WEEKLY TELEVISION NEWS

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Two weeks ago the final new episode of FUTURAMA was broadcast by the Fox network, bringing a close to the zany interplanetary adventures of Fry, Bender, Leela and the rest of the Planet Express crew.

Maybe, maybe not.


With FUTURAMA producing solid ratings on Cartoon Network and strong sales of the show on two DVD sets, could the door be open for a return of FUTURAMA? In an exclusive interview with the show's co-creator, David X. Cohen, we found out that the show's creative team hasn't given up their hopes that something could happen someday.


"For my personal wishes I would look at a movie," answers Cohen at the prospect of new FUTURAMA stories. "That’s what I’m aiming for. I know it’s kind of a longshot I guess at this point but on the other hand it, to me it seems like a no-brainer that it would be a success because it would be not that expensive as far as animated movies go. There’s an audience already built-in worldwide for this thing because the movie could easily show in Europe, in Australia, the United States, Mexico. To me it seems that it would be very easy to make your money back on a FUTURAMA movie. And any movie executives reading this right now I recommend that you take out your calculators and look at what I’m saying because it’s true!


And Cohen's chief cohort feels the same way. "Whenever I say we should do a movie Matt Groening always says ‘A series of movies!’ so I know he’s into it. Nothing’s out of the question. I think that because of the success on Cartoon Network the people are raising an eyebrow. So maybe there is something else that we can do with the show whereas a few months ago I would have said, ah, you know, we’re done for."

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This would indeed be cool. Long live Bender.

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METALLICA To Perform At '2003 MTV Video Music Awards' - Aug. 20, 2003

METALLICA are the latest addition to the performance lineup for the "2003 MTV Video Music Awards", to be held Aug. 28 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. They join previously announced performers MARY J. BLIGE, 50 CENT, GOOD CHARLOTTE, COLDPLAY and CHRISTINA AGUILERA.

As previously reported, METALLICA's "St. Anger" has been nominated in the "Best Rock Video" category at the event. Other videos nominated in the "Best Rock Video" category are EVANESCENCE's "Bring Me To Life", LINKIN PARK's "Somewhere I Belong", THE WHITE STRIPES' "Seven Nation Army", and GOOD CHARLOTTE's "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous". The "2003 VMAs" will broadcast on Thursday, August 28 at 8:00 p.m. (LIVE ET/Tape Delayed PT). The show will be hosted by Chris Rock.

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METALLICA To Perform At '2003 MTV Video Music Awards' - Aug. 20, 2003

METALLICA are the latest addition to the performance lineup for the "2003 MTV Video Music Awards", to be held Aug. 28 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. They join previously announced performers MARY J. BLIGE, 50 CENT, GOOD CHARLOTTE, COLDPLAY and CHRISTINA AGUILERA.

As previously reported, METALLICA's "St. Anger" has been nominated in the "Best Rock Video" category at the event. Other videos nominated in the "Best Rock Video" category are EVANESCENCE's "Bring Me To Life", LINKIN PARK's "Somewhere I Belong", THE WHITE STRIPES' "Seven Nation Army", and GOOD CHARLOTTE's "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous". The "2003 VMAs" will broadcast on Thursday, August 28 at 8:00 p.m. (LIVE ET/Tape Delayed PT). The show will be hosted by Chris Rock.


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:yawn: Wake me up when it's over.

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I'll watch it to see Chris Rock tear people down.

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I'll watch it to see Chris Rock tear people down.

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Down with whitey!

[EddieMan2003]

futurama sucks, its a knock off of the simpsons. i hope it fails again lol. boring!