After all of the brouhaha over re-casting the title characters of Rick and Morty for season seven, followers had been relieved to seek out that not solely had been the new voices seamlessly integrated—the episodes themselves proved the present was simply as humorous, impolite, and incisive as ever. So what’s subsequent for the Grownup Swim staple?
Properly, season eight, after all—although as we discovered earlier this 12 months, it won’t be arriving until 2025. And after that, not less than two extra seasons to convey house the complete 70-episode re-order Rick and Morty scored back in 2018. However what lies down the street for Rick, Morty, the Smith household, and all of the adjoining weirdos they meet on their portal-hopping travels? Speaking to Variety, co-creator Dan Harmon, who known as season seven a “reset” and stated “this was at all times designed to be a present that might final hundreds of episodes,” famous that there’s at all times room for extra, although he’s in no hurry to determine what that appears like.
“With one thing this satisfying for this many individuals, conversations [about extending the run] occur on a regular basis. And I’d anticipate an announcement in some way concerning the future in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later,” he stated.
As for the speedy future, “We’re within the homestretch,” he advised the commerce. “We’re at all times one to 2 seasons forward of what’s taking place on display screen within the writers’ room. Roughly it’s round 10 episodes left to write down earlier than we might be carried out with the 70. So, my job proper now’s to be engaged on the ultimate 10 of that order.”
Cue the wryly poignant Mr. Poopybutthole coda, and cross your fingers season eight is arriving as early as attainable in 2025. Within the meantime, you possibly can stream all seven seasons of Rick and Morty on Max.
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