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Adult Swim (& Hulu) cuts ties with Justin Roiland, Rick & Morty to be recast (Up: DA drops domestic violence charges; see threadmark)
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Honestly the show is at its worst when they let Justin Roiland ad lib so i dont think they'll miss him
That was surprisingly to me very good. It worked and was hilarious.
I was thinking it would get cancelled so this is a nice surprise. Good on them for firing Roiland and letting the staff keep their jobs and fans keep getting new seasons of the show.
Aren't there sometimes clauses in people contracts that prevent people from continuing to get paid if they're fired for a reason like this. Do we know if something like that is happening or if Roiland will still profit from the show?
Also I wonder if they're gonna address that they have new voices with a meta joke in the season 7 premier as would be their typical style or if that would be in bad taste due to the circumstances. I guess that depends on how they'd do it.
Aren't there sometimes clauses in people contracts that prevent people from continuing to get paid if they're fired for a reason like this. Do we know if something like that is happening or if Roiland will still profit from the show?
Also I wonder if they're gonna address that they have new voices with a meta joke in the season 7 premier as would be their typical style or if that would be in bad taste due to the circumstances. I guess that depends on how they'd do it.
I'm honestly surprised Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland don't own the IP/brand
They aren't new to Hollywood at all but I guess they didn't want to fund it themselves so they got adult swim to fund it but had to give up the rights
What a blunder because anyone can voice those Rick and Morty by now
Could even make BushWorld adventures Rick real and have Cusack voice Rick and Morty
They aren't new to Hollywood at all but I guess they didn't want to fund it themselves so they got adult swim to fund it but had to give up the rights
What a blunder because anyone can voice those Rick and Morty by now
Could even make BushWorld adventures Rick real and have Cusack voice Rick and Morty
Cast Steven Ogg as Rick and Micheal Cusack as Morty. Curious to see if the show bounces back. Didn't they announce 70 episodes? They were clearly confident in the shows longevity.
They're still under contract for four more seasons, and with the current leadership over at WBD and their focus on liner TV and liscensing out their shows, I can totally see them dragging it over that line to 100 episodes to get the all that lucrative syndication money.
I don't consider the voice to be one of them, they'll definitely try to get someone that sounds similar
couldn't they even go further and change how the characters look or something? "here are a new rick and morty from another universe. Morty is Black in that universe."
Hope he's not continuing to profit and/or got a sizeable buyout without this. His ability to do interviews in public after paying $50k cash bail on felony charges is uncomfortable to think about.
Glad the non shitty people who work on this won't be put out by his actions.
Glad the non shitty people who work on this won't be put out by his actions.
Glad they cut him. Though can't imagine there's much of a future for Rick & Morty.
Not that I care, I've been wanting that show to burn since the incest jokes.
Bring back the GOAT Adult Swim show instead and hire them on.
Not that I care, I've been wanting that show to burn since the incest jokes.
Bring back the GOAT Adult Swim show instead and hire them on.
It's easy to recast to be honest. Just kill the current R&M and a new set comes but they are voiced different as everyone has Jerry's voice in their universe.
The show is definitely going to tackle it head on. They won't try to pretend nothing happened.
They might even go with completely different voices too. The premise of the show lets them do anything and the whole meta attitude vibes perfectly with that.
Situation a bit different. Filming has been done on the Flash for a while. They don't need Ezra to do more work.
Rick and Morty is very popular, merchandise sells well and several years ago it was renewed for 70 episodes, of which only 30 have aired. Adult Swim wasn't going to cancel the show with 40 more episodes under contract to be made.
Quicker than I expected. I don't think the show will be able to live long without 'em, but I understand them trying to keep it going. I'm glad they took action and didn't try and like, suspend him or anything while they "conducted an investigation" or something. They just did it, and that's the right thing to do. Credit where credit is due.
Yeah, it's easy to write in the show a voice change.
Even without that, frankly I've seen some great impersonators. They can easily continue making the same show without him.
The show would lose 6 seasons of traction as a lot of people are invested in the C-137 version of Rick and Morty's story & character development. If anything they could just hand wave it off with some sci fi reason why their voices are different. Or just get someone who has a really accurate impersonation and don't even address it at all.
Honestly I don't think it would be very hard to find another voice actor that could do a pretty much 100% perfect version of the Rick and Morty voices.
This is the correct decision in every way tbh.
Creatively, Rick and Morty are so much more than Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland. They've passed the baton to younger writers in the last two years and the show has IMPROVED for it. It's a good show that can continue to be a good show without that fucking creep around. As for the voices, Rick and Morty are so distinctive and cartoony that a well-cast replacement will barely be noticeable. Like Cleveland on Family Guy or Missy on Big Mouth.
Creatively, Rick and Morty are so much more than Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland. They've passed the baton to younger writers in the last two years and the show has IMPROVED for it. It's a good show that can continue to be a good show without that fucking creep around. As for the voices, Rick and Morty are so distinctive and cartoony that a well-cast replacement will barely be noticeable. Like Cleveland on Family Guy or Missy on Big Mouth.
I always forget that Hulu's now fully under Disney, after the 21st Century Fox purchase.
It's time Adult Swim focused on what the people really want anyway.
The rennisance men are coming.
Never really watched the show but I'm glad they're recasting. I like the idea of showing these people they're replaceable.