Everything we know about Rick and Morty season 5, from its release date to its cast, story, and future.
Rick and Morty season 5 is en route to a streaming service near you, and work on that and next season is coming along nicely. Not only was season 5 pretty much done a while ago, writing on season 6 is almost finished now, too. There’s plenty more Rick and Morty to come: there are enough episodes planned out to take us to a tenth season, and the gaps between them should be shorter. Which is music to our ears, as we’ve waited years between seasons thanks to various production problems. But in light of a new deal between co-creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, and Adult Swim, the wait between series may well be shorter going forward. Despite the impact of the coronavirus, work seems to be progressing on the show nicely. Here, we’ll be breaking down when we can expect the Rick and Morty season 5 release date, what we know about the returning cast, and what’s to come from arguably the best animated series around right now. There’s no release date for season 5 yet, but we at least know that the likely ten episodes are pretty far along on its route to Adult Swim in the US and E4 (and later Netflix) in the UK. Speaking to Slash Film, co-creator Justin Roiland said while « season 5 is mostly in the can, » that « it’s largely dependent on how quick the episodes can get produced. » Even better, at a virtual Paleyfest NY 2020 panel (via Syfy Wire), Harmon said scripting is going so well that they’re almost done with writing season 6. « We are very late writing season 6. I’m looking at finales for both seasons and then also refining the finale of one and then the premiere of the other. » Either way, it looks like we may not have to wait as long between seasons as we have before. Season 3 was delayed for two years, but the wait was even longer due to protracted contract negotiations between Roiland, Harmon and Adult Swim. However, the pair’s new contract struck in 2018 with the cable network, including at least 70 more episodes, has given them the security to produce episodes better and faster. And, to reassure fans amid the ongoing pandemic disruption, Harmon also said at the PaleyFest 2020 NY panel that « we’re more on schedule than we’ve ever been. » He put that down to the fact that it’s simpler to work on an animated show like Rick and Morty remotely than it is a live-action production. Roiland also floated the idea of a monthly release schedule for season 5 to Slash Film, although that’s evidently up to Adult Swim. « I believe if they [Adult Swim] have the full ten episodes, they’ll release them without a split, » he said. “I’ve been saying we should drop an episode each month, just make it a big event […] If you do one a month, the show is alive the whole year and you’re still buying us all the time we need to make them as good as they need to be.
