The Venture Bros., Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and Metalocalypse are all getting follow-up movies
In news that we have no choice to respond to but with the heartiest “GO TEAM VENTURE!” imaginable, Adult Swim has announced today that it’s bringing back three of its classic animated series, The Venture Bros., Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and Metalocalypse, for follow-up movies. The decision, announced this afternoon by Adult Swim president Michael Ouweleen, will presumably allow each series to get some kind of proper send-off at last—or, in the case of Aqua Teen, to do a few more horrible things to Carl.
Fans of these shows will know that neither the creators of The Venture Bros. or Metalocalypse (Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer on the one hand, Brendan Small and Tommy Blacha on the other) were exactly overjoyed with how their shows ended their tenures on Adult Swim. Small launched a social media campaign to try to save his show back in 2015, collecting nearly 100,000 signatures calling for a follow-up to 2013's The Doomstar Requiem—but Adult Swim didn’t bite. Publick, meanwhile, announced the cancellation of The Venture Bros. last year by noting that the news came down just as he and Hammer were writing its 8th season, which would presumably have addressed many of the big mysteries lobbed at its audience in the conclusion of its 7th.
But enough about the dark days: New content is a-comin’! Adult Swim and parent company Warner Media didn’t announce release dates for any of the movies, but did confirm the roll-out structure: Each film will debut on home video and video-on-demand for 90 days, then make their way over to HBO Max and Adult Swim. We’ve also got loose plot synopses for each project, which you can read below:
Metalocalypse