Executive producers Mark Canton and Courtney Solomon wouldn't have their upcoming adult animated cartoon The Freak Brothers is it wasn't for one person: original The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers creator Gilbert Shelton So to celebrate the 80th birthday of the "brothers'" big Poppa, Canton, Soloman, and our time-displaced heroes Freewheelin’ Franklin Freek (Woody Harrelson), Fat Freddy Freekowtski (John Goodman),[...]
Adult Swim's Rick and Morty is coming to the end of its fourth season, and let's just say we"re a little curious. From the promo released earlier this week, we know that Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland's animated series has been name-dropping Dr. Wong (Susan Sarandon) so we should expect an appearance. Or should we? Because […]
It's been a little more than three months since Netflix, and director and "Uber-Geek" Kevin Smith announced the voice cast for its sequel anime series return to Eternia, Masters of the Universe: Revelation (more on that impressive list below). Since that time, Smith and writers Marc Bernardin (Castle Rock), Eric Carrasco (Supergirl), Diya Mishra (October […]
With the fourth season of Rick and Morty ready to shuffle off Adult Swim's programming coil after this Sunday's season finale "Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri", we're finishing a little clean-up on our coverage of last week's lesson in horrible parenting and in the importance of practicing safe planetary sex. Director Kyounghee Lim, writer […]
In the two months since Marvel Studios announced that animation studio Squeeze (Cracké) was set to create five episodes of Disney+'s What If…?, the pop culture landscape changed dramatically in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Now that states and countries are beginning to roll back restrictions and studios are looking at revised production timelines, […]
Our review of this past Sunday's episode of Rick and Morty (link below) praised "The Vat of Acid Episode" (directed by Jacob Hair, and written by Jeff Loveness and Albro Lundy) for taking a hard look at our dimension-hopping duo's pseudo-toxic relationship and their near-total lack of appreciation for the damage that results from their […]
Hard to believe that we're already approaching the fourth season's penultimate episode (more on that below), and with the season finale of Adult Swim's Rick and Morty approaching our thoughts have moved on to the next season. How many episodes will there be? Will there be another November/May split like this season? Rick and Morty […]
Doctor Who Magazine writer and BBC Radio editor Emily Cook returned on Wednesday with the Doctor Who Lockdown global rewatch of the horror-vibing episode "Listen". Set during Peter Capaldi's first season as The Doctor, the Series 8 episode finds the Doctor tracking a creature with an uncanny and eerie ability to hide, while Clara (Jenna […]
Jinkies! No, Bleeding Cool didn't turn into a cooking site while you weren't looking: we're making Scooby Snacks, from the cartoon classic, Scooby-Doo! While it's always a good time for a Scooby Snack, the combination of the previous serious back in regular rotation on networks like Boomerang and Cartoon Network coupled with the feature animation[...]
After a week's worth of looks behind the scenes at not just the last episode "Promortyus" but also at the overall production, we are back with an official preview of this Sunday's episode of Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland's Rick and Morty. From what we've seen and read about "The Vat of Acid Episode", it's […]
Written by Jeff Loveness and directed Bryan Newton, Rick and Morty episode "Promortyus" had a double-layered message that was simple, direct, and powerful. If the midseason return episode was about exposing viewers to the storytelling difficulties that come with crafting the dimension-hopping duo's adventures, this week reminded us that Rick and Morty (with assists from […]
Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland's Rick and Morty was clearly ready to move on from last week's midseason uber-meta, fifth wall-shattering return. Written by Jeff Loveness and directed Bryan Newton, "Promortyus" had a double-layered message that was simple, direct, and powerful. If last week was about exposing viewers to the storytelling difficulties that come with […]
Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan's (Rick and Morty) animated sci-fi/comedy series Solar Opposites has officially crash-landed onto Hulu, with Korvo (Roiland), Terry (Thomas Middleditch), Yumyulack (Sean Giambrone), and Jesse (Mary Mack) doing their very best (whether they realize it or not) to spread their "sci-fi s**t" as far as the eye can see. There's no […]
While Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward and comedian Duncan Trussell's adult animated series The Midnight Gospel has been pulling in rave reviews and strong numbers of eyeballs to Netflix, Ward hasn't forgotten about the never-ending adventures of our heroes Finn and Jake. HBO Max announced last year that Ward and the team would be heading to […]
The Freak Brothers executive producers Mark Canton and Courtney Solomon's adult animated cartoon adaptation of the hippie-era underground comic lined up a killer line-up of vocal talents: Woody Harrelson ("Hunger Games" franchise), John Goodman (The Conners), Tiffany Haddish (The Last O.G.), and Pete Davidson (Saturday Night Live) To further make their case, they released the[...]
The Freak Brothers executive producers Mark Canton and Courtney Solomon had us hooked the moment they announced they were developing an adult animated cartoon based on the hippie-era underground comic Having them wake up after a half-century into our modern times and voiced by Woody Harrelson ("Hunger Games" franchise), John Goodman (The Conners), Tiffany Haddish[...]
Along the way, it also made us nauseous over the thought of "stump licking" (yup, you'll see).BEHOLD! A never-before-seen clip from the first episode of #SolarOpposites - the new cartoon from @JustinRoiland that premieres THIS FRIDAY - May 8th - only on @hulu! Meet KORVO and TERRY! #SolarOppositesxKevinSmith pic.twitter.com/SGGE1YRCA6
— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) May 6, 2020In Roiland[...]
The cartoon nerd in me jumped out that day."While the American Dad experience was a fulfilling one, the singer does have another show (and concept) in mind: "'American Dad' was everything I wanted It’s going to be hard to beat this in the TV cartoon world, but an obvious bucket list would be to work[...]
We're going to let you have this episode of Rick and Morty, Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland. Let me be clear: that is in no way meant to diminish director Erica Hayes and writer Jeff Loveness because this was a true mindf**k that found ways to create walls just to break them. But "Never Ricking […]
As psyched as we're sure they are for tonight's midseason return, Rick and Morty duo Justin Roiland and Mike McMahn have more than just the hugely popular Adult Swim series going for them. In less than a week, Roiland and McMahn's animated sci-fi/comedy series Solar Opposites crash lands on Hulu (starting May 8th) so there's still […]
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