Posts with tag david x. cohen
Posted Mar 21st 2008 10:25AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: TV on DVD, Futurama

As the first
Futurama straight-to-DVD movie,
Bender's Big Score, begins airing on Comedy Central (they'll air the movie as a four-episode blok on Sunday night), Fox has announced the name and release date of the second straight-to-DVD epic.
AnimationMagazine.net reports that
Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs will be released on June 24, and they note that Fox calls it "the most tentacle-packed
Futurama epic." Since it's a continuation of
Bender's Big Score, I'll talk about the plot of the new movie after the jump, for the benefit of those who haven't seen the first movie yet.
Continue reading New Futurama movie coming to DVD in June
Posted Dec 20th 2007 8:40AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Programming, Futurama

Names are bestowed on people in many ways. Sometimes a name of a favorite relative or famous ancestor is given. Other times the provided name comes from a Hollywood star that you may adore. Then, there are times that a person's name comes from a Apple II video game that was completely coded in Assembly Language.
The last one is how Futurama's downtrodden, but lovable, Dr. Zoidberg got his name. The second one mentioned is the reason I named my son Mr. T Alf Keller.
Continue reading The truth on how Futurama's Zoidberg got his name
Posted Dec 13th 2006 3:44PM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, TV on DVD, Animation, Comedy Central, Futurama

David X. Cohen spilled a few beans recently to
Toyfare Magazine about the upcoming new
Futurama season that'll be both direct to DVD, and
appearing on Comedy Central. Right now it's like the chicken and egg, and nobody knows which will come first, but I know that one way or another, I'll be watching. Here's a couple of tidbits:
- The entire original cast is returning
- You'll find out some of Nibbler's secrets
- Al Gore is back
What more can you ask for? Except of course, for them to hurry up and finish it. How long does someone have to wait for some new
Futurama goodness? Apparently at least a year longer. The new
Futurama won't be ready until 2008, meaning that five years will have passed since a new episode has been seen. Five years! Still, I suppose it's a small price to pay. How many shows come back from the dead after that long? Does this mean I shouldn't give up hope on
Gilligan's Island?
[Thanks, Justin and Jeff]