Hulu has a little bit of “excellent news” for Futurama followers. The streaming supplier introduced on Twitter at this time that Bender and the gang (sure, John DiMaggio shall be reprising his position as Bender) will return for season eight on July 24th. After the eighth season’s announcement in early 2022, DiMaggio stated in a tweet that he wouldn’t be returning to the present after a pay disagreement with Disney and Hulu, although he rapidly modified course. Sequence creator Matt Groening and producer David X. Cohen are returning to steer Futurama as soon as once more.
As reported by Selection, the eighth season will include two elements, with an preliminary run of 10 episodes. The brand new season airs on Mondays, on a weekly foundation on Hulu. Notably, that is the second time (or fourth time, relying on who’s asking) the present has been introduced again, and the primary time the present shall be airing first on a streaming platform. Hulu didn’t announce an air date for half two, which can embody an extra 10 episodes.
Futurama initially debuted in 1999, with the primary 4 seasons airing on Fox. The present then had a brand new dwelling on Comedy Central, which aired seasons six and 7, which led to 2013. The so-called “fifth season”, which was additionally beneath Comedy Central, was a sequence of 4 films that have been ultimately break up into short-length episodes. Now, after being canceled and renewed a number of instances by a number of cable networks, the subsequent season lives on within the streaming world practically 10 years after the final season had aired.
