Futurama Recasting?
I’m getting this from Topless Robot, who is getting it from Forces of Geek who is getting it from the voice actors’ Facebook pages. Fox has posted a casting notice to replace voice-over veterans John DiMaggio (Bender), Maurice LaMarche (Caluclon, Kif), Billy West (Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg) and Katy Segal (Leela).
Frankly, the announcement was pretty suspect until I clicked on over to FoG and saw the reproduced casting call-sheet myself. There hasn’t been any specifics as to why the character originators are being replaced, but fans on the internet are downright pissed.
We tried contacting Billy West after reading the news, but apparently we weren’t the only ones by a long-shot because our request bounced back with a message saying Billy’s inbox had reached it’s quota.
More on the atrocity as it unfolds. If nothing else, this should make for an interesting Comic-Con around the Greoning and Fox booths.