According to producer Lee Supercinski, the studio realized that they were going to receive the animatic of the film from Rough Draft Studios two weeks before the deadline for the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike.
Dem Produzenten Lee Supercinski zufolge bemerkte das Futurama-Studio, dass sie das Animatic des Films von den Rough Draft Studios erst zwei Wochen vor dem Fristende der Writers Guild of America bekommt.