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BACK TO THE FUTURAMA: Variety is reporting that 20th Century Fox TV is in early discussions to go back into production with Futurama, the Emmy-winning animated series that ran on Fox from March 1999 to August 2003, giving it a Family Guy-style resuscitation. Based on the misadventures of Fry, Leela and Bender, Futurama is set in the year 3000, at which time Lindsay Lohan will have stopped making "news." But until then...

In a Q&A with Playbill magazine, Mel Brooks says that he's currently working on a Spaceballs sequel. Here's the clip from the interview which starts off by talking about the big screen adaptation of The Producers. Playbill: Will you have a role in it? MB: It's doubtful, but I'm writing myself back into the Spaceballs sequel that I'm now writing, so you haven't seen the last of my face. Why another Spaceballs? It wouldn't feel right have anyone else play Yoghurt and the first one was the best experience I've had making a movie since Blazing Saddles. Playbill: When can...

Does a mass murderer deserve a second chance? And what must he do to not only win back his life but become worthy of being called a hero? Comic book readers will find out when DC tries to rehabilitate Hal Jordan, once one of its most stalwart heroes, in the six-issue miniseries ``Green Lantern: Rebirth,'' later this month. Acclaimed writer Geoff Johns (``JSA,'' ``Flash'') takes on the challenge of redeeming the most notorious traitor in DC's vaunted ranks. If anyone is up to the task, it's Johns, who not only has revitalized '40s crime-fighting team Justice Society for a new...