Bender Voice Actor John Dimaggio ‘Didn’t Get More Money’ After Futurama Contract Standoff

Futurama” has been canceled and revived so many times that by now it seems like the show’s eventual return is almost a given.

Yet news of a Hulu continuation of the much-loved Matt Groening show hit a snag earlier this year, when John Dimaggio, who has voiced the profane robot Bender across the show’s seven seasons, wasn’t announced among the returning castmates.In February, the actor explained his decision not to return in a Twitter post, saying that he believes both he and his co-stars deserve higher pay.

By March, the standoff the actor dubbed #bendergate had ended, with the star…The post Bender Voice Actor John Dimaggio ‘Didn’t Get More Money’ After Futurama Contract Standoff appeared first on /Film.

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