May 10, 2015

Adult Swim Announces 2015-2016 Lineup

"Apollo Gauntlet

AdultSwim is pleased to announce that during the 2015-2016 season, Myles Langlois' popular web series "Apollo Gauntlet", Justin Roiland of "Rick & Morty", Justin Roiland of "Black Dynamite" 's Carl Jones, Brad Neely of "China, IL," Christy Karacas of "Superjail." and Seth Green of "Stoopid Buddy Stoodios," among others, will debut six new series and specials and 12 pilots during the season. The company has cast a wide net of content by announcing that it will debut pilots.

The diverse lineup covers post-apocalyptic ballgames, emerging terrorist organizations, FBI agents investigating paranormal activity, "T-Rex Caligula," carnival freaks, and cops with mysterious powers. [Christina Miller, president and general manager of Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Boomerang, said in a statement, "Adult Swim has always been known as a place where great talent takes risks and tries something interesting. Mike (Ratso) and his team have always known what Adult Swim fans want and continue to raise the bar." And this new original programming adds to our growing lineup of successful primetime comedies." [Adult Swim's full list of newly announced animated shows is as follows.

TV Sucks - TV Sucks is a new quarter-hour animated sketch show created by Brad Neely (China, IL), featuring a collection of frenetic one-liners, shorts, and songs in Neely's signature visual style. Be warned, however, this show hates you. Neely and Daniel Weidenfeld are executive producers, Dave Newberg is co-executive producer, and Titmouse, Inc. is producing.

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Friendship is Magic (working title) - Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Friendship is Magic surrenders a multitude of DC Comics heroes and villains to the demented whims of the Emmy Award-winning Robot Chicken for the winning for the third time. This time around, the fate of the universe hangs in the balance as Batman and Superman's tempers fray. Seth Green, Matt Senreich, Breckin Meyer, Alfred Molina, Nathan Fillion, Weird Al Yankovic, Alex Borstein, Giovanni Ribisi, Jonathan Banks, May Whitman, Hugh Davidson, Dee Bradley Baker, Zeb Wells, and Kevin Sinick, as well as Adam West and Burt Ward. The executive producers are Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, creators of Robot Chicken, and their partners John Herbertine IV and Eric Tauner of Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, DC Entertainment's Chief Creative Officer Jeff Jones, and Sam Register, President of Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Digital Series. The special will be directed by Tom Shepard and Zeb Wells of An Annoying Orange. Writers/co-executive producers Douglas Goldstein and Tom Root and co-executive producer Kevin Sinick, plus veteran Robot Chicken screenwriters Mike Fasolo, Hugh Davidson of "The Mike Tyson Mysteries," Green, J.T. Krull, Breckin Meyer, Senreich, and Shepard will serve as screenwriters.

Bad Guys - Taste. Design. Marketing. Looking fresh to death. These are things that are out of touch with the modern terrorist, but one man is about to change the game forever. The Bad Guys is a quarter-hour animated series about an over-the-top, megalomaniacal terrorist, his nascent terrorist organization, and their quest for world domination. World governments and fashionistas, your days are numbered. Produced by Paul Scheer ("Fresh Off the Boat," "The League") and Nick Giovanetti, produced by Bento Box.

Mr. Neighbor's House - Mr. Neighbor's House is a children's show hosted by Brian Huskey (Childrens Hospital, Veep). He is like any other children's show host, except that he barely suppresses the pent-up anger that boils beneath his quiet demeanor. From the safety of his home, he throws a variety of "educational" vignettes. Puppets, animation, stop-motion, spoken word, and mixed-media elements combine in this 15-minute show... It is not for children. The film is executive produced by Husky, Jason Mantzoukas ("Children's Hospital," "The League") and Jesse Falcon and also stars Rob Corddry ("Children's Hospital," "Hot Tub Time Machine").

Ballmastrz 9669 - Thousands of years in the future, no one is interested in traditional sports anymore. Despite the circumstances, "Samurai Japan" is struggling to make a name for itself: it is BALLMASTRZ. In a massive battle arena the size of a small city, teams of BALLMASTRZ face off to attack, defend, and score points with their own super-creative, artificially intelligent combat weapons. This is Ball. Obstacles and challenges test players' physical, mental, and psychological limits while entertaining the masses. It is the players and teams who master the ball and master the "game" of the most spectacular action sport in history. Christy Caracas (Superjail.)

Apollo Gauntlet - Trapped in an alien world, a cop from Earth finally gets his magic gauntlet of talking magic and can fight crime the way he wants. Animated quarter-hour pilot created by Miles Langlois and produced by Six Point Harness.

Bubblegoose and Juice - Two best friends, the neurotic "Bubblegoose" and the lazy "Juice," try to make their way through a strange world of the unpredictable and supernatural while sharing a small, bedroom-less apartment. Piloted by Carl Jones (Black Dynamite).

Hot Streets - FBI agent Mark Bransky and his partner David French investigate paranormal activity, secretly aided by their niece and her timid dog Chubby Webbers. Alien invasions, government conspiracies, monster infestations, and more. Brian Wysol serves as executive producer, with Seth Green, Matt Senreich, John Harvatine IV, Eric Tauner ("Robot Chicken"), Justin Roland ("Rick and Morty") and Wysol serving as executive producers. Produced by Stoopid Buddy Stoodios.

Creataceous Caligula - Los Angeles was crushed by a title wave of radiant water. From the bottom of the La Brea Tar Pits emerges a gang of dinosaur freaks led by T-Rex Caligula. They were about to take control of the mutantized gross-angels and destroy everything in their way. The 25-minute animated pilot was created by JJ Villard (King Star King) and produced by Titmouse.

Doble Fried - Doble Fried are six carnival freaks who run a low-cost amusement park on the border of Mexico and not-so-Mexico; whether it's 4:20, a half hour of beer, or crazy clown time, these guys are always scamming money and lizard lady honey to try to win. This is a ho-hum roller coaster from the fried and stuffed heartland of our failures. The pilot was created by Matt Farley and produced by PFFR. [The film tests the relationship between the brothers. One brother is a loose-fisted action hero with a fist in his head who indiscriminately destroys the lives of not only villains, but ordinary siblings as well. Created by Sean Glaze and Chris Prynoski and produced by Titmouse, the animated series is a quarter-hour long.

OMG. Earth - OMG. Earth is a quarter-hour stop-motion animated comedy series featuring small plastic action figures going on adventures larger than life in the real world. The show is set against the backdrop of all sorts of classic adventure environments, including the Wild West, the azure sea, and the final frontier. The pilot is created by John Harbateen IV and Eric Tauner, Ashley Arequiga and Bradley Schaffer, with Harbateen and Tauner serving as executive producers and Seth Green and Matt Senreich (Robot Chicken), Arequiga and Schaffer as co-executive producers. Stoopid Buddy Stoodios is producing.