Futurama: Bender's Game (2008)
Futurama: Bender's Game (2008)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Billy West
Philip J. Fry
Katey Sagal
Turanga Leela
John DiMaggio
Bender
Tress MacNeille
Mom
Gary Gygax
Himself (voice)
Eric Kaplan
Writer
Rich Little
Himself (voice)
Maurice LaMarche
Walt
George Takei
Himself (voice)
Phil LaMarr
Hermes Conrad
Lauren Tom
Amy Wong
Patric M. Verrone
Teleplay
David Herman
Larry
Kath Soucie
Cubert Farnsworth
Scott Vanzo
Other
Michael Hughes
Production Supervisor
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 3, 2008
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 28m
Content RatingPG-13
Genres
Wiki.
Futurama: Bender's Game is a 2008 American direct-to-video adult animated science fantasy comedy film and the third of the four Futurama films that make up the show's fifth season. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 4, 2008.
According to the Beast with a Billion Backs DVD commentary, the film, which spoofs Dungeons & Dragons, was in production when Dungeons & Dragons creator, Gary Gygax, died. The film contains a post-credits tribute to Gygax in the form of a title card and a clip of him from the episode "Anthology of Interest I". Elements of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and George Lucas' Star Wars are also parodied. The title of the film is a pun on the book Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card, though the Futurama film has "very little to do with the subject material" of the book. Conversely, the 1985 book also used "Bender" as a mocking pun for "Ender", but Matt Groening stated this is not the original inspiration for Bender's name.