“Futurama” has had more lives than Elton John has had farewell tours. The show has seen itself cancelled and resurrected in various forms over the years to the point that its creators have proven to be quite flexible in terms of format.
The animated sci-fi comedy first aired in 1999 on FOX before being cancelled after four seasons in 2002. Four direct-to-video movies followed in 2008, which were later chopped up into a fifth season.
Comedy Central then revived the series for two more seasons from 2010-2013, both of which were split in two. It was off the air for a decade until it came back recently with an eighth season of twenty episodes split into two blocks of ten.
That first block of ten is about to wrap up on September 25th and the question arises as to what’s next once the second block airs likely next year. Speaking with MovieWeb, producer Claudia Katz says whatever form the show goes next, they’re ready:
“Hulu has done an amazing job launching the new episodes and we hope they’ll order more. And, maybe a movie, why not?”
Separately she was asked by io9 how long she thinks the show can keep going creatively to which she responded: “given the scope of our universe and all the stories left to tell, a really really long time.”
At present, Hulu hasn’t renewed the series past the twenty episodes ordered.
