Rick and Morty‘s Season Three Release Date is Up in the Air
Image via Adult Swim Comedy News Rick and Morty
So this is really disappointing: Rick and Morty season three doesn’t look like it’s coming in March. No one knows more than us about the excruciating wait for season three, and we’re sadly here to tell you now that no one knows when it’s coming back. Per Indiewire, while at Sundance, Dan Harmon, co-creator of Rick and Morty, responded to a question about the forthcoming season by saying:
I’m so sorry. I don’t have a release date for season three. It’s not that I know it and I’m not allowed to say it; it’s [Adult Swim’s] domain. What I will tell you is it’s late because of us, it’s late because of me.
We know this is tough, and we’re here for you.
“We have fights all the time and then we have fights about why we’re having fights,” Harmon said, talking about his relationship with co-creator Justin Roiland. “Well, we didn’t fight during season two, that’s why it’s taking longer! All this fighting! So okay, let’s stop fighting!”
While it’s good to know that the show’s creators are still hard at work, it does make the wait even more painful to know that it won’t happen when we thought. Creative delays are understandable, as it takes time, energy, blood, sweat and tears to do these kinds of things, especially when it’s something that is as energetically immersive as Rick and Morty.
So yeah, Rick and Morty will be back at some point. The question is, when? Find Harmon’s recent tweet storm clarifying and expanding on his comments on the subject below.
1. Re: confusion/concern about my comments in Indiewire interview re: Rick and Morty. The “fights” I refer to aren’t “the reason 4 delay”
— (((Dan Harmon))) (@danharmon) January 25, 2017
2. The “fights” also aren’t what you call a fight when you have one in your home or street. I’m talking about fights like “what joke to do.”
— (((Dan Harmon))) (@danharmon) January 25, 2017
3. It’s the statements back to back that’s confusing: I was saying “the buck stops with me and justin.” It was our usual perfectionism, etc.
— (((Dan Harmon))) (@danharmon) January 25, 2017
4. Then, I was moving on, in trademark rambling, to try to express how hard and confusing it can be in a RAM writers room. Chasing tails.
— (((Dan Harmon))) (@danharmon) January 25, 2017
5. I understand and we are flattered that in an information vacuum, with the show so late, any morsel of info is going to have huge weight.
— (((Dan Harmon))) (@danharmon) January 25, 2017
6. But the truth is not dramatic. It’s quite boring. We love our show. It’s a weird show that we struggle to not overthink OR underthink.
— (((Dan Harmon))) (@danharmon) January 25, 2017
7. As for now, they’re drawing it. We don’t update on exactly where every episode is in pipeline for two reasons (uh oh sub enumeration):
— (((Dan Harmon))) (@danharmon) January 25, 2017
8. One is that we want you harassing the bosses as opposed to hard-at-work artists and editors, or writers that finished months ago.
— (((Dan Harmon))) (@danharmon) January 25, 2017
9. The other is that it is out of our jurisdiction to discuss schedule. That’s Adult Swim’s biz. Totally unrelated. Hence the info shortage.
— (((Dan Harmon))) (@danharmon) January 25, 2017
10. So, I’m sorry I can’t say “we fractured a creative valve in sector 3” or “it’s Paul’s fault. GET HIM!” No hidden truth. We slow. Sorry.
— (((Dan Harmon))) (@danharmon) January 25, 2017
11. Part of what I was trying to express is that WE would sit and ponder, what’s the problem here, how can we write faster, why we so slow?
— (((Dan Harmon))) (@danharmon) January 25, 2017
12. And then we’d go “what made us faster in season 1” and then we’d go “we didn’t sit here talking about this, let’s just do this,” etc.
— (((Dan Harmon))) (@danharmon) January 25, 2017
13. I tell you, as a self destructively honest guy, Justin and I have literally never fought. Season 3 isn’t late because of “fighting.”
— (((Dan Harmon))) (@danharmon) January 25, 2017
14. In fact, ironically, maybe THAT’s the delay-cause. We respect and terrify each other and always want the other to be happy.
— (((Dan Harmon))) (@danharmon) January 25, 2017
15. Okay that’s it. Keep telling me to release season 3. It accomplishes nothing, It makes you seem 15 and dumb which is fine. See ya soon!
— (((Dan Harmon))) (@danharmon) January 25, 2017