fortran for Scott!) Speaking of the cast returning... good news, everyone! The cast is returning! All of our series regulars are back in action for Season 6. Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Tress MacNeille, Lauren Tom, Phil LaMarr, and David Herman are all on board and have already begun delivering their customary virtuoso performances. The all-new Futurama episodes are slated to air on Comedy Central beginning in June, 2010. We are extremely grateful for the outpouring of support for the series. Your loyalty over the years has kept the show going through its original four seasons on FOX, its subsequent reincarnations on Adult Swim and DVD, and now its Bendiferous return to life on Comedy Central. See you in the (near) future! Sincerely, David X. Cohen & Matt Groening"
Now that this is done, maybe we can focus our letter writing efforts on bringing back The Fresh Prince of Bel Air; and we should demand nothing less than the original Aunt Vivian!
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