The “Futurama” revival at Hulu has set its premiere date,
New episodes of the beloved science-fiction animated series, officially the show's eighth season, will debut July 24 on Hulu. New episodes will drop weekly on Mondays starting with Season 8 (or Season 11 depending on how you break it). Consisting of 10 episodes. Hulu commissioned 20 episodes in total Back in February 2022, Hulu has also released the first teaser for the new season, which can be viewed below.
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This is the second time the show has been brought back since it originally launched in 1999. After its initial four-season run on Fox, reruns of the show found new life on Cartoon Network and on DVD as part of the Adult Swim lineup. Four direct-to-video films were then produced, which were later re-edited for a fifth season starting in 2008 on comedy Central. Comedy Central would air two more seasons of 26 episodes each between 2010 and 2013.
According to the new season's official synopsis, “New viewers will be able to pick up the series from here, while longtime fans will recognize the payoff to decades-long mysteries — including developments in Fry and Leela's epic love story, Nibbler's Litter Box.” , the secret history of evil robot Santa, and the whereabouts of Kiff and Amy's tadpoles. Meanwhile, there's a whole new pandemic in town as the crew explores vaccines, bitcoin, cancel culture, and the future of streaming tv.
Original series voice actors Billy West, Katey Sagal, Tress McNeil, Maurice LaMarche, Lauren Tom, Phil LaMarr and David Herman. John DiMaggio, known for voicing Bender, was not originally supposed to be a part of the new episode but was announced. He joined in March 2022,
Matt Groening created the series and developed it with David X Cohen. Both serve as executive producers alongside Ken Keeler and Claudia Katz. Rough Draft Studios provided the animation, while 20th Television Animation is the studio behind the series.
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