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HalfMooner
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According to Entertainment Week: 'Futurama' getting new voices for Fry, Leela, Bender, and others
Jul 17, 2009, 03:17 PM | by Margaret Lyons
Categories: Animation, Hell to the no!, News, Television, Things that are sad
Just when I was getting really excited for the revived Futurama, total bummer news emerges: The voice actors are going to be different. Who's going to Zoid my Zoidberg?
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! |
Or, as Professor Farnsworth would say, "Good news, everyone! We're all being thrown out the airlock!"
The Daily What suggests writing in protest to the casting director.
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 07/18/2009 : 10:31:46 [Permalink]
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My letter:
| Well, look at the bright side. The new actors will probably never have the opportunity to ask for more money. That would require they be hired for at least one more season, which is hardly likely under current circumstances. |
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 07/18/2009 : 11:05:26 [Permalink]
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| They can all bite my lumpy fleshy ass! |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 07/18/2009 : 11:10:58 [Permalink]
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Words fail me..... 
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dglas
Skeptic Friend
Canada
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Posted - 07/18/2009 : 11:11:26 [Permalink]
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| Blasphemy! |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 07/18/2009 : 20:32:35 [Permalink]
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The Reply:
This is an Automated Response:
Thank you for your submission for the casting of Futurama. Please note the following:
1. We will do our best to answer any emailed questions, but questions from agencies and managers will take priority.
2. If you are submitting an AUDIO AUDITION it MUST be a reading of the sides with your best match of the established characters, NOT a general VO Demo. Unfortunately, general VO demos will not be helpful for the re-casting of established characters.
3. Audio auditions MUST be in MP3 format. UPDATE: Good news everyone! I'll accept M4a auditions as well, due to overwhelming demand.
If you did not follow the above guidelines, no worries, just submit again following those guidlines.
The sides can be found on Sides Express or at the following link:
http://www.mysticla.com/Futurama/FuturamaSides.zip
The sides have links to clips of the show for use as reference.
When reading, please consider not only the voice, but the comedy as well. Auditions will be accepted until at least July 24th, 2009.
Thanks!!
Scott
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pleco
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USA
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Posted - 07/19/2009 : 06:07:13 [Permalink]
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| One news article suggested this is a negotiating tactic, and this was done before with The Simpsons...time will tell. |
by Filthy
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 07/19/2009 : 06:25:19 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by pleco
One news article suggested this is a negotiating tactic, and this was done before with The Simpsons...time will tell.
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It's possible that is Fox's tactic. If so, they may now find that it's badly backfiring.
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BigPapaSmurf
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Posted - 07/20/2009 : 05:10:42 [Permalink]
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| Epic Failure. Just a stupid, stupid move. If the voices don't match I'm not sure I can watch. |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
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knightmare
New Member
USA
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Posted - 07/20/2009 : 14:04:46 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by BigPapaSmurf
Epic Failure. Just a stupid, stupid move. If the voices don't match I'm not sure I can watch.
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I agree.
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pleco
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Kil
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USA
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Posted - 08/01/2009 : 08:31:04 [Permalink]
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Yeah. The whole thing was a money negotiation and the producers decided to play hardball. It's not the first time that has happened either, by a long shot. I wonder if the studio ever expected to actually hire "new" voices as a possible outcome?
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 08/01/2009 : 13:35:37 [Permalink]
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Wo0t! I'm on board! I've just inked my "I'll watch it all" contract.
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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 Posted - 08/24/2009 : 15:10:57 [Permalink]
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I just received this email:
Futurama
to David
show details 1:39 PM (1 hour ago)
Reply
Follow up message
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 |
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Simon
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 08/24/2009 : 20:35:43 [Permalink]
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So; it's no longer just the long films? It's back to the original format of an ongoing serie?
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 08/25/2009 : 02:51:46 [Permalink]
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Buying the DVDs is gonna bankrupt me yet. 
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'Futurama' getting new voices
