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And then, in May 2021, Adult Swim announced that "The Venture Bros." would return – not for Season 8 but for a "long-form special" (as Publick described it). Image: Warner Bros Entertainment Screencap "It might have been getting close to time to say goodbye for a while, just as creative people," Publick shared during an interview with[...]

For this go-around, we're looking at what Hulu's new "Animayhem" adult animation & anime hub has to offer, as well as the early stages of the Adult Swim Festival on the Green But first… when it comes to AMC & Rolin Jones' (Perry Mason, Weeds) Sam Reid, Jacob Anderson, Delainey Hayles & Eric Bogosian-starring Anne Rice's Interview with[...]

With the ongoing SAG-AFTRA & WGA strikes having major impacts on this weekend's San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) 2023 on any number of levels, we were wondering when the word would come down regarding Adult Swim Festival on the Green. Set up outside of the San Diego Convention Center (5th Avenue Landing and Convention Way) from Thursday,[...]

Oh, and don't forget… THE FINE PRINT: For Blu-ray, expect $129.99 SRP ($119.99 in Canada); for DVD, expect $114.99 SRP ($99.99 in Canada); Audio: English, French; Subtitles: English SDH, French; Running Time: 1,342 minutes; Rated: TV-MA: Rick and Morty: Levy & Ouweleen on What Makes Series Work Up to this point, some of the best updates yet have[...]

Back in June, we learned that Adult Swim would be moving up the start of its programming "day" once again – from 7 pm to 6 pm beginning on August 28th The key to the programming move? Looking to Cartoon Network originals that have had staying power over the years with fans (like Dexter's Laboratory[...]

The third episode of Adult Swim and MAX's joint animated venture, My Adventures With Superman, opens with a scene of pure Superman action that should leave a big smile on a fan of any age's face  We see a giant blimp (Man, I love seeing high-tech modern blimps in the skies of Gotham and Metropolis in[...]

Why? Because this is "The Venture Bros." But it's also a cause for concern because, as even he admits, The Monarch seems off his game – his heart isn't even in it when he orders the laser canon fired… Image: Adult Swim Screencap The Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart Preview With The Venture[...]

Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer confirmed that The Venture Bros. is pulling out of SDCC 2023, posting messages to their fans explaining why.

With news about the seventh season of Adult Swim's Rick and Morty expected to hit sometime between now and the end of San Diego Comic-con 2023 (SDCC 2023), expectations are high that Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland's dimension-hopping duo will be back on our screens this September (based on public comments; raw, uncut speculation, and[...]

// Photo Credit: Courtesy of Adult Swim Here's a look at the latest clip from the finale film – and if that's not enough for you? Well, then make sure to stick around after you check out the scene below & scroll down for some additional looks at what's to come… With The Venture Bros.: Radiant is[...]

This means keeping the core elements of Superman and feeding through an anime lens. "My Adventures with Superman" Image: Adult Swim Screencap My Adventures with Superman: Made by People Who Know Anime & The Man of Steel My Adventures with Superman was produced by the Korea-based Studio Mir, which has produced DOTA: Dragon's Blood and the webtoon adaptation[...]

Adult Swim's My Adventures with Superman is the first new Superman animated series for nearly a whole generation, a reboot set in the early years of Superman's career It's an anime-inflected series designed to appeal to kids who grew up watching anime and are not necessarily interested in Marvel or DC Comics We like to[...]

 No, not back to 1938 when the world first met Superman, but instead to almost one year ago exactly when I asked, "Why haven't we had a new Superman animated series in quite some time?"  At the conclusion of that piece, I mentioned how the then-named HBOMAX (now just MAX) streaming service had a new[...]

Looking for a fun & exciting take on The Man of Steel that you can get in on from the start and not have to know 30 years' worth of canon to understand? Well, look no further than Adult Swim's Jack Quaid (The Boys, Star Trek: Lower Decks), Alice Lee (Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist) & Ishmael[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? FXX's Justified: City Primeval, Jackass' Steve-O, Prime Video's The Horror of Dolores Roach, Adult Swim's My Adventures with Superman, SDCC 2023, Adult Swim, Twitter/Threads, Colleen Ballinger/Miranda Sings, Roman Reigns/TikTok, Lost in the Stars, AMC's The Walking Dead: Dead City, Apple TV+'s Strange Planet, Apple TV+'s Foundation, Paramount+'s[...]

With time ticking down until its two-episode premiere, Adult Swim's Jack Quaid (The Boys, Star Trek: Lower Decks), Alice Lee (Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist) & Ishmael Sahid (Cousins for Life)-voiced My Adventures with Superman dropped another mini teaser for the animated series – but not just any teaser, my friends! Oh, no! Because you're about to[...]

Late last month, we learned that Adult Swim would have another big presence at San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) with Adult Swim Festival on the Green But now that the four-day event (plus Preview Night) is getting closer, we're getting a look at the lineup of panels from Adult Swim and Cartoon Network that attendees can[...]

In a few hours, the first two episodes of Adult Swim's Jack Quaid (The Boys, Star Trek: Lower Decks), Alice Lee (Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist) & Ishmael Sahid (Cousins for Life)-voiced My Adventures with Superman will speed onto our screens faster than a speeding bullet To help get everyone hyped, we're passing along a video that[...]

With Adult Swim's Jack Quaid (The Boys, Star Trek: Lower Decks), Alice Lee (Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist) & Ishmael Sahid (Cousins for Life)-voiced My Adventures with Superman beginning to leap tall buildings in a single bound with a two-episode premiere on Thursday night, we're getting another look at what viewers can expect. Originally announced with a two-season[...]

With only two days to go until the two-episode debut of Adult Swim's Jack Quaid (The Boys, Star Trek: Lower Decks), Alice Lee (Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist) & Ishmael Sahid (Cousins for Life)-voiced My Adventures with Superman, we're getting some perspectives on what we can expect from producers Jake Wyatt, Brendan Clogher, and Josie Campbell. Originally announced with[...]

When it comes to Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, it's been nice to have some positive updates to pass along that are focused more on the Emmy Award-winning animated series and less on its co-creators With rumblings that the seventh season will be arriving this September and more news on the way between now and[...]

In one week, Adult Swim will be introducing viewers to the world of the Jack Quaid (The Boys, Star Trek: Lower Decks), Alice Lee (Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist) & Ishmael Sahid (Cousins for Life)-voiced My Adventures with Superman with a double episode debut Originally announced with a two-season order back during its HBO Max/Max days, the animated[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? FXX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, SAG-AFTRA/AMPTP, Netflix's Squid Game 2, Adult Swim's The Venture Bros., Paramount+'s Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head, Audible's Third Eye, FX's What We Do in the Shadows, DeSantis/Disney, Max "Creators," Peacock's Community, Adult Swim Festival/Rick and Morty, Netflix's Stranger Things 5, Paramount+'s[...]

The Monarch's tired of The Guild clipping his wings in this preview clip from The Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart.

And that's why we love covering Adult Swim When we went live earlier today with the Adult Swim Festival on the Green schedule (more on that below), we were curious about the lack of Rick and Morty in the press release (aside from appearing in the key art) With a seventh season on the way[...]

Adult Swim Festival is back – and it's going to be rolling in San Diego during San Diego Comic-Con weekend Set up outside of the San Diego Convention Center (5th Avenue Landing and Convention Way) from Thursday, July 20, through Saturday, July 22, the event will be headlined by Eric Andre (The Eric Andre Show) and[...]

Well, it would seem that some of you had some opinions about our update/editorial on how things were looking with Adult Swim's Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland-created Rick and Morty Based on what the animated series' co-executive producer Steve Levy and Adult Swim President Michael Ouweleen had to share during the 2023 Annecy International Animation Film[...]

That means there's more than enough time to catch up on the animated series' original run – and Adult Swim made that a little easier today with a look back at Bender's (DiMaggio) best scams & schemes – even if they didn't quite work out as planned. Image: Adult Swim Screencap So for a look back at[...]

Earlier this month, Rick and Morty co-executive producer Steve Levy, voice actor Spencer Grammer (Summer), and Adult Swim President Michael Ouweleen took part in the 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival panel "'Rick and Morty': 10 Years of Intergalactic Adventures." But with the controversy surrounding the Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland-created series still leaving a number[...]

Can Nathan Explosion look beyond his brutally damaged ego to save his band, stop the Metalocalypse, and finally face the ultimate evil: Salacia? Image: Adult Swim Screencap With that in mind, here's a look at what you can expect when Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar gets unleashed upon our lives this August: Written & directed by Small and[...]