Adult Swim has not solely revealed that Rick and Morty will return for its eighth season on May 25, 2025, however it has additionally shared a primary look as a part of its April Fools’ Day broadcast particular. And don’t be concerned, we promise this is not a joke!
The huge reveal occurred throughout Adult Swim’s April Fools’ Day broadcast special, which was a 22-minute anthology particular that celebrated a few of the finest moments from Rick and Morty by remaking them in wacky and great live-action segments.
As for Rick and Morty’s eighth season, you may try the primary look beneath alongside some new photos and an official description.
Rick and Morty S8 premieres May 25 at 11p on Adult Swim#rickandmorty #adultswim pic.twitter.com/BK1IqQPRM3
— Rick and Morty (@RickandMorty) April 1, 2025
“Rick and Morty is again for Season Eight,” the official description reads. “Life has which means once more! Anything is feasible! Look out for adventures with Summer, Jerry, Beth, and the opposite Beth. Maybe Butter Bot will get a brand new job. Whatever occurs, you may’t preserve Rick and Morty down for lengthy. People have tried!”
New episodes of Rick and Morty will air on Sundays at 11pm ET/PT and the entire season will likely be obtainable to stream on Max within the U.S. and Hulu on September 1, 2025.
For those that loved the opposite components of the April Fools’ Day stream, Adult Swim president Michael Ouweleen has a message for you.
“We hope you loved our theater interpretations of ‘Rick and Morty,’ particularly in case you are well-off/impulsive and now wish to again a Broadway model of the present,” Ouweleen stated. “For the remainder of you, we’re glad you now know when Season Eight is beginning so you’ve time to stretch and get unfastened as a result of the staff has but once more made a completely nice season of tv.”
Season 7 of Rick and Morty ended on December 17, 2023, and plenty of followers thought-about its finale to be the “finest episode in years.” Season 7 was additionally an enormous one because it noticed Ian Cardoni and Harry Belden exchange Justin Roiland as Rick and Morty, respectively.
Roiland, who additionally created Rick and Morty, departed the sequence after expenses of home violence had been introduced in opposition to him and subsequently dropped.
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