Variety reports that talks have begun at 20th Century Fox TV to revive Matt Groening’s animated series Futurama, which takes place in the next millennium. The studio is in early discussions to put Futurama back in production and create a limited number of episodes of the Emmy Award-winning series — although it’s too soon to tell where those episodes might end up, adds the trade. While reports of Futurama’s return have been loosely discussed in the past, this is the first time we’ve heard word of Fox taking an interest.
The final original episode of Futurama aired on Fox in August 2003. But since then, the series has found new life — and fans — via DVD releases and repeatedly high-rated airings on the Cartoon Network. Futurama remains popular enough that Comedy Central even stole away off-net rights to the show’s repeats late last year; it will switch to the comedy channel in 2008.
SOURCE: ComingSoon