Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey, Legion, Gaslit) has been tapped to take over the lead role in the animated series that was originally created by Mike McMahan (Star Trek: Lower Decks) and Dustin Roiland, who was ousted in January amid domestic violence charges.
So out of left field but so inspired. I love it.
How about Rick and Morty? He’s going to be harder to replace there.
True, but the writer’s room is the real star of R&M and it’s been reported that Roiland stopped collaborating there years ago. Hopefully it’ll only be disconcerting for a minute or two, but Solar Opposites being first to have a clip out could make it harder for R&M to pull off “<Belch.> I just sound different now! Wubba Lubba Dub Dub!” without looking like a copycat.
which explains why the last two seasons of rick and morty have been dogshit, and bear no relation in quality to the seasons before them, there was a steep dropoff that I couldn’t figure out what happened, then the story broke and it all made sens
