Well yes. A few hours ago the official announcement of the Adult Swim network regarding the Justin Roiland’s firingco-creator of Rick e Morty with Dan Harmonsas well as voice actor of both main characters. Despite the departure of Justin Roiland from the creative team of Rick e MortyAdult Swim has specified that the animated series will go on with a seventh season. Currently, the first six seasons of the series, along with many other animated series, are available on Netflix.
Born as a kind of animated parody Of Back to the Future , Rick e Morty is an animated series that tells the dangerous and fantastic adventures of the mad scientist and inventor Rick Sanchez and his nephew Morty, discovering the wonders and horrors of our universe and numerous parallel universes. The series debuted on Adult Swim in 2013paradoxically a year after the firing of Dan Harmon from Communitywhile in Italy the first season of Rick e Morty debuted on Netflix in 2016. Over its six seasons, the series has always received scores near and above 90% on Rotten Tomatoesimmediately obtaining critical and public acclaim for its originality and freshness, and has also won numerous prizes and awards, including a Critics’ Choice Television Award for the Best Animated Series in the 2018.
Just in 2018, Rick e Morty it had been refurbished for well 70 more episodes, that would have brought the animated series up to at least one tenth season. However, on the threshold of the seventh season, the show available on Netflix will have to prepare to do without a fundamental component.
Rick e Morty will continue without the collaboration Justin Roiland: the reasons for the choice
In the last few hours, a post published on the official Twitter channel of the series has officially announced Justin Roiland’s departure from the Adult Swim networkhowever specifying that the commitment made with Rick e Morty will be maintained and that the series will continue to go on. As already anticipated, with Justin Roiland the series available on Netflix does not lose just one showrunnerbut also the voice actor of the two protagonists, for which it will be necessary to find a suitable replacement as soon as possible. Instead, stay as single showrunner Dan Harmonswho, for the moment, has not released any statements.
Justin Roiland’s firing was the result of a report for domestic violence and kidnapping emerged against the man a few days ago by one of his ex partner. The facts date back to 2020, when, according to the woman, Roiland would have beaten her and then prevented her from going to the hospital to be treated. The voice actor and co-creator of the series he pleaded innocentmy he April 27th it is fixed the preliminary hearing of the trial against him. Furthermore, following the complaint allegations by other women surfacedamong which there is also a girl who claims to have received messages of a sexual nature from Justin Roiland when she was a minor.
