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'Futurama' getting new voices for Fry, Leela, Bender, and others
Entertainment Weekly ^
| Jul 17, 2009
| Margaret Lyons
Posted on 07/18/2009 12:52:13 AM PDT by tlb
Twentieth Century Fox, which is still producing the series even though new episodes will air on Comedy Central, is recasting the major voice roles for the show. That means no more Billy West (Fry, Professor, and Ziodberg), Katey Sagal (Leela), John DiMaggio (Bender), Maurice LaMarche (Kif Kroker, among others), or Tress MacNeil (Mom, and several others). Worst!
Fox released a statement saying "We love the Futurama voice performers and absolutely wanted to use them, but unfortunately, we could not meet their salary demands. While replacing these talented actors will be difficult, the show must go on. We are confident that we will find terrific new performers to give voice to Matt and David's brilliantly subversive characters."
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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: cartoons; downsizing; fox; futurama; voices
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Somewhere tonight Yeardly Smith trembles.
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posted on
07/18/2009 12:52:13 AM PDT
by
tlb
To: tlb
Greedy Hollywood socialist liberals.
How many billions is enough!
Tax them 98% of their salaries
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posted on
07/18/2009 12:55:11 AM PDT
by
NoLibZone
(North Korea? The only buildings in Hawaii at risk of destruction are those housing ObamaÂ’s records!)
To: NoLibZone
Oh no! They’re doing a Barney Rubble swap!
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posted on
07/18/2009 12:56:33 AM PDT
by
FreeManWhoCan
("Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K.")
To: Bender2
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posted on
07/18/2009 12:59:49 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: tlb
How much do voice actors make? I’ll bet Groening would love to replace the people who do the Simpsons voices with a bunch of interns, since he’s a “compassionate” liberal.
To: ozzymandus
If you took the original voices of the Simpsons away...the series would die within a year. The thing about it....they make millions off the series and can afford to pay a pretty fair amount of money for the guys who do the voices. Why would you screw up a good thing?
As for Futurama? I’m betting it dissolves away within twelve months. No one will buy the last season in DVD form....and it’ll be one of those things....best forgotten.
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posted on
07/18/2009 1:15:01 AM PDT
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
(A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone-Henry Kissinger)
To: tlb
Is this the real reason Futurama was canceled in the first place?
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posted on
07/18/2009 1:20:14 AM PDT
by
rawcatslyentist
(<P><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajsov1M4h50"> Thank You Satan</a><P>Rev13:3)
To: tlb
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posted on
07/18/2009 1:22:32 AM PDT
by
FTJM
To: FreeManWhoCan
Oh no! They’re doing a Barney Rubble swap!LOL! It's worse! They're switching Derwood for Dagwood!
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posted on
07/18/2009 1:45:07 AM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: All
Yet another show that I will no longer watch..
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posted on
07/18/2009 2:53:51 AM PDT
by
Kitanis
To: tlb
We are confident that we will find terrific new performers to give voice to Matt and David's brilliantly subversive characters.And I'm confident the ratings will suck.
Note to both parties: Way to go, guys.
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posted on
07/18/2009 4:16:53 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
To: ozzymandus
This reminds me (in a way) of when the animation and appearance of Dexter’s Lab changed for the worse a few years back.
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posted on
07/18/2009 4:19:48 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre)
To: NoLibZone
Greedy Hollywood socialist liberals. They are the biggest hypocrites on this earth - making millions thru free-market capitalism but preaching socialism for the rest.
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posted on
07/18/2009 4:43:18 AM PDT
by
newfreep
("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
To: tlb
Fox, I’m all for cutting costs where you can. But you’re going to have enough trouble replacing any one of those folks, let alone all of them. If you’re that keen on cutting costs, why not just shut down the show?
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posted on
07/18/2009 5:00:32 AM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: tlb
Cheapscates, FOX will ruin the show all for the want of their greed.
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posted on
07/18/2009 5:10:18 AM PDT
by
Jmouse007
(tot)
To: tlb
Good. This is what the free-market Capitalism is all about. If you let your salary demands get too high, you’ll price yourself right out of the market....
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posted on
07/18/2009 5:34:40 AM PDT
by
The Toad
To: Bender
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posted on
07/18/2009 5:50:36 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Obama--POtuS.)
To: tlb; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Larry Lucido; Diplomat; ...
Re:
...new voices... Gadzooks! I am... 
speechless!
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posted on
07/18/2009 8:24:52 AM PDT
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: tlb; retrokitten
Somewhere tonight Yeardly Smith trembles.LOL!
I thought they pulled the plug on this show years ago.
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posted on
07/18/2009 9:00:23 AM PDT
by
silent_jonny
("... in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye ..." 1 Corinthians, Chapter 15)
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