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, in fact—although as we discovered earlier this yr, it won’t be arriving until 2025. And after that, a minimum of two extra seasons to carry house the total 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 mentioned “this was at all times designed to be a present that would final 1000’s 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 by some means in regards to the future in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later,” he mentioned.
As for the fast future, “We’re within the homestretch,” he advised the commerce. “We’re at all times one to 2 seasons forward of what’s occurring on display screen within the writers’ room. Roughly it’s round 10 episodes left to put in writing earlier than we might be finished with the 70. So, my job proper now could be 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 potential in 2025. Within the meantime, you may stream all seven seasons of Rick and Morty on Max.
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