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Rick and Morty Season 9 Update; Parnell on Justin Roiland Departure

Rick and Morty star Chris Parnell offers a Season 9 update and discusses when he learned that Adult Swim had cut ties with Justin Roiland.

With only a little more than a week to go until the eighth season of Adult Swim's Rick and Morty gets underway, Chris Parnell (Jerry Smith) is catching our attention on two different fronts. Checking in with Patrick Labyorteaux's The Patrick LabyorSheaux podcast, Parnell offered an update on how production is going, noting that he recorded the final episode of Season 9 two days ago (at the time of the interview) and that the cast is also close to wrapping recording on the ninth season. Parnell also discussed when and how he first learned that Adult Swim had cut ties with series co-creator Justin Roiland. In addition, the actor and comedian offered some insight into the Zoom meeting the cast and production team had when the series' future was still uncertain.

"I can't remember exactly how I found out the details. I know Scott Marder, who is the showrunner and who is the person that directs me in the voiceover sessions, [and] he sort of discussed with me some of what was going on in one of our sessions. And then, there also was a big cast and production Zoom meeting – at least one, maybe more than one – where everybody got on to talk about it. It was heavy, you know? A lot of people were very understandably upset about what had happened, and we were also all worried about the fate of the show. Are we going to get to keep doing this?" Parnell shared, "People put so much work into something, and the idea to have it be besmirched in any way or have something negative attached to it was very demoralizing."

Here's a look back at the first official trailer for Season 8 and the new show open, followed by a look back at what else we've learned about the return of Adult Swim's Rick and Morty on May 25th:

Assuming that the order they were shown is also the running order for the season, here's a look back at the Season 8 episode titles that were released, followed by a look at the announcement trailer:

S08E01 "Summer of All Fears"

S08E02: "Valkyrick"

S08E03: "The Rick, The Mort & The Ugly"

S08E04: "The Last Temptation of Jerry"

S08E05: "Cryo Mort a Rickver"

S08E06: "The Curicksous Case of Bethjamin Button"

S08E07: "Ricker Than Fiction"

S08E08: "Nomortland"

S08E09: "Morty Daddy"

S08E10: "Hot Rick"

Adult Swim's Rick and Morty is back for Season Eight! Life has meaning again! Anything is possible! Look out for adventures with Summer, Jerry, Beth, and the other Beth. Maybe Butter Bot will get a new task? Whatever happens, you can't keep Rick and Morty down for long. People have tried!

In March, the fine folks over at Cartoon Network's late-night programming block and the Emmy Award-winning series offered fans a look at some very interesting artwork spotlighting character and background designs for the upcoming season. On the character front, we have a very interesting lineup: Constellatio Rick, Arcade Morty, Adult Summer, Homesteader Rick, Old Morty Jr., Boss Hog Rick, and a Trash Monster. In terms of background designs, you could spend an entire day picking over every detail in each image provided – and are we getting a return to what's left of the Citadel this season?!?

Rick and Morty Season 8: New York Comic Con 2024 Updates

What else did we learn about the Emmy Award-winning animated series during the NYCC 2024 panel? Beyond Season 8, Showrunner Scott Marder shared that the team was "almost done writing the first pass of Season 10." And as we previously reported, Rick and Morty will be back for Seasons 11 and 12. In terms of the panel itself, there were a number of interesting teases, previews, and updates. Spencer Grammer teased that we will be seeing a Summer-focused episode – and another new side to the character. Chris Parnell confirmed a Jerry-focused episode and teased that a holiday will be spotlighted that usually doesn't get a lot of attention. Ian Cardoni teased some new versions of Rick, while Sarah Chalke dropped that she got to play a third type of Beth in the second episode. Harry Belden and Cardoni then segued into an impromptu exchange between Rick and Morty as Morty tries to resist entering "The Vault of Spoilers" (nicely representing just how cautious everyone was about possibly even getting close to a spoiler.

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