Rick and Morty, ATHF & More Getting Adult Swim Digital Short Series
Rick and Morty, ATHF & More Getting Adult Swim Digital Short Series
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The Venture Bros., Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and
Metalocalypse would be returning in animated film form, Adult Swim dropped some news on Wednesday that s sure to add
Rick and Morty, Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell, and
Robot Chicken into the happiness circle (innuendo game is strong this morning). Cartoon Network s popular late-night programming block is moving ahead with production on four all-new digital short series focusing on breakout characters from some of those series. We see it as our mission to put something hilarious within a fingers swipe of anyone on the planet, said
Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell.
First up, Adult Swim has ordered a
Rick and Morty spin-off called
The Vindicators. Inspired by the intergalactic crime fighting team (seen above) that appeared in the episode “Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender,” the series will focus on Supernova, Vance Maximus, Alan Rails, Crocubot, and Noob Noob as they try to keep the galaxy safe from various cosmic threats.
The series will be executive produced by
Sarah Carbiener and
Erica Rosbe, who said in a statement:
“We are thrilled to work in the Rick and Morty universe again, and these shorts are an incredible opportunity to explore what happens in the aftermath of the Vindicators saving (or destroying) worlds. We’re so excited to show how this team of superheroes is plenty dysfunctional whether Rick’s around to have half of them murdered or not.”
Rick and Morty is titled
The Vindicators and will centre on the dysfunctional superhero team of Supernova, Million Ants, Crocubot, Alan Rails, Vance Maximus and Noob Noob that appeared in the show s third season.
Executive producers Erica Rosbe and Sarah Carbiener, who will work on the series alongside Harmon and Roiland, shared in a statement [via
The Hollywood Reporter] that the spinoff will explore what happens in the aftermath of the Vindicators saving (or destroying) worlds.
Not unlike how
spinoff is titled
Aquadonk Side Pieces. It will explore what happens in the later lives of various side characters and villains such as the Mooninites, the Plutonians, MC Pee Pants, the Frat Aliens, Happy Time Harry, Handbanana and the Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past.
It s been a rather eventful morning for WarnerMedia, which just announced a slew of upcoming projects, including a brand-new animated
Batman TV series from executive producers Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams, and Matt Reeves. But the Caped Crusader won t be the only DC icon to receive an animated revival.
The Man of Tomorrow is about to take flight with his own set fresh adventures in
My Adventures with Superman, where the Man of Steel will be voiced by Jack Quaid (
The Boys,
Star Trek: Lower Decks). HBO Max and Cartoon Network have already ordered two seasons of the project, which, according to the official release, catches up with 20-something versions of Clark Kent, Lois Lane (