RICK & MORTY Co-Creator Justin Roiland Developing a New Animated Series Titled GLOOP WORLD
Rick & Morty co-creator Justin Roiland is teaming up with Robot Chicken production company Stoopid Buddy Stoodios to develop a new animated series titled Gloop World. The series was picked up by the upcoming streaming service Quibi and John Harvatine IV (Crossing Swords) will direct the project.
Gloop World is a claymation series “that chronicles the absurd, but strangely relatable lives of anthropomorphic blobs, roommates Bob Roundy and Funzy. Follow the pair as they navigate a malleable, clay-mated suburbia and outskirts of Gloop World.” Roiland had this to say in a statement:
“Gloop World has been a dream of mine to make for almost seven years. A tactile clay animation show with a mysterious, weird, and expansive world and really fun characters, fingerprints and all. I couldn’t have done this without the folks at Stoopid Buddy Stoodios who understood exactly what I meant when I wanted the clay animation to have an imperfect approach, where you can see the animators in the work. I want the Gloop characters to feel like you can reach into your phone and grab them yourself. Can’t wait to share this weird silly show with the world!”
Harvatine added:
“Ever since I first saw Gumby, I was fascinated with clay as a medium. Gloop World is funny, and it’s innovative, and Quibi is the perfect home for this show.”
Stoopid Buddy Stoodios’ Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, Eric Towner and Chris Waters will serve as executive producers on the project.
Quibi is scheduled to launch on April 6, 2020, and they have a number of projects currently in development. The service is being built by Jeffrey Katzenberg and there are some interesting shows being developed for it such as a Varsity Blues series, and a “super scary” horror series from Steven Spielberg. Other shows are coming from the likes of Guillermo del Toro, Antoine Fuqua, Sam Raimi, Jason Blum, Steven Soderbergh, Catherine Hardwick, Anna Kendrick, Doug Liman, Laurence Fishburne, Don Cheadle and Idris Elba.