Rick and Morty's Dan Harmon Teases the Adult Swim Show's Future

After each the brouhaha implicit re-casting the rubric characters of Rick and Morty for play seven, fans were relieved to find that not lone were the caller voices seamlessly integrated—the episodes themselves proved the amusement was conscionable arsenic funny, rude, and incisive arsenic ever. So what’s adjacent for the Adult Swim staple?

Well, play eight, of course—though arsenic we learned earlier this year, it won’t beryllium arriving until 2025. And aft that, astatine slightest 2 much seasons to bring location the afloat 70-episode re-order Rick and Morty scored backmost successful 2018. But what lies down the roadworthy for Rick, Morty, the Smith family, and each the adjacent weirdos they conscionable connected their portal-hopping travels? Speaking to Variety, co-creator Dan Harmon, who called play 7 a “reset” and said “this was ever designed to beryllium a amusement that could past thousands of episodes,” noted that there’s ever country for more, though he’s successful nary hurry to fig retired what that looks like.

“With thing this satisfying for this galore people, conversations [about extending the run] hap each the time. And I would expect an announcement 1 mode oregon the different astir the aboriginal astatine immoderate constituent successful the future,” helium said.

As for the contiguous future, “We’re successful the homestretch,” helium told the trade. “We’re ever 1 to 2 seasons up of what’s happening connected surface successful the writers’ room. Roughly it’s astir 10 episodes near to constitute earlier we volition beryllium done with the 70. So, my occupation close present is to beryllium moving connected the last 10 of that order.”

Cue the wryly poignant Mr. Poopybutthole coda, and transverse your fingers play 8 is arriving arsenic aboriginal arsenic imaginable successful 2025. In the meantime, you tin watercourse each 7 seasons of Rick and Morty on Max.

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