Rick and Morty

Adult Swim is severing ties with "Rick & Morty" co-creator Justin Roiland after he was charged with domestic violence.

He also provides a voice and executive produces the recently launched Hulu animated comedy “Koala Man.” To date, 61 episodes of the series have aired, with Season 6 having wrapped up in December 2022. Adult Swim had previously renewed “Rick & Morty” in 2018 for

Following the filing of domestic violence charges, Adult Swim cuts ties with the voice actor and co-creator.

The show was renewed through to season 10 and has four more seasons to go, after season 6 finished airing in December. [statement](https://twitter.com/RickandMorty/status/1618009508420386817) posted by the Rick and Morty Twitter account Tuesday afternoon. The talented and dedicated crew are hard at work on Season 7."

With Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland awaiting trial on domestic violence charges, the future of the animated comedy series has been hanging in the ...

[How Our Cells Strategize](https://time.com/6248597/how-cells-keep-us-alive/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230105)To Keep Us Alive As a co-creator, executive producer, and star voice actor of Rick and Morty, Roiland has played an outsize role in the massively popular series. Roiland’s fellow co-creator, Dan Harmon, will be the lone showrunner. “To be clear, not only is Justin innocent but we also have every expectation that this matter is on course to be dismissed once the District Attorney’s office has completed its methodical review of the evidence,” Welbourn said. The news broke the same day that Roiland appeared in court for a pre-trial hearing in the case. He was arrested and released on a $50,000 bond in August 2020 and arraigned in October 2020.

Rick And Morty Ditches Roiland, Recasting Voices Following Domestic Abuse Allegations [Update]. Season seven will move forward without the voice behind its ...

[tweeted](https://twitter.com/RickandMorty/status/1618009508420386817) today. However, Kotaku recently reported that the studio [previously faced a sexual harassment lawsuit](https://kotaku.com/high-life-justin-roiland-squanch-sexual-harassment-xbox-1849986831) by a former employee back in 2018. [High On Life](https://kotaku.com/high-on-life-review-rick-and-morty-justin-roiland-1849888587). “Squanch Games is committed to creating an inclusive and supportive work environment for our team,” a spokesperson for the studio told Kotaku earlier this month. While Roiland was not mentioned in the lawsuit, it claimed the studio had failed to create a safe and equitable work environment, and that the employee was terminated in retaliation for her complaints. Earlier this month, Roiland made a court appearance in an ongoing criminal case in California where he faces felony domestic abuse charges for battery and false imprisonment.

The voice roles will be re-cast on Adult Swim's blockbuster hit after co-creator Justin Roiland was charged with felony domestic abuse.

What do you think of this news, and of what the future holds for Rick and Morty? So far there’s been no word on the future of Roiland’s many other projects, such as Solar Opposites on Hulu—which also features Roiland in a leading voice role. But that doesn’t mean Rick and Morty the series is going anywhere; as the trade points out, “Adult Swim isn’t even halfway through a massive 70-episode order commissioned by the channel in 2018.” Though this wasn’t part of Moore’s statement, THR writes that “Sources say Rick and Morty is set to continue, with Roiland’s voice roles to be re-cast.

In the wake of the domestic abuse charge being made public, a wave of allegations have since come out against the voice actor, with accusers posting disturbing ...

Roiland also voiced several of the show’s side-characters; he was as vital to Rick and Morty as Dan Castellaneta is to The Simpsons. Dan Harmon, co-creator of Rick and Morty, can also do a surprisingly good Rick impression. [celebrating the end](https://www.reddit.com/r/rickandmorty/comments/10kjgyz/life_comes_at_you_fast/) of Roiland’s career, even if the show was to be missed. [made memes](https://twitter.com/datboichuy/status/1618015166893019136) suggesting Rick and Morty’s replacement would inevitably sound wrong; others [cracked jokes](https://twitter.com/LukePlunkett/status/1618018663038349312) about the role going to the chronically miscast Chris Pratt, the new voice of Super Mario. The general assumption was that Rick and Morty was likely to be canceled, with much of the fanbase [domestic abuse charge](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/justin-roiland-domestic-violence-charges-1235298533/) and multiple accusations of sexual misconduct, Adult Swim has cut ties with Justin Roiland, the voice of both Rick and Morty, with the show set to continue without him.

Domestic abuse charges from 2020 against “Rick and Morty” co-creator Justin Roiland were made public for the first time earlier this month.

“It is hard to overstate how inaccurate the recent media coverage of this situation has been,” Welbourn told the outlet. The future of Roiland’s other projects is unclear. [multiverse-hopping](https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/rick-and-mortys-cartoon-world-is-crazy-and-hilarious-but-one-of-its-premises-may-be-real-the-multiverse/2019/09/27/a2b20564-e05c-11e9-8dc8-498eabc129a0_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_8) adventures of reckless, and slightly sociopathic, genius Rick Sanchez and his chronically anxious grandson Morty Smith. Roiland was arrested in August 2020 — some seven months after an alleged domestic violence incident involving an unnamed woman, according to court records. The 42-year-old Roiland — who has also voiced roles in animated shows including “Adventure Time,” “Fish Hooks” and “Gravity Falls” — lent his voice to both titular characters in “Rick and Morty,” which will cast new voice actors for the show’s upcoming seasons, according to the [Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/adult-swim-ends-relationship-justin-roiland-domestic-abuse-charges-1235308995/). Roiland is part of the duo that masterminded “Rick and Morty” — a sci-fi comedy series that follows the

Justin Roiland co-created the animated sci-fi sitcom and has voiced its two title characters.

The incident occurred in January of 2020 and Roiland was charged in May of that year. The series won the Emmy Award for outstanding animated program in 2018 and again 2020. "The talented and dedicated crew are hard at work on Season 7."

Earlier this month, Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland was charged with felony domestic violence in Orange County, California, and while he denied the ...

The woman in question has not been named, but is believed to be someone Roiland was dating at the time of the alleged incident. Roiland was charged with one count of domestic battery with corporal injury, and one count of false imprisonment by menace, violence, fraud or deceit. Earlier this month, Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland was charged with felony domestic violence in Orange County, California, and while he denied the accusations when they were first brought against him back in 2020, Adult Swim has now decided to sever ties.

Adult Swim says the show will go on without Justin Roiland, who is facing domestic abuse charges.

He could face up to seven years in prison. Mr Roiland voiced the title characters in the Emmy-winning animated sitcom about a scientist and his grandson. Justin Roiland: Rick and Morty creator and star dropped by Adult Swim

The show's two main characters, both voiced by Roiland, will reportedly be recast ahead of the upcoming seventh season.

Back in 2018, [Rick and Morty](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/04/rick-and-morty-april-fools-bushworld-adventures) received a staggering 70-episode renewal, and its sixth season concluded last December. [2023 Oscar Nominees](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/01/oscar-nominations-2023-list-awards-insider?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-011823) He also provides voice work and is an executive producer on the streamer’s Koala Man, which debuted on January 9. [Shocking Snubs and Surprises](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/01/awards-insider-oscar-nominations-snubs-surprises?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-011823)of This Year’s Oscar Nominations [The Montreal Mafia Murders](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/01/the-montreal-mafia-murders?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-011823): Blood, Gore, Cannolis, and Hockey Bags The incident allegedly took place in January 2020 against an unnamed Jane Doe who was dating Roiland at the time. [Variety](https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/rick-and-morty-justin-roiland-dropped-adult-swim-domestic-violence-1235501264/).

The title roles will be recast because Adult Swim has severed ties with Justin Roiland, the animated show's co-creator.

At that time, Adult Swim said the third season had earned the block’s highest ratings ever. To be clear, not only is Justin innocent, but we also have every expectation that this matter is on course to be dismissed.” Discovery, which owns Cartoon Network, said in an email on Wednesday that the title characters would be recast but that she had no additional information on the recasting. “Rick and Morty will continue,” He co-created the show, which [was renewed for a fifth season in October](https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/solar-opposites-season-5-hulu-1235395582/), and voiced one of the main characters, Korvo.

"Rick and Morty" co-creator and star Justin Roiland is facing felony charges of domestic violence.

The charges stem from an alleged incident involving an woman Roiland was dating at the time. "We look forward to clearing Justin's name and helping him move forward as swiftly as possible," Welbourn previously wrote in a statement. Roiland voiced both Rick and Morty. [Roiland's voice roles will be recast](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/adult-swim-cuts-ties-justin-roiland-rcna67325), as well, said Marie Moore, the senior vice president of communications at [Warner Bros. Both shows are expected to continue without him and will recast his roles. Hulu's announcement came soon after Adult Swim, which is owned by Cartoon Network, also cut ties with Roiland in connection to the charges.