The upcoming eighth season of Rick and Morty will premiere on Sunday, May 25 on Adult Swim. So says a short new teaser that you can watch above.
Rick and Morty deal with Space Christians in what looks like some kind of Easter special. This marks the second season where Ian Cardoni will voice super-scientist Rick Sanchez and Harry Belden his hapless grandson Morty Smith. The two of them are subbing in for Justin Roiland, who left the show following allegations of domestic violence.
Cardoni and Belden did a good job with the seventh season of the show, although you could tell that they were trying to do their best Justin Roiland impressions. And they should; they're voicing characters he played. But now that they've settled into the roles a bit, I wonder if they can bring a bit more of their own spin to the proceedings.
Also, before the release date reveal, Adult Swim aired a 22-minute video — about the size of a normal Rick and Morty episode — where the Rick And Morty Playhouse Players recreated some iconic moments from the show in live-action. We start with Pickle Rick in peril, and things just get weirder from there:
This was part of Adult Swim's annual April Fools' Day stream on YouTube. Why not?
There was a time when Rick and Morty was a TV phenomenon with a passionate fanbase that could not be avoided online or, eventually, in real life. Things started to turn around the time a bunch of jackass fans freaked out at McDonald's restaurants across the country, and the show has lost cultural cache since then.
But if you stuck around after that, the show itself remained pretty good. The thrill of novelty is gone, but the jokes still come fast and furious, and every once in a while Rick and Morty will deliver up some seriously satisfying storytelling. I'm glad it's still trucking.
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