RICK AND MORTY Producer Talks Fallout From Justin Roiland's Firing; Promises The Show Has Only Got Better

RICK AND MORTY Producer Talks Fallout From Justin Roiland's Firing; Promises The Show Has Only Got Better

Rick and Morty co-creator and lead star Justin Roiland will not be returning to the Adult Swim series, but one of the show's executive producers seems confident he won't be missed when season 7 drops.

By JoshWilding - Aug 13, 2023 03:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Rick and Morty
Source: Los Angeles Times (via SFFGazette.com)

When Adult Swim announced plans to produce an additional 70 episodes of Rick and Morty, it became clear the show had an exciting future on the network. However, the series was embroiled in controversy this past January, prompting fans to wonder whether it could reach a premature end. 

As we're sure you all remember, co-creator and lead voice star Justin Roiland was charged with domestic violence. While those charges were later dismissed, the damage had already been done both to him and, to a lesser extent, the series itself. 

Between revealing exposés about his conduct behind the scenes and the fact a series of very offensive comments from the past resurfaced, it was clear Adult Swim wasn't going to ever consider bringing Roiland back into the fold, even after the legal case against him was dropped. 

We've since learned that "sound-alikes" will be used to bring Rick, Morty, and the rest of Roiland's characters to life in the show, though there's still no update on who will be enlisted to play any of them (perhaps due to the SAG-AFTRA strike).

Talking to the Los Angeles Times (via SFFGazette.com), Rick and Morty executive producer Steve Levy opened up on what the series has been through since Roiland's dismissal. 

"We had a rug pulled from underneath us," he admits. "The only people we could lean on were each other. It would have been very easy to just say, 'I'm done and I don’t want to do anything with this show anymore.' But our crew said, 'No, we’re not going to let one person drag down all of our hard work.'" 

"This show is created by this team - this family of incredibly hardworking people, and we are going to push through and show the world that we aren’t going to miss a beat. The work that we’re doing across the board has only gotten better. When the new season comes out, we’ll focus on how amazing it all turned out."

"We hope the fans will realize that this is the same old show," Levy concluded, "maybe even better!"

It doesn't seem like Roiland will be missed, that's for sure, and the producer obviously has no concerns about a dip in quality without him there to lend his voice to the show's leads. If even a fraction of what we've heard about the actor's behaviour is any indication, then his absence will likely come as a relief to the creative team! 

Rick and Morty is currently expected to return to Adult Swim later this year.

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TheyDont
TheyDont - 8/13/2023, 3:03 PM
We'll see, but I doubt it.
NoobNoob
NoobNoob - 8/13/2023, 3:15 PM
the funny part were his improvisation so ...nah
CoHost
CoHost - 8/13/2023, 3:17 PM
His improvs bits will be missed but Dan Harmon has always been the main force of the show. It even follows his plot structures.

Side note: it's crazy this show's on its 10th anniversary and it's only gotten to 61 episodes. That's some Venture Bros/Curb Your Enthusiasm stuff there.
AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 8/13/2023, 3:19 PM
First season was funny, second was humorous third and after that was meh. 🤷‍♂️
IcePyke
IcePyke - 8/13/2023, 3:36 PM
Sh*t show
IronDean2099
IronDean2099 - 8/13/2023, 3:59 PM
'Rug pulled out from under us'.

No, you definitely knew what was going on but didn't want to upset what had turned into a very profitable cart.

It's done. Take your merch sales and go home.
BeNice123
BeNice123 - 8/13/2023, 4:00 PM
Oh i doubt that…
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 8/13/2023, 6:02 PM
Hope so. I enjoy it, but it's easy to see the writing was stronger in the first few seasons.
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 8/13/2023, 7:29 PM
Tbh Roiland isn’t the issue, their insistence on not having any kind of real overarching story in favor of a more episodic approach has made the show stale bc none of it matters. Sure the one off are fun but I really watched to find out more about evil Morty and Rick’s last. I’ve largely just let the show go in favor of Solar Opposites which while it does largely reset things at the end of each episode there’s still stuff like the wall that has its own canon and episodes often start of where the last one ended even if they go in a completely different direction minutes later
CaptainCheese
CaptainCheese - 8/13/2023, 8:20 PM
You fired Justin Roiland for nothing. He's innocent. Hire him back.
Murderisbadong
Murderisbadong - 8/14/2023, 12:38 AM
Idk. Their Schtick got real old after the first few seasons, in my opinion. Change it up and I may go back to watching their series. But with or without Justin Roiland's if they continue with the same formula not sure I plan on watching the new seasons.
PC04
PC04 - 8/14/2023, 10:41 AM
Looking forward to seeing what comes of this.
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