‘Rick and Morty’ Exec Producer Dan Harmon Is Already Considering 2 Seasons Forward

Final evening introduced the season eight finale of Grownup Swim’s Rick and Morty—a surprisingly poignant (by Rick and Morty requirements) take a look at how Rick and the 2 Beths have coped with the lack of Diane, Rick’s spouse and their mom. As you’d anticipate, sci-fi weirdness complicates their grief—however the episode, titled “Scorching Rick,” introduced a way of closure in addition to the suggestion that Rick’s emotional evolution will proceed in future seasons.

Whereas followers of Rick and Morty have grown used to lengthy wait occasions between seasons, government producer and showrunner Scott Marder told io9 ahead of season eight that the staff is now on a extra common schedule. Talking to the Hollywood Reporter, government producer Dan Harmon elaborated on simply what it looks like being on that schedule.

At present, the present’s forged is recording their elements for season 9, and season 10 is already being written. “There’s episodes of season 10 that I’m already so enthusiastic about, and that’s a irritating factor of being on schedule in animation: ‘Can we fast-forward time so folks can get a take a look at this unhealthy boy?’” Harmon joked.

Being on a set schedule years upfront means Rick and Morty won’t ever be capable to pull a South Park and weave a complete episode round extraordinarily present occasions. Harmon is OK with that, he mentioned, and he hopes followers are too.

“I don’t know if that’s unhappy for the [viewers] to listen to. They’re like, ‘Why are you three years forward?’ That signifies that you’re not going to get that tremendous [Jeffrey] Epstein episode. We’re not going to have hot-topic stuff. We keep timeless.”

There’s no premiere date but for season 9 of Rick and Morty or its newly announced spin-off series President Curtis—however 2026 appears possible for at the very least one if not each of these.

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