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Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
Directed by	Peter Avanzino
Written by	Eric Kaplan
Produced by	Joseph Kubiak
Starring	Billy West; Katey Sagal; John DiMaggio; Maurice LaMarche; Tress MacNeille
Music by	Christopher Tyng
Distributed by	20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Release dates	March 18, 2008
Country	United States
Language	English

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Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs is the second of the four planned Futurama straight-to-DVD films.^[2] The films will be released in widescreen format on DVD. The film will be released on DVD on March 18, 2008.^[1]^[3]

According to David X. Cohen, the film will follow directly after the events of Bender's Big Score and will include a "planet-sized alien from another universe" voiced by David Cross.^[4]

Guest voices

The film will feature voiceovers from: Brittany Murphy, David Cross as a tentacled alien, Professor Stephen Hawking as himself, and Dan Castellaneta will reprise his role as the Robot Devil.^[5]

Bonus features

It has been indicated that the cutscenes from the Futurama video game will be included as a bonus feature on the DVD,^[6] however FOX has stated that the bonus content has not been finalized and may still change.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Lambert, David (2008-02-28). "Futurama - Release Date, Cost, Extras, & More for The Beast with a Billion Backs".
^ Vo, Alex (2007-07-30). "Comic-Con Premieres New Futurama Footage; Plus, We Interview Futurama's Rich Moore". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
^ "Friday Night Lights and Other Announced Releases". TV Guide. 2008-02-28.
^ Keller, Joel (2007-11-26). "David X. Cohen of Futurama: The TV Squad Interview". Retrieved 2007-11-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |publiser= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help)
^ "Can't Get Enough Futurama: Four New Futurama DVDs". Retrieved 2007-08-01.
^ "New Furturama DVD to Include Cutscenes from Original Game". Gaming Today. 2008-03-01. Retrieved 2008-03-03. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Purchase, Rob. "Futurama game scenes made into episode". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2008-03-03.

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[TVShowsonDVD-1] Lambert, David (2008-02-28). "Futurama - Release Date, Cost, Extras, & More for The Beast with a Billion Backs".

[2] Vo, Alex (2007-07-30). "Comic-Con Premieres New Futurama Footage; Plus, We Interview Futurama's Rich Moore". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2007-08-01.

[3] "Friday Night Lights and Other Announced Releases". TV Guide. 2008-02-28.

[TVSquadCohen-4] Keller, Joel (2007-11-26). "David X. Cohen of Futurama: The TV Squad Interview". Retrieved 2007-11-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |publiser= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help)

[5] "Can't Get Enough Futurama: Four New Futurama DVDs". Retrieved 2007-08-01.

[GamingToday-6] "New Furturama DVD to Include Cutscenes from Original Game". Gaming Today. 2008-03-01. Retrieved 2008-03-03. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[EuroGamer-7] Purchase, Rob. "Futurama game scenes made into episode". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2008-03-03.

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+'''''Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs''''' is the second of the four planned ''[[Futurama]]'' straight-to-DVD films.<ref>{{cite web | last=Vo | first=Alex | date=2007-07-30 | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/futurama_monster_robot_maniac_fun_collection/news/1657186/1.php | title=Comic-Con Premieres New Futurama Footage; Plus, We Interview Futurama's Rich Moore |  publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | accessdate=2007-08-01}}</ref> The films will be released in widescreen format on DVD. The film will be released on DVD on [[March 18]], [[2008]].<ref name="TVShowsonDVD" /><ref>{{cite web | title=''Friday Night Lights'' and Other Announced Releases | url=http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Dvd-News-Reviews/Friday-Night-Lights/800034458 | date=2008-02-28 | publisher=[[TV Guide]]}}</ref>
 According to [[David X. Cohen]], the film will follow directly after the events of ''[[Futurama: Bender's Big Score|Bender's Big Score]]'' and will include a "planet-sized alien from another universe" voiced by David Cross.<ref name="TVSquadCohen">{{cite web|

v t e Futurama episodes
Seasons 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Season 1	"Space Pilot 3000" "The Series Has Landed" "I, Roommate" "Love's Labours Lost in Space" "Fear of a Bot Planet" "A Fishful of Dollars" "My Three Suns" "A Big Piece of Garbage" "Hell Is Other Robots" "A Flight to Remember" "Mars University" "When Aliens Attack" "Fry and the Slurm Factory"
Season 2	"I Second That Emotion" "Brannigan, Begin Again" "A Head in the Polls" "Xmas Story" "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" "The Lesser of Two Evils" "Put Your Head on My Shoulders" "Raging Bender" "A Bicyclops Built for Two" "A Clone of My Own" "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" "The Deep South" "Bender Gets Made" "Mother's Day" "The Problem with Popplers" "Anthology of Interest I" "War Is the H-Word" "The Honking" "The Cryonic Woman"
Season 3	"Amazon Women in the Mood" "Parasites Lost" "A Tale of Two Santas" "The Luck of the Fryrish" "The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" "Bendless Love" "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" "That's Lobstertainment!" "The Cyber House Rules" "Where the Buggalo Roam" "Insane in the Mainframe" "The Route of All Evil" "Bendin' in the Wind" "Time Keeps On Slippin'" "I Dated a Robot" "A Leela of Her Own" "A Pharaoh to Remember" "Anthology of Interest II" "Roswell That Ends Well" "Godfellas" "Future Stock" "The 30% Iron Chef"
Season 4	"Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" "Leela's Homeworld" "Love and Rocket" "Less Than Hero" "A Taste of Freedom" "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV" "Jurassic Bark" "Crimes of the Hot" "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" "The Why of Fry" "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" "The Sting" "Bend Her" "Obsoletely Fabulous" "The Farnsworth Parabox" "Three Hundred Big Boys" "Spanish Fry" "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings"
Season 5	"Bender's Big Score" (Part 1–4) "The Beast with a Billion Backs" (Part 1–4) "Bender's Game" (Part 1–4) "Into the Wild Green Yonder" (Part 1–4)
Season 6	"Rebirth" "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" "Attack of the Killer App" "Proposition Infinity" "The Duh-Vinci Code" "Lethal Inspection" "The Late Philip J. Fry" "That Darn Katz!" "A Clockwork Origin" "The Prisoner of Benda" "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" "The Mutants Are Revolting" "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular" "The Silence of the Clamps" "Möbius Dick" "Law and Oracle" "Benderama" "The Tip of the Zoidberg" "Ghost in the Machines" "Neutopia" "Yo Leela Leela" "Fry Am the Egg Man" "All the Presidents' Heads" "Cold Warriors" "Overclockwise" "Reincarnation"
Season 7	"The Bots and the Bees" "A Farewell to Arms" "Decision 3012" "The Thief of Baghead" "Zapp Dingbat" "The Butterjunk Effect" "The Six Million Dollar Mon" "Fun on a Bun" "Free Will Hunting" "Near-Death Wish" "31st Century Fox" "Viva Mars Vegas" "Naturama" "Forty Percent Leadbelly" "2-D Blacktop" "T.: The Terrestrial" "Fry and Leela's Big Fling" "The Inhuman Torch" "Saturday Morning Fun Pit" "Calculon 2.0" "Assie Come Home" "Leela and the Genestalk" "Game of Tones" "Murder on the Planet Express" "Stench and Stenchibility" "Meanwhile"