TELEVISION: 'Futurama' returns with new feature-length DVD
From television to cancellation to DVD and back to television, “Futurama” is surviving, no matter what the medium.
The Matt Groening-created “Futurama” returns this week with a new feature-length straight-to-DVD film titled “The Beast with a Billion Backs.” It’s the second such film, following “Bender’s Big Score,” which was released in November.
Just like the previous full-length adventure, this film will be split up into four regular “Futurama” TV episodes to be shown on Comedy Central at a later date.Peter Avanzino isn’t sure if the DVD-to-TV path is the best option for the show, but he’s gotten used to the idea. An animation director with Rough Draft Studios, Avanzino is director of “The Beast with a Billion Backs.”
