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CC2010: Futurama Panel

Futurama made an amazing appearance to ballroom 20 on Saturday to a very packed audience. The show has just picked up 26 new half hour episodes on Comedy Central. Fry, Leela and the gang are ready to conquer the future on Thursday 10/9c.
 

 


The panel consisted of:

Cast:
Billy West- Phillip J. Fry, Prof. Hubert J. Farnswoth, Dr. John A. Zoidberg among others
Katey Sagal – Turanga Leela
John Di Maggio – Bender
Maurice LaMarche – Several voices
Phil LaMarr – Hermes Conrad among others
Lauren Tom- Amy Wong
 
Executive Producers:
Matt Groening
David X. Cohen

Writers:
Ken Keeler
Patric M.Verrone

Director:
Crystal Chesney-Thompson

The highlights of this panel are:

  • They are doing an episode about Comic-Con in the year 3010
  • Crystal directed it
  • Fry tries to get into Comic-con with his comic book Delivery-boy MAN
  • A comic book that they gave to all audience members in the freebie zone
  • They read a new episode to be aired next summer
  • The episode name is called Benderama
  • It’s about Bender Cloning himself
  • They were told that they were censoring themselves too much, that now they have the ability to do more uncensored material
  • Matt gave away collectibles during the Q & A portion of the program
  • When asked about their favorite episodes, Matt said the one airing on Comedy Central last Thursday
  • In the episode, the Prof. invents a time machine that only goes forwards in time
  • The Leela and Fry dynamic will continue, and romance might be in the air for them
  • New animation all around, and already preparing for the next season

Stay tuned to ComicsOnline for more of the 2010 Comic-Con coverage.

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