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 Well it's almost time for the release of Volume 6 of Futurama on BluRay and DVD!
And as before we've teamed up with Fox to give away 10 sets to you lucky people!
Simply answer 5 tricky trivia questions and send them along with your name, street address and working email and we'll pick 10 winners at random!
All the details and conditions are here!
Closing date is Monday December 19th. The day before they hit stores.
Good Luck! |
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A bit late getting this onto the site, although we've mentioned it on Twitter, but Eric Rogers was last week nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for animation for his full debut script 'The Silence of the Clamps'
Take a look at the other nominees here.
Everyone at CGEF wishes Eric huge congratulations on the nomination and best of luck for the final award which will announced on Feb 19th.
Also, Futurama bagged 2 Annie Award nominations last week! One for Paul Calder in Editing and one for Josh Weinstein for writing the episode 'All the Presidents Heads'. The award ceremony is on February 4th so best of luck to both Paul and Josh! Thoroughly deserved!
More info is here. |
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Missed out on the previous auctions of Futurama swag posted below? Well fear not! Claudia Katz, Executive Vice President at Futurama's Animation studios Rough Draft, has been in touch about some cool items that are going under the hammer in aid of her children's school, West Hollywood Elementary.
As well as some great signed Simpsons memorabilia, there's a Toynami Bender figure signed by Matt Groening, David X Cohen and John DiMaggio and a poster signed by Matt!
It's all located here, so why not go take a look and, if you like what you see, have a bid! It's all towards a good cause! Auction ends on the 19th. |
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As has happened the last couple of years Futurama co-creator David Cohen has donated some exclusive signed Futurama and Simpsons related stuff to auction off for the Canyon School pre-school in LA(that David's daughter attends).
He's emailed me with the listings and also said that if the winner says they saw the item listed through this site then he'll throw in a BONUS signed script cover of NEXT SEASON'S new episode 'Freewill Hunting'(7ACV09). The perfect gift for Xmas, Kwanzaa, or Robanukah!
Bidding has already started and ends next saturday. It's a great cause and a chance to own some once in a lifetime unique swag!
Here's the listings and links!
(1) NEW/RARE FUTURAMA MONOPOLY game, with Bender HAND-DRAWN by Matt Groening on box, signed by Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, and all 8 principal cast members: Katey Sagal, Billy West, John DiMaggio, Lauren Tom, Phil LaMarr, Maurice LaMarche, Tress MacNeille, and David Herman. This is the rare (sold out) version of the game with "Golden Bender Head" and "Leela's Boot" tokens, in addition to the 5 other metal tokens (Hypnotoad, Seymour, Planet Express Ship, What-If Machine, and Brain Slug).
(2) TALKING BENDER action figure, new in box, autographed by the voice of Bender, John DiMaggio.
Plus one Simpsons Item...
(3) SIMPSONS SEASON 6 "Homer Head" DVD Set, SIGNED by Matt Groening and the voice of Homer, Dan Castellaneta... and with a HAND-DRAWN Homer Simpson by Matt Groening.
And don't forget to say you heard from us for the bonus signed script! |
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 Well you wait for ages and two updates come in quick succession eh?!
Firstly, most of you will already be familiar with Futurama Art Director and Bongo Comics co-founder Bill Morrison. But Bill is also very much invested in the charity Bowling for Boobies which goes to help women who are struggling with breast cancer and don't have enough money to get through daily life due to being under-insured or not insured at all. Bill explains it much better here.
Bill says he would love for us to link to it and I'm more than happy to do so.
If you feel like donating any amount big or small then please go here.
Secondly, remember today is the last day to PRE-ORDER the Futurama Monopoly set and recieve the Exclusive Golden Bender piece.
Finally, Twentieth Century Fox have released final confirmation details and teased some of the extras on the volume 6 BluRays/DVDs. TV Shows On DVD has the details! December 20th! |
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 A few things to catch up here. Been very busy so only now getting a chance to catch up.
Firstly, tomorrow is your LAST DAY to pre-order the Futurama Monopoly and receive the golden Bender head piece which won't come with the regular release. What does it look like? well take a look here at the special pack I received from Monopoly for a preview of that and other items! Make sure you PRE-ORDER!
Also, on Tuesday night Toronto hosted it's first Futurama trivia night. Host Joel, who was interviewed about it by the AV Club here, told me it went down a treat and sent the above picture of some awesome folk who dressed up(click for a larger view)!
And finally, a great interview with Bongo Comics head honcho Bill Morrison here. |
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Otherwise known as Futurama co-creator David X Cohen.
I received an email today from him regarding re-runs of the show.
He thought some of you might notice certain edits in syndicated re-runs so he wanted to set the record straight:
David X. Cohen here. I wanted to mention a few things regarding the "weekend syndication" run of Futurama that starts in the U.S. this weekend (Sept 24, 2011).
Obviously this is very good news for Futurama... Futurama has reached a number of episodes and a level of awareness where broadcasters are interested in showing the series. One thing that goes along with this success is that we have to make the episodes a little shorter to match the available length of the syndication time slot. This affects all syndicated series, not just Futurama. For example, the Simpsons episodes are cut down for U.S. syndication.
In the case of Futurama, we are fortunate that we still have our production team together, so I have been able to personally make the adjustments to the episodes with our editor, Paul Calder, who has been working with me on the series from the very beginning. I have tried my best not to cut anything that is critical to the episodes or the series as a whole, and also to keep intact the most popular runs of dialog. But of course, here and there, somebody's favorite line will be missing. There's just no way around it... it's the price of success. On the bright side, I think in many cases the pacing of the episodes has been improved slightly, and some subtle visual improvements and error corrections have been made as well. Some episodes may well be improved on the whole. Rest assured, no cuts are being made by anyone outside our production office.
The Comedy Central cable network, which broadcast both new and old episodes in the U.S., also has the option of showing either the original or syndication versions of the show. In the case of reruns, they are switching to the new syndication versions. New episodes should continue to air uncut, and the original full-length versions of course remain available for download and on DVD.
That's all... back to work for me now on 26 more new ones...
DXC
Thanks David!
Also, if you missed it yesterday, check out our interview with Peter Avanzino about 'Reincanation' here. |
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Hi everyone.
Well, now all the cast an crew's Emmy hang overs have worn off it's back to work on the next season which will air from June 2012.
But in the meantime, I went back to 'Reincarnation' director Peter Avanzino to find out how much crazy stuff went into making that unique episode. Find the interview here! It's a great read with lots of info on how it was made and plenty of pics from Peter making the 8-bit video game section.
Also worth a read is this interview with producer Lee Supersinski.
Take care y'all! |
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