{"id":3944,"date":"2005-12-20T17:14:48","date_gmt":"2005-12-20T17:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groonk.net\/blog\/?p=3944"},"modified":"2005-12-20T17:14:48","modified_gmt":"2005-12-20T17:14:48","slug":"futurama-might-return-maybe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/2005\/12\/futurama-might-return-maybe\/","title":{"rendered":"Futurama might return! Maybe."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blocked\">Nearly four years after it was cancelled, the popularity of Futurama on DVD could breathe life back into the animated television series. On the subject of a rumoured resurrection, creator Matt Groening, best known for his other animated hit, <em>The Simpsons<\/em>, says, intriguingly: &#8220;You never know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Such a trail was blazed in 2004 by another animated series, <em>Family Guy<\/em>. Fuelled by DVD sales and high-rating reruns, it spawned a direct-to-DVD film and two seasons of television episodes.<\/p>\n<p>The move caught the television industry by surprise, and left several lost properties, including <em>Futurama<\/em>, ripe with possibility.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/news\/tv--radio\/off-the-planet\/2005\/12\/10\/1134086846734.html\" class=\"external external_icon\">&#8220;Three months ago, I would have said we were going to start tomorrow,&#8221; says writer David X. Cohen, who collaborated with Groening on <em>Futurama<\/em>. &#8220;And one month ago I would also have said we were going to start tomorrow. So &#8230;&#8221; He pauses. &#8220;My current estimate is that we&#8217;re starting tomorrow.&#8221; <\/a><\/div>\n<p>Again. Christmas spirit. I&#8217;m feeling it.<\/p>\n<p>It would be fucking awesome if that show returned. Just fucking awesome I tell you.<\/p>\n<p>All you need do is drop <em>American Dad<\/em> on its ass and you&#8217;d have a go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly four years after it was cancelled, the popularity of Futurama on DVD could breathe life back into the animated television series. On the subject of a rumoured resurrection, creator Matt Groening, best known for his other animated hit, The Simpsons, says, intriguingly: &#8220;You never know.&#8221; Such a trail was blazed in 2004 by another [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-3944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}