Can you imagine Futurama without Philip J. Fry and Bender? I can’t and if they refuse to concede, then I am not sure how it would become possible for Futurama to return. Of course guys, I am talking about the negotiation status of voice actors for the rebooted edition of Futurama TV Show of Comedy Central.
Voice actors Maurice LaMarche, Tress MacNeille and Katey Sagal have signed the dotted line as revealed by the sources close to the 20th Century Fox TV’s talent negotiations. With the voice actors of Leela, Kif Kroker and many others already in their bag, the series is all set to recommence its run on the cable channel next year after the hiatus of seven long years. I am not sure guys, but I don’t think that any other series, leave alone animation series, has ever made a comeback after so many years.

But still Bill West who voice over for time traveling pizza boy Philip J. Fry, along with other characters and John DiMaggio, the voice of crusty robot sidekick, Bender have not signed the contract.
No official word about the terms of the individual deals is available, but if earlier reports are to be believed the previous negotiation had reached a dead end when the actors had requested $75,000 per episode which was not acceptable to the producers. They had their own reasons one being that for a series produced for basic cable network, this sort of money is incongruous.
For those who have not been following this blog regularly, Comedy Central ordered 26 episodes of half hour duration each of this animated series by Matt Groening and David X. Cohen in June. This unusual animation aired from 1999- 2003 on Fox before shifting on Comedy Central in 2008.
The MTV Networks Group cable channel has fixed mid-2010 for the series to return. Unless Bill West and John DiMaggio agree to hcome back. But don’t you worry guys, download episodes of Futurama of the previous seasons and let thomecoming, I don’t see how the series would make a e fun flow uninterrupted.