August 09, 2009
August 07, 2009
'Futurama' Crisis Averted
Well, we can cancel our plans to burn down the police stable in outrage. Following news a few weeks back that 20th Century Fox was looking to replace the voice cast of Futurama with cheaper replacements, it's now been announced that a deal a has been struck, and the original voices will be returning:
Casting execs were set to begin meeting with replacement thesps this week. But the five stars -- John DiMaggio, Billy West, Katey Sagal, Maurice LaMarche and Tress MacNeille -- finally sealed pacts late Friday with 20th Century Fox TV to return to the show.
Both the actors and 20th are believed to have found a compromise. Move comes after 20th put out a casting call in July to find replacement voice actors for the show.
"We are thrilled to have our incredible cast back," creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen said in a statement. "The call has already gone out to the animators to put the mouths back on the characters."
Phew! Glad that's taken care of. I wasn't ready for another jarring change of cast--I'm still reeling from the controversial Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Aunt Viv switch of '93. [Via iwatchstuff]
August 06, 2009
August 05, 2009
'Star Wars' Home Movies
Think the Star Wars DVD special features, Star Wars making-of books, and Star Wars Trivial Pursuits have shown you everything that could be known about the making of George's Lucas eternally tinkered-with sci-fi adventure? Wrong! Now available on internet: 8mm home movies of the original special effects team who made all that lightsabering possible.
Via iwatchstuff
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