The Beast with a Billion Backs

The Beast with a Billion Backs is the second of the four Direct-to-DVD films to be released in 2008. The film will be released for region 1 on 24 June, 2008 and region 2 on 30 June, 2008. Fans in region 4 will have to wait until 6 August, 2008.

As of 8 July, 2007 the voice acting for all the films (which includes the fifth season) is finished, according to Lauren Tom. It will guest star Stephen Hawking, David Cross, Dan Castellaneta and Brittany Murphy.

According to a recent Wired article, "The Beast With a Billion Backs," can be viewed as a full-length movie about a creature that carries on a simultaneous affair with everyone in the galaxy.

The story will continue from where Bender's Big Score ended.

Plot summary
The sneak peek from the special edition of Bender's Big Score exclusive to Best Buy appears to be telling the story onward from where Bender's Big Score ends, namely the rift in time and space. Fry gets a polygamist girlfriend named Colleen, and Bender finds and joins his dream: The League of Robots. A monster named Yivo appears from the giant tear in space and sends out tentacles to connect to everyone in the world. One connects to Fry who becomes the pope of the tentacle religion. Soon it turns out that Yivo's tentacles are actually Gentacles and schle's been having intercourse with everyone (as it says in the trailer). Yivo reveals that schle just wants to date the world, as schle wants to marry it.

Yivo soon proposes to the world, and everyone moves onto Yivo, leaving Earth to the robots.

Miscellany
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Characters
Characters that can automatically confirmed, and characters that have been confirmed.

Cast

 * Billy West as Philip J. Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg, Zapp Brannigan, Richard Nixon's Head, Leo Wong, Ron Whitey, Mr. Kroker, Superhero, M5438, Hydroponic Farmer, Carnival Barker, Land Squid
 * Katey Sagal as Turanga Leela
 * John DiMaggio as Bender, Randy Munchnik, URL, Human Friend, The Funkalistics Lead Singer
 * Tress MacNeille as Linda, Hattie McDoogal, The Grand Midwife, Monique, Petunia, Morgan Proctor, Fan, Bender's First Born Son, Batterybot, Thog, Miss Vega 4, Suicide Booth, Mrs. Kroker, Francine
 * Maurice LaMarche as Kif Kroker, Calculon, Morbo, Lrrr, Horrible Gelatinous Blob, Hedonismbot, Destructor, Harold Zoid, Schlomo, Sportsbot 5000, "Fishy" Joseph Gilman
 * Phil LaMarr as Hermes Conrad, Bolt Rolands, Convenience Store Bot, Ndulu, Robot 1-X, Billionaire Bot
 * Lauren Tom as Amy Wong, Inez Wong
 * David Herman as Dr. Ogden Wernstrom, Mayor C. Randall Poopenmeyer, Pazuzu, Chu, Fatbot, Doctor Robot, British Robot, Enema Coffee Dispenser, Warden Vogel, Three-Eyed Zebra, Giant Medium-Sized Ant,
 * Dan Castellaneta as the Robot Devil
 * David Cross as Yivo
 * Stephen Hawking as Himself
 * Brittany Murphy as Colleen

The DVD
It has been reported that the DVD will contain :
 * The film itself
 * Commentary by Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Billy West, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Michael Rowe, Claudia Katz, Peter Avanzino and Lee Supercinski
 * Futurama The Lost Adventure - A Long-Lost, Full-Length Adventure Produced for the Futurama Video Game
 * Audio Commentary By Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Billy West, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Michael Rowe, J. Stewart Burns and Lee Supercinski
 * Meet Yivo! Featurette with David Cross
 * A Brief History Of Deathball Featurette
 * Blooperama: The Futurama Cast At "Work"
 * 3D Models With Animator Discussion
 * Storyboard Animatic: The Beast With A Billion Backs, Part One
 * Deleted Scenes/Storyboards
 * Original Opening
 * Fry and Colleen Meeting
 * St. Asimov Parade
 * Zapp and Scientists
 * Amy, Fry and Leela
 * Scruffy, the Janitor
 * - A Sneak Peek at the Next Futurama Epic!