The 4 Futurama Movies Speculation Thread (Possible spoilers)

[Reply #320 on:]

In reply to Officer 1BDI's post above (on the last page), they might have been grad students working under him. I'm not sure, I was just told the story.

My theory of "four, continuous plots" has been proven wrong for the most part. On the new interview that's on the main site, it has stated flat out that each movie stands on its own like an episode, but there will still be some connections movie to movie. It's disappointing to me- so much for the big, six-hour Futurama epic.

As long as my time representative (a.k.a. "Father Time" ) theory stays standing, I'll be grateful of the movies.

[Reply #321 on:]

That was a great interview with Rough Draft. We also found out that the second Futurama Movie - The Beast With A  Billion Backs is due for release in Spring 2008!...

[Reply #322 on:]

Spring, please let it be March.

[Reply #323 on:]

I wonder, with the WGA strike ongoing, whether Fox might exercise their option to air the movies in episodic form if they run low on other animated shows later this year / early next.

[Reply #324 on:]

No, Comedy Central has exclusive rights to the episodes snd DVD's from 2008-2013.

[Reply #325 on:]

An interview here with producer Claudia Katz
 http://www.movieweb.com/dvd/news/03/23203.php

But it says at the bottom: "Futurama the Movie: Bender's Big Score comes to DVD on November 23 from Fox Home Entertainment."

Is this a mistake or is it really coming out then? All other sources indicate the 27th as the release date?

I also found this article: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/gossip/view/21311/Futurama-to-return-Matt-Groening/

with some comments from the cast/crew from the LA screening. 

[Reply #326 on:]

It's definitely coming out on the 27th.  Dvd releases are always on Tuesday, don't know why.

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SoylentOrange posted an article in the news thread which shed some light on the plots of the next three movies...

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The next three movies will deal with a planet-sized creature that has a romantic relationship with all living beings in the universe simultaneously, a Dungeons & Dragons/Lord of the Rings fantasy world and an epic sci-fi story involving the clash of two powerful races

Very interesting indeed. Not too sure about the

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Dungeons & Dragons/Lord of the Rings fantasy world

but the others sound awesome to the max!...

[Reply #328 on:]

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A romantic relationship? Pheww, a relief, that is. What they said about it earlier had me worried...

[Reply #329 on:]

Actually, the

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D&D/Lord of the Rings Fantasy World

sounds pretty awesome to me.

[Reply #330 on:]

 

Originally posted by Ralph Snart:
No, Comedy Central has exclusive rights to the episodes snd DVD's from 2008-2013.

No, according to Matt Groening FOX does have an option to air Futurama

 

http://new.ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=1962

IF: Will Fox put the episodes on like FAMILY GUY?
GROENING: It’s going to be on Comedy Central, starting at the beginning of 2008 and I don’t know. Fox has an option, who knows. I hope so, that would be nice.

Also I think Comedy Centrals "exclusive" rights are only for cable/satellite channels. If Futurama manages to get to 100 episodes before 2013 I fully expect to see it syndicated here in the US on local network television stations.

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Yeah, I'm not so sure about the whole idea of

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a LOTR/D&D fantasy world

but then again, some of the most bizarre plots have turned out to be the best episodes in the past so we'll just have to wait and see.  The plot for The Wild Green Yonder has me really excited though.

[Reply #332 on:]

I bet they'll try and screw it up. They always do.

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Originally posted by Frida Waterfall:
I should have said something before, but I found this single interesting detail in the trailer.



This screenshot was taken immediately before the time sphere was projected as a holographic image, noting Fry butt-naked on the exam table. You may have to squint, but it appears that Zoidberg is wearing a crown.

How did Zoidberg obtain that crown? Though it is very tiny in the screen shot, its possible that that same crown will later be owned by Nudar, as he is shown with a crown on on the cover of the DVD.

Here it is again.

[Reply #334 on:]

Where'd you get that image?

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Originally posted by Xanfor:
 *gone*

That page is rather NSFW, or at least the advertisements are...

[Reply #336 on:]

Adblock. Works every time. 

Maybe he conned the scary naked aliens in to crowning him their king? Or they conned him with the crown in order to further their scam somehow.

[Reply #337 on:]

Sorry to sound like a n00b but does anyone know why Hermes' head is in a jar on the cover yet? Ment to be doing stuff so don't have time to look right now 

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Originally posted by Officer 1BDI:
That page is rather NSFW, or at least the advertisements are...

My browser doesn't show any ads. I block them. Sorry 'bout that. I didn't upload that image myself, I found it on another board...

edit: Damn. I just saw what they were. I'm very sorry... Here, new url. Safe, I promise. 1BDI, please remove that quote of mine...

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Originally posted by PazuzuJr:
Sorry to sound like a n00b but does anyone know why Hermes' head is in a jar on the cover yet? Ment to be doing stuff so don't have time to look right now   

Well in the trailer he's leaning against a wall and the sword which is hanging on it falls down and chops his head off. I haven't put this in a spoiler box because it is in the trailer...

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Originally posted by Xanfor:
 My browser doesn't show any ads. I block them. Sorry 'bout that. I didn't upload that image myself, I found it on another board...

edit: Damn. I just saw what they were. I'm very sorry... Here, new url. Safe, I promise. 1BDI, please remove that quote of mine...

Edited, and thanks for the clean link.   

ETA: And don't worry about it; I was just concerned that someone at school or work could get in trouble for looking at Futurama pictures and naked women.   

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Originally posted by Otis P Jivefunk:
 Well in the trailer he's leaning against a wall and the sword which is hanging on it falls down and chops his head off. I haven't put this in a spoiler box because it is in the trailer...

Intersesting... i wonder how hermes will sort papers and stuff with no body...

[Reply #342 on:]

Well by the looks of the Futurama returns comic those plot lines fo the next two movies do seem likley. Well the second film does not look so clear in the panel of the comic but the second one does look a fantasy setting (what with Leela being portrayed in the the panel of the comic as a centaur, Bender a Knight, the Professor as a wizard and Fry as some type of ogre), perhaps another "Tale of Interest".

As for the finale film, since there is not outline that I can find I think they may have two stories set up. One that will end the series neatly and satisfactorly and another that can contine it if the DVD sale for the first three films are extremly good.

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i have futurama comics 1-30

[Reply #344 on:]

Well my DVD shipped from Play yesterday. I ain't downloading this thing, I'll wait for my DVD. hopefully not too long now...

[Reply #345 on:]

Now that "Bender's Big Score" is officially released in the United States (I pity Region 2 right now), we can finally speculate on the next movie, "The Beast with a Billion Backs".

To start off, here's a glimpse of what to expect:



I think "The Beast with a Billion Backs" will end up being my favorite Futurama movie.

[Reply #346 on:]

Well, I want to know what a creature that has an affair with everyone in the universe has to do with fixing a hole in the universe (if this is even going to be acknowledged by the next movie) and Fry in Papal vestments. I assume Fry and Leela's interaction with the beast will be the basis for the shippy developments, but I'd also like to see if their relationship takes yet another reset. I sure as hell hope not.

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Maybe the Beast comes through the hole in the universe. And DXC said (in the TV Squad interview) that the ending of BBS was going to be acknowledged in the next movie, but who knows what he means by that anymore. After all, they didn't really address the Devil's Hands ending in BBS.

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Yup, you guys need to see the preview of BWaBB that came on the Best Buy exclusive bonus disc.

I'm sure it'll be on Youtube soon enough.

[Reply #349 on:]

You're kidding me right?...

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Originally posted by km73:
Maybe the Beast comes through the hole in the universe. And DXC said (in the TV Squad interview) that the ending of BBS was going to be acknowledged in the next movie, but who knows what he means by that anymore. After all, they didn't really address the Devil's Hands ending in BBS.

Hey, I was going to say that!

I wonder how they'll pick up from the first movie in the introduction of the second. I don't see how they would want to start out with a universally catastrophic opening like the fabric of time and space ripping open dramatically in the sky. The raping alien might just hop out of that hole, you know!

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They didn't really need to address it, at least not by their history. Look at "Love and Rocket" and "The Sting". Fry and Leela get very close at the end and both time's Fry saves her life but by the next episode thing will be back to square one. I don't think the movies will do that thought because they all seem to be part of one big story. At least if the end of BBS is any indication.

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Originally posted by Frida Waterfall:
 Hey, I was going to say that!

 

Anyway, yeah, I don't think the second movie will necessarily pick up right exactly where the first one left off, but they are going to be interconnected in some way. And it certainly should be interesting to see, yet again, where the relationship goes.

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I can't say I'm fond of the fact that the Beast With A Billion Backs preview came on a Best Buy exclusive disk (Blech) but having seen it myself I'm pretty sure it picks up where Big Score left off, whether or not its immediately after (probably not).

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Originally posted by OrpheusLupus:
I can't say I'm fond of the fact that the Beast With A Billion Backs preview came on a Best Buy exclusive disk (Blech) but having seen it myself I'm pretty sure it picks up where Big Score left off, whether or not its immediately after (probably not).

What's wrong with the fact that the Best buy discs have a preview type thing for TBWaBB? I think that BWaBB will take place maybe a few days after the events of BBS judging by the preview.

[Reply #355 on:]

I find it annoying that it's exclusive to people who bought it from there.  Not a big deal, but still kind of annoying.

[Reply #356 on:]

I'd be pretty annoyed had I bought it from anywhere else.

[Reply #357 on:]

i went to walmart at midnight on the release day so i'm pretty annoyed.

[Reply #358 on:]

I'll trade you mine for some naked pictures.

[Reply #359 on:]

Dearest Nix:
You can repost it here if you want, I'm not going to put in the effort to redo it.