futurama

After some Fox brinksmanship with threats of an open casting call to replace the original voice actors on Futurama, The Toronto Star reports that a deal has been reached and the entire cast will return when the show resumes with a 26 episode run on Comedy Central, expected to begin in mid-2010.

The compromise agreement, with the studio paying more and the actors accepting less, comes after the announcement of a 26-episode pick-up here by Comedy Central. Futurama also airs internationally in syndication, has produced four bestselling straight-to-DVD movies (later cut into episodes) and an upcoming feature film.

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

Mouths on the characters? Zoidberg: “Hooray, I’m anatomically correct!”