“Welcome to your new home”, is said in the Futurama trailer. It was inevitable that, of course, the Matt Groening series would drop a reference to the fact that he (for the third time) he moves. In the United States it can be seen on Hulu from July 24, the content platform owned by Disney, and in Spain it can be seen directly on Disney.
The eighth season will consist of ten episodes and, despite the fact that it is set in an intergalactic future, the images show how he intends to criticize the earthly present: the appearance of a disease reminiscent of the covid (“it sounds like fun, I will gladly do it hundreds times”, says Zoidberg after seeing the nasal virus detection test) or the cryptocurrency bubble. And the underlying conflict? That Leela and Fry are married but they don’t remember anything about their marriage.
This resurrection of Futurama must be understood from the acquisition of Fox by The Walt Disney Company. The company, which bought a multitude of intellectual properties, looked for which titles it could recycle and reuse, and Futurama was among the priorities: it is a cult title, it has the attention of the media and thus reactivates interest in such an accessible title. from your catalogue.
Thus begins a fourth stage for Futurama. It was broadcast for the first time in March 1999 at the height of The Simpsons as a milestone in culture and the popular imagination. It aired a total of four seasons on the American channel Fox. After it was cancelled, Comedy Central showed interest in producing new episodes for television but first four movies designed for the domestic market were produced that could be traced back to broadcast on traditional television as one fifth season.
Then, between 2010 and 2013, the cable channel produced a total of 52 episodes. And, after this decade-long break, it returns to Hulu with ten new episodes and another ten confirmed for later. In the world of content, no fictional universe is completely dead, it can be said. But, when it comes to Futurama, this principle couldn’t be more true.
