Dan Harmon, the Emmy-winning co-creator of Rick and Morty, continues to develop a new animated comedy series at Fox, set in mythical ancient Greece. According to IndieWire, Fox has just announced details of the upcoming series and revealed that the story will unfold in ancient Greece, and will focus on a flawed family of people, gods and monsters trying to run one of the world’s first cities without to kill each other ‘. The issue also noted that the cast for the series is underway, and more announcements are expected to follow later.“Leave it to Dan Harmon to turn the myth of early Greek civilization into a remarkably sharp commentary on contemporary politics, celebrity and pop culture,” said Michael Entertainment, president of Fox Entertainment. “This project is an incredibly revered family comedy as told by one of the city’s most inventive storytellers. We are proud to be with Dan in this series, which strengthens our hold on the animation space and, as we continue to Building Fox Entertainment is an important first step for us with our first full-text ownership property. ‘The new project stems from Fox’s 2020 animation agreement with Harmon, which includes a series of commitments for an animated comedy. show that wants to premiere on the network in the spring of 2022. Fox Entertainment is producing the series, and Bento Box Entertainment, the studio behind Bob’s Burgers, owned by Fox, is serving as the animation home for the project.Fox has quite a bit of adult animation these days, which has added to the list of The Simpsons, Family Guy and Bob’s Burgers over the past few years, along with Bless the Harts, Duncanville, The Great North and the silent Housebreakers. However, this new Harmon project will be the first animated series from Fox Entertainment.
In addition to this new series, fans of Rick & Morty have plenty to look forward to with the future of the face-animated sci-fi sitcom from Adult Swim. During an Adult Swim Con Rick & Morty panel last year, Harmon shared a preview of Season 5 with Rick’s nemesis, Mr. Nimbus, and also gave updates on the production of season 5 and the status of season 6.
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