Futurama lands on Disney + with new episodes

February 10 2022

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The future looks bright for Fry, Leela and Bender on Disney +. 20th Television Animation and Disney + have announced the return of Futurama, the subversive and ingenious sci-fi animated comedy created by Matt Groening and David X. Cohen. 20 new episodes have been ordered and the series will go into production in February, with a debut on the streaming platform scheduled for 2023. In the original version, the voice cast includes stars Billy West, Katey Sagal, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche, Lauren Tom , Phil LaMarr and David Herman.

"I'm thrilled to have another chance to think about the future… or anything other than the present”Said David X. Cohen.

"It is a real honor to be able to announce the return of Futurama once again before the series is abruptly canceled again“Commented Matt Groening.

"What I love about animation is that it's possible for a successful series to take a break and then come back years later, even on a different platform, and pick up right where it left off. Futurama is one of them. The excitement for the return of Matt and David's genius creation with new episodes has been incredible. I am thrilled that this amazing team can tell more stories and that our Planet Express crew can experience more adventures together. It's a win for fans who have loved the series from the start and for those who are discovering it for the first time”Said Marci Proietto, Head of 20^th Television Animation.

First aired in the United States on FOX from 1999 to 2003, Futurama it then returned in 2007 with four direct-to-DVD films which subsequently aired as 30-minute episodes on Comedy Central. Based on their success, Comedy Central ordered new seasons of the series which made a triumphant return to television in June 2010. Futurama was the second series in media history to return to production thanks to the strength of its DVD sales and reruns on cable channels. In the course of its historic run, Futurama has earned six Emmy® Awards - including two Outstanding Animated Programs, seven Annie Awards, two Environmental Media Awards, and two Writer's Guild of America Awards. During its seven seasons, which spanned two decades, 140 original episodes were produced, with the final episode airing in the United States on September 4, 2013.

Futurama follows the life of Philip Fry (Billy West, in the original version), a 25-year-old pizza delivery boy who accidentally freezes on December 31, 1999 and wakes up 1000 years later to start a new life with a group of very different from each other, including Leela (Katey Sagal, in the original version), a tenacious but adorable one-eyed alien, and Bender, a robot with human characteristics and defects.

Futurama is created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening himself and David X. Cohen. The series is produced 20^thTelevision Animation, part of Disney Television Studios, along with Rough Draft Studios, Inc. which contributed to the animation.