Voice cast going back to the Futurama

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From TVFIX:

Good news, everyone! All the key members of Futurama's voice cast will be back for more episodes of the animated sitcom.

Fans were overjoyed when US pay TV network Comedy Central announced it would produce 26 new episodes of the cult cartoon, which was cancelled in 2003.

But happiness quickly turned to anger when it was later revealed that 20th Century Fox TV had rejected the original voice cast's salary demands for the new episodes, and planned to replace them with cheaper "soundalikes".

Variety reports that Futurama's key cast — Billy West, John DiMaggio, Katey Sagal, Maurice LaMarche and Tress MacNeille — have now reached a "compromise" with Fox, though it was not specified exactly how much they'll earn per episode.

"We are thrilled to have our incredible cast back," said Futurama creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen in a statement. "The call has already gone out to the animators to put the mouths back on the characters."

Futurama is expected to return to television in mid-2010. It was renewed following the success of four straight-to-DVD movies, which were released in 2008 and 2009.