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When you look at Michael Cusack’s work, “order” is not the first word that comes to mind. Both “Yolo,” which premiered its third season on Sunday, and “Smiling Friends” exist in worlds where anything can and does happen. Night clubs open in the beds of oversized interstellar trucks, and outdated video game mascots can become depressed clients. But when it comes to his aggressively random and vulgar worlds, Cusack has a surprisingly strict understanding of what is and is not allowed.

“You do this for as many years as I’ve been making ‘Yolo,’ and they become almost like daughters, in a way. You become very protective over them,” Cusack told TheWrap about Sarah (Sarah Bishop) and Rachel (Todor Manojlovic), the stars of “Yolo: Rainbow Trinity.”

“Yolo” has always been a show about two hard-drinking young women jumping from weird to weirder party. But even that conceit comes with rules.

It’s become increasingly difficult for new Adult Swim series to capture the punk rock aesthetic put the programming block on the map. There are still plenty of smaller, independent series that are hungry to break out and disrupt the system. However, it’s easy for these series to get lost in the endless glut of streaming content that’s become the norm. Yolo: Rainbow Trinity absolutely understands the assignment and delivers the perfect burst of ridiculous storytelling that somehow works in spite of itself.

Yolo: Rainbow Trinity -- the official title for Yolo Season 3 -- is true to itself and trusts its illogical instincts. It’s the latest in a long line of Adult Swim classics that may look crude, but genuinely push boundaries through both experimental storytelling and a sense of humor. Yolo is as sweet as it is surreal, and it’s Adult Swim’s funniest series...

Two best friends journey through absurd and fantastical adventures in the quarter-hour animated comedy Yolo: Rainbow Trinity, premiering Sunday, March 9 at midnight on Adult Swim.

From Michael Cusack, co-creator of Smiling Friends, this follow-up to Yolo: Crystal Fantasy and Yolo: Silver Destiny finds Australia’s famed party duo, Sarah (Sarah Bishop) and Rachel (Todor Manojlovic), encountering more fun and silly characters populating their hometown of Wollongong than ever before.

“Season three of Yolo is peak Michael Cusack,” said Adult Swim president Michael Ouweleen. “It’s super surprising, fast, and funny, with the types of cheery characters only Michael can do.

“Plus, I have to say, a lot of great song smithing from the man himself. If you haven’t yet experienced Yolo, this is the perfect season to dive in.”

The new installment is described as follows: “Here we go again! Another installment of the Yolo franchise (yippee!), arguably in...

Married at First Sight’s newlyweds have a new home: The long-running Lifetime reality series is moving to Peacock, starting with Season 19 (premiering this year).

The show, which has spawned multiple spinoffs, follows “singles looking for a life-long partnership as they embark on a provocative experiment: getting legally married to a stranger the moment they first meet,” per the official description.

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After playing a teen living on 1980s pop culture, Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy finally gave Gaten Matarazzo the chance to work with Luke Skywalker himself.

While discussing the new reality-warping Star Wars miniseries' production, The Stranger Things star told The Hollywood Reporter that even he was shocked showrunners Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit got Mark Hamill to reprise his role as Luke.

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The Mandalorian and Grogu might mark the end for the Clan of Two, which might be the best move for Star Wars' future.

"I remember reading scenes with Luke in the booth, and I was like, 'Is there a world where we get Mark for this?' I meant it more as a bit, but they were like, 'We're talking with him now.' And I was like, 'No way.

Though it's been a divisive year for Star Wars (as it often is), Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy is already one of the most underrated and best projects in the franchise in recent years. Starring Gaten Matarazzo in the lead role, the series also saw the return of Mark Hamill to voice Luke Skywalker, Anthony Daniels as C-3Po, Matthew Wood as General Grievous, and Ahmed Best as the long-awaited Darth Jar Jar, with many, many more surprise cameos.

In animated Lego format, the four-episode series follows Matarazzo's character, Sig Greebling, as he discovers an artifact that completely changes the Star Wars universe fans have come to know and love. Iconic heroes and villains swap places, and Sig must go on an adventure to try and restore order and be a savior to the galaxy. Rebuild the Galaxy is off to a hot start, seeing an 88% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes following its release,...

The newest Lego Star Wars series dishes out a heavy dose of fan service with a complete overhaul of the canon story. The showrunners assert they did this in good faith to the franchise and with Lucasfilm's green light.

Star Wars fans are in for a treat with Disney's Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy; the show flips canon lore, places, and characters with an overhauled adaptation. In an interview with Collider, showrunners Benji Samit and Hernandez detail the creative liberties they took with the source material; they also confirmed that Lucasfilm never gave them any guardrails with the content. "...We never had any limitations on what we wanted to do," Samit said. "I think we didn't want to write anything that went too far. There is that balance. I mean, we love Star Wars. We love elements of every Star Wars that has ever been done. And we're...

The new Disney+ mini-series Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy may be a part of the non-canon Lego Star Wars franchise, which isn't technically considered part of the Star Wars universe, but a few of the stars of the series think some of the characters could eventually become canon. Per Screen Rant, animated series cast members Tony Revolori (Dev Greebling), Marsai Martin (Yesi Scala) and Dan Hernandez, executive producer, had a few ideas of which characters could make the jump to be considered canon.

I could see Servo joining in, Revolori said of Michael Cusacks character, a gonk droid with an Australian accent. He said Cusack does an incredible job voicing him, and hes so hilarious. I could see that happening in honestly any show or movie easily." Revolori added, besides his own character of Dev becoming canon, the character of Jedi Bob, voiced by Saturday Night Live alum Bobby Moynihan,...

The stars of Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy have revealed which of the upcoming TV mini-series' characters they think could make the jump to Star Wars canon. Rebuild the Galaxy is part of the non-canon Lego Star Wars continuity, and as such isn't part of established Star Wars lore. Rebuild the Galaxy, however, is also a multiverse story, so it will feature different versions of established characters, with a bit of a twist. For example, Mark Hamill will return as Luke Skywalker in Rebuild the Galaxy, and the Lego Star Wars show will also include Darth Jar Jar.

In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant's Joe Deckelmeier, the stars of Rebuild the Galaxy - Tony Revolori (Dev Greebling), Marsai Martin (Yesi Scala), and executive producer Dan Hernandez - spoke about which of the mini-series' characters could one day appear in Star Wars canon.

Tony Revolori: I could see Servo joining in.

“Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy”, directed by Chris Buckley, is a new four-part animated special event, starring Gaten Matarazzo, Tony Revolori, Marsai Martin, Bobby Moynihan, Mark Hamill, Michael Cusack, Ahmed Best, Dee Bradley Baker, Tc Carson, Trevor Devall, Jake Green, Jennifer Hale, Phil Lamarr, Ross Marquand, Piotr Michael, Kevin Michael Richardson, Helen Sadler, Matt Sloan, Matthew Wood, Sam Witwer and Shelby Young, streaming September 13, 2024 on Disney+:

“…the entire ‘Star Wars Galaxy’ gets completely mixed up when an ordinary ‘nerf’-herder, ‘Sig Greebling’, unearths a powerful artifact from a hidden ‘Jedi’ temple.

“Sudden,y he finds himself thrust into adventure in a new, wondrously wild and twisted version of the galaxy where good guys are bad, bad guys are good, and the fate of all depends on Sig becoming the hero who can put all the pieces back together…”

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New calendar month, new offerings from Disney+! The streamer’s light summer continues, but one of the year’s biggest and most anticipated series will have its debut this month: the Marvel Studios/Marvel Television spinoff series “Agatha All Along.” Kathryn Hahn reprises her Emmy-nominated “WandaVision” role as the infamous witch Agatha Hackness as she works with some unlikely allies on her quest to regain her former powers. “Heartstopper” star Joe Locke co-stars in the new MCU addition, which will premiere on Wednesday, Sept. 18 with new episodes continuing to debut throughout September and October.

Also in September, ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” will premiere its 33rd season, and Disney+ subscribers will be able to watch the new season live right along those with cable. So far, Olympic Bronze medalist and pommel horse specialist Stephen Nedoroscik is the only confirmed cast member, but the full roster will be announced during...

As the go-to place for family-friendly television shows and movies, Disney+ never seems to disappoint. From animation to live-action, the streaming platform is well known for providing various content suitable for all ages. Given the streaming service is the home of some major franchises, including Star Wars and Marvel, its no wonder theyve quickly become one of the most sought-after streaming platforms out there.

With a returning competition favorite and a brand-new Marvel spin-off series that fans cant wait to see, the streaming service certainly has some heavy hitters ready to arrive over the coming weeks. As September creeps closer and the spooky season sets in, one show in particular will get viewers in the mood for Halloween. Whether viewers want to cozy up on the couch with their families or enjoy the latest shows alone, Disney+ has something for either occasion.

Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy (Limited Series...

Of all the chaotic and dangerous places that the titular heroes visit during their adventures in Rick and Morty, no fictional dimension can match the unhinged peril of rural Australia.

We’re only one episode into the long-awaited (or long-dreaded) spin-off series Rick and Morty: The Anime, but it’s already clear that too much of the original show was lost in translation for the anime to be a meaningful addition to the franchise. Despite the success of the original Rick and Morty anime shorts, the new series thus far is sadly missing the humor, the nihilism and the mayhem that makes Rick and Morty so unique.

However, as hard a time as Rick and Morty: The Anime is having in translating the winning Rick and Morty formula to Japanese animation, disappointed fans shouldn’t come to the conclusion that Rick and Morty isn’t amenable to an inspired yet faithful adaptation.

“Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy”, directed by Chris Buckley, is a new four-part animated special event, starring Gaten Matarazzo, Tony Revolori, Marsai Martin, Bobby Moynihan, Mark Hamill, Michael Cusack, Ahmed Best, Dee Bradley Baker, Tc Carson, Trevor Devall, Jake Green, Jennifer Hale, Phil Lamarr, Ross Marquand, Piotr Michael, Kevin Michael Richardson, Helen Sadler, Matt Sloan, Matthew Wood, Sam Witwer and Shelby Young, streaming September 13, 2024 on Disney+:

“…the entire ‘Star Wars Galaxy’ gets completely mixed up when an ordinary ‘nerf’-herder, ‘Sig Greebling’, unearths a powerful artifact from a hidden ‘Jedi’ temple.

“Sudden,y he finds himself thrust into adventure in a new, wondrously wild and twisted version of the galaxy where good guys are bad, bad guys are good, and the fate of all depends on Sig becoming the hero who can put all the pieces back together…”

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"Legends aren't made. They're built." Let's brick it up! Disney+ has unveiled an awesome full official trailer for their next fun special titled Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, showrun by the screenwriters behind last year's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. Episodes will start airing in September in one month from. A nerf-herder discovers an artifact that twists the Star Wars galaxy, swapping the roles of heroes & villains. He embarks on an adventure to restore order and emerge as the savior who reassembles the fractured galaxy. "You're going to see some things that you never thought possible." This is like Marvel's What If, but for Star Wars – including Ewok bounty hunters (in X-Wings!), Geonosian Jedi, and, amazingly, Darth Jar Jar voiced by Ahmed Best, along with a Dark Falcon, and much more. So many crazy things in this footage! The talented voice cast features Gaten Matarazzo, Tony Revolori, Bobby Moynihan,...

At D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, Disney+ and Lucasfilm revealed the new trailer and key art for Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, which will begin streaming on September 13, 2024.

Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit, and James Waugh presented the show at the event.

In Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, the entire galaxy gets completely mixed up when an ordinary nerf-herder, Sig Greebling (Gaten Matarazzo), unearths a powerful artifact from a hidden Jedi temple.

He finds himself thrust into an adventure in a new, wondrously wild, and twisted version of the galaxy where good guys are bad, bad guys are good, and the fate of all depends on Sig becoming the hero who can put all the pieces back together.

The voice cast includes Gaten Matarazzo (Sig Greebling), Tony Revolori (Dev Greebling), Bobby Moynihan (Jedi Bob), Marsai Martin (Yesi Scala), Michael Cusack (Servo), Ahmed Best (Darth Jar Jar), and...

Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy premieres September 13 on Disney+ with an array of crazy combinations in a new chaotic galaxy. Star Wars fans can expect not only Luke Skywalker's return, but also the long-awaited Darth Jar Jar theory in Lego Star Wars. The TV series offers a fun look at what-ifs in the Star Wars galaxy, including surprises like Darth Rey, providing unexpected alliances.

Star Wars has unveiled its first trailer at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, providing a new look at Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - an upcoming TV miniseries that will see the return of Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker. The four-episode Lego Star Wars TV show, premiering on September 13, will see the nerf-herder Sig Greebling (Gaten Matarazzo) accidentally break the Star Wars galaxy, creating a chaotic type of multiversal event. Sig will have to work together with other unlikely Star Wars heroes to undo his mess,...

Smiling Friends stands out because of its realistic dialogue, which is unlike other adult animated shows. Smiling Friends' creators, Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack, began as YouTubers, and that background has influenced the genuine conversations in their show. The casual and easy-to-watch nature of Smiling Friends builds a strong connection with the audience.

Smiling Friends is the best adult animated comedy that's currently being released, and one crucial part of it also makes it the most realistic. Smiling Friends follows the misadventures of Charlie, Pim, Allan, Glep, and Mr. Boss, the people who run a charity dedicated to helping people smile. It's a wholesome presence, but it also allows for some truly absurd situations that rival even the best adult animated shows. Smiling Friends is so good that I think it's not only one of the best animated comedies, it may be one of the best TV shows on Max,...

Fox Entertainment has struck a deal with Australian cousin Foxtel Group to co-develop new TV series for the Australian and U.S. markets. News was jointly announced on Monday by Fox Entertainment CEO Rob Wade and Foxtel Group’s entertainment content executive director and commissioner Alison Hurbert-Burns.

Under the deal, Fox Entertainment and Foxtel Group will identify and develop scripted series to co-commission. Programs would be produced in Australia by Fox Entertainment Studios (Fox Entertainment’s in-house studio) and include both talent and crews from Australia and the U.S. Fox Entertainment’s worldwide content sales unit Fox Entertainment Global will oversee international sales of the shows coming out of the deal.

This reps the first joint deal between Fox Entertainment and Foxtel Group (which is 65% owned by News Corp. and 35% by Telstra).

“Expanding Fox Entertainment’s international footprint through innovative business models is a principal priority for us, particularly...

Created by and starring animators Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel, Smiling Friends is an Adult Swim surreal adult animated comedy. The film follows Charlie (Hadel) and Pim (Cusack), two co-workers at a charity dedicated to making its clients smile by any means necessary. Their adventures are bizarre, hilarious and often completely subvert story expectations, with the show bringing them to life through a creative and chaotic mix of animation and design styles.

Smiling Friends has quickly become one of the most popular adult animated shows. Created by Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack for Adult Swim, the show is set in a surreal world inhabited by humans and peculiar entities called critters, which come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. It follows a business called Smiling Friends, whose mission is to help clients find happiness, regardless of how many wild and deadly hoops they need to jump through.

Adult Swim, the global leader in adult animation, unveiled plans for San Diego Comic-Con which includes an ongoing Pirate-themed fan “parrrty” featuring a series of special evening events, exclusive panels diving into key Adult Swim programs, and the kick-off of a cross-country mobile tour to celebrate “Rick and Morty: The Anime.” “For reasons too long to get into, we at Adult Swim have always used a pirate ship as a metaphor for how we operate,” said Michael Ouweleen, president, Adult Swim. “We thought, since we like to think of us, fans and network, as all one thing, that we should bring the pirate ship to the harbor of San Diego this year and let everyone join us on the – erm – poop deck.” Adult Swim Pirate Parrrty Adult Swim will crash onto the shores of San Diego with a shipwreck adventure on the network’s Adult Swim on the Green space...

Adult Swim is making a big return to San Diego Comic-Con this year, with a huge pirate-themed fan event lasting the whole week that, among other things, features the premiere of “Rick and Morty: The Anime” and “Common Side Effects,” Aew wrestlers and plenty more.

The “Adult Swim Pirate Parrrty” takes place 1:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. From Thursday, July 25 through Saturday July 27 on the green space at 5th Avenue Landing and Convention Way, right across the street from the convention center. And it’s fully open to the public, no Sdcc badge required.

Attendees will be able to take part in special giveaways, play custom games based on Adult Swim properties, DJ sets as well as special nighttime events:

Aew x Adult Swim “Battle for the Booty” Wrestling Tournament.

Happening Thursday, July 25 at 7:30 p.m., the event features a tag team tournament between Aew wrestlers versus...

Created by Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel (also known as psychicpepples), Smiling Friends has become one of Adult Swim's biggest hits in years. The quarter-hour animated series follows the often surreal and dangerous adventures of Pim and Charlie, who work for a small company that aims to make its clients smile. The problem is that their clients are increasingly erratic and, at times, even threatening. The series has only grown in popularity over the course of its two seasons, with its latest batch of episodes having brought in a wide variety of surprising guest stars and new animation styles. Considering the success of the series, you may be wondering if we'll be getting more of Pim and Charlie's misadventures after Season 2. You can find out below whether or not Smiling Friends has been renewed for a third season.

Smiling Friends has more reasons to smile as the Adult Swim series has been renewed for a third season.

The new run for the absurdist animated show was confirmed Thursday during Adult Swim’s presentation at the Annecy Animation Festival. “These guys are already working on the next season of Smiling Friends,” Adult Swim president Michael Ouweleen told the audience of co-creators Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack, who also took the stage.

In response to a question from a fan, Hadel explained why he doesn’t expect the series to ever have darker or more dramatic episodes, as some comedic programs may have done later in their runs. Smiling Friends launched in 2022 and centers on co-workers Charlie (Hadel) and Pim (Cusack) trying to bring positivity into the lives of their company’s customers.

“A lot of comedy shows, like you say, tend to get serious,” Hadel replied to the attendee.

Annecy, France — Five-time Emmy Award winner Genndy Tartakovsky, creator of “Samurai Jack” and “Primal,” is developing “Heist Safari,” a 10-episode comedic robbery that will have the feel of a musical, Tartakovsky said.

The robbers are three brother frogs, control freak James, neurotic Issac, and little George, who thinks he’s brilliant but is actually totally not. Estranged, they meet up at their father’s funeral, where they are informed that they will only inherit his fortune if they pull off a bank heist, stealing the contents of a bank’s vault numbered 88.

Trouble comes when all three cut side deals for help in the form of a Japanese yakuza tiger, a Russian mafia hippo and an Italian gorilla mobster. The police are wildebeests.

Every episode is executed as just one shot and they will not be told in chronological order. The whole has an Edm score, said Tartakovsky.

“This whole...

During its Annecy panel this afternoon, Adult Swim is unveiling full series greenlights for a pair of new shows as well as a season three order for its popular surreal workplace comedy “Smiling Friends.”

Created by Emmy-winning writer and executive producer Adele “Supreme” Williams (“My Dad the Bounty Hunter”), “Oh My God, Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances” is inspired by her book of a similar name, which got a pilot episode that first aired during Adult Swim’s pilot block in 2023. It’s also available to stream on the Adult Swim website.

“Oh My God, Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances”

The quarter-hour, 30th-century-set comedy follows three best friends in Los Angeles who collectively navigate the worlds of sex, dating, and womanhood in the year 2102. It’s executive produced by Dominique Braud and produced for Adult Swim by Six Point Harness.

The second new show in production is “Ha Ha You Clowns,...

From cancelled celebrity frogs to heartbroken shrimp, the vast “Smiling Friends” universe is home to a lot of strange side characters. But co-creators Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel took things to another level for the Season 2 premiere of their Adult Swim series. The episode, which sports the concise title “Gwimbly: Definitive Remastered Enhanced Extended Edition Dx 4K (Anniversary Director’s Cut),” follows the eponymous Smiling Friends as they attempt to cheer up Gwimbly, a beloved ’90s video game character who is unable to star in new games because the evil corporation known as Insane Groundbreaking Games refuses to grant him access to his own I.P.

The episode, which was previewed for fans last month after the network’s puppet-filled April Fool’s prank, is a classic “Smiling Friends” adventure that sees the gang rescue Gwimbly from his sad life of making undignified Cameo videos and help him produce his own independent game.

One of Adult Swim's best shows is finally returning to television with Smiling Friends Season 2. Since first airing in 2022, Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel's adult animated series has become Adult Swim's most successful show since Rick and Morty. The story of Pim (Michael Cusack) and Charlie's (Zach Hadel) endless quest to bring smiles to those in their community is surreal in all the best ways, with some vibrant animation and hysterical writing to back it up.

“There’s one important thing to know about ‘Smiling Friends,’” the show’s co-creator Zach Hadel said during a recent Zoom interview with IndieWire. “It’s not smart.”

It was a reoccurring sentiment. Over the course of our conversation, Hadel and co-creator Michael Cusack repeatedly called their show “dumb,” “stupid,” “not smart,” and, in one colorful tangent, suggested that society would be better off if they were barred from producing television and sent to work in underground mines. But their humility masks a deep commitment to silliness that might be the secret to making “Smiling Friends” feel so damn refreshing.

The animated series, which follows an eclectic group of nonprofit employees who are tasked with making sad people smile (and are legally obligated to do anything a sad customer asks until they smile), was a massive hit in alternative comedy circles when it premiered on Adult Swim in 2022. The show...

Pim (Michael Cusack), Charlie (Zach Hadel), and the rest of their not-always-so-happy companions are back for a second season of Adult Swim's smash-hit series, Smiling Friends. Created by and starring long-time YouTube animators and comedians Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel and beginning as a humble yet hysterical short film, Smiling Friends has easily become the adult animation network's most successful show since Rick and Morty. The premise of the series is quite simple, centering on two friends who have made it their job to make people smile.

Lucasfilm unveiled the teaser trailer for its “four-piece” animated special, “Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy” (streaming September 13 on Disney+), where the entire galaxy gets completely mixed up, reversing good and evil.

From showrunners and executive producers Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, “Rebuild the Galaxy” concerns nerf-herder Sig Greebling (Gaten Matarazzo), who unearths a powerful artifact called The Cornerstone from a hidden Jedi temple, forcing him to rebuild the twisted galaxy.

The Lucasfilm mashup of Lego sets includes Ewok bounty hunters, Geonosian Jedi, and even Darth Jar Jar. They also snap together Imperial X-fighters, Rebel Tie-wings, and the Dark Falcon.

“Rebuild the Galaxy” marks the 25th year in the ongoing collaboration between Lucasfilm and the Lego Group. A teaser poster has also been released, featuring the “Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy” logo, a starfield comprised of Lego studs, and the Cornerstone.

“The opportunity to work with Lego and Lucasfilm...

Lego and Star Wars fans rejoice, because Darth Jar Jar is finally here! The new animated series, Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, will see good guys turned bad, bad guys turned good, and some long-standing fan theories turned turn into reality.

Just a few days after fans the world over celebrated Star Wars Day on May 4th (May the fourth be with you!), the first teaser for Lego: Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy was released on YouTube. The official description of the show reads as follows: "In Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, the entire Star Wars Galaxy gets completely mixed up when an ordinary nerf-herder, Sig Greebling (Gaten Matarazzo), unearths a powerful artifact from a hidden Jedi temple. He finds himself thrust into adventure in a new, wondrously wild and twisted version of the galaxy where good guys are bad, bad guys are good, and the fate of...

Disney+ has shared the first teaser trailer for its new "four-piece" animated special, Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy.

Jar Jar Binks remains a divisive character among fans and it's long been theorised (jokingly...we think) that the Gungan was secretly a villain who set out to destroy the Galaxy. That's led to the "Darth Jar Jar" meme which this project is leaning into by finally introducing that version of a character who first debuted way back in 1999's The Phantom Menace.

And yes, Ahmed Best will reprise the role!

In Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, the entire Star Wars Galaxy gets completely mixed up when an ordinary nerf-herder, Sig Greebling, unearths a powerful artefact from a hidden Jedi temple.

He finds himself thrust into an adventure in a new, wondrously wild and twisted version of the Galaxy where good guys are bad, bad guys are good, and the...

While Marvel has been getting plenty of mileage from the multiversal possibilities in exploring alternate worlds, it's not something we've generally seen (at least on screen) in Star Wars' galaxy far, far, away. That changes with new comic animated "four-piece" Lego animated special Star Wars: Rebuild The Galaxy, in which some very intriguing ideas are finally given free rein. Including – yes! – Darth Jar Jar. Check out the first teaser:

Created by Showrunners and executive producers Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, Rebuild The Galaxy, follows what happens when ordinary young nerf-herder Sig Greebling (Gaten Matarazzo) accidentally unearths a powerful artifact from a hidden Jedi temple. The ramifications thrust him into a wild and twisted version of the galaxy where good guys are bad, bad guys are heroes and the fate of it all depends on Sig realizing he's the hero that can put the pieces back together.

Shades of both multiverse tales and The Lego Movie,...

Jar Jar Binks is one of the more reviled characters in the entire Star Wars franchise, and while he’s largely harmless, some fans wonder if he’s not hiding something darker and more sinister. Some have even theorized that Jar Jar is secretly a Sith Lord, and the new teaser trailer for Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy definitely plays into that by giving us… Darth Jar Jar. Check out the teaser below!

Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy will find the entire Star Wars Galaxy getting completely mixed up when “an ordinary nerf-herder, Sig Greebling (Gaten Matarazzo), unearths a powerful artifact from a hidden Jedi temple. He finds himself thrust into adventure in a new, wondrously wild and twisted version of the galaxy where good guys are bad, bad guys are good, and the fate of all depends on Sig becoming the hero who can put all the pieces back together.

The animated TV special “Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy”, directed by Chris Buckley, stars Gaten Matarazzo (“Sig Greebling’), Tony Revolori (‘Dev Greebling’), Bobby Moynihan (‘Jedi Bob’), Marsai Martin (‘Yesi Scala’), Michael Cusack (‘Servo’) and Ahmed Best (‘Darth Jar Jar’), streaming September 13 on Disney +:

“…the entire galaxy gets completely mixed up when an ordinary ‘nerf-herder’ Sig Greebling (Gaten Matarazzo), unearths a powerful artifact from a hidden ‘Jedi’ temple.

“ He finds himself thrust into an adventure in a new, wondrously wild and twisted version of the galaxy where good guys are bad, bad guys are good and the fate of all depends on Sig becoming the hero who can put all the pieces back together…”

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"History will be rebuilt." Get ready for some strange revisionist history in the Star Wars universe! Disney+ has revealed a wacky teaser trailer for their upcoming Sw Special titled Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, showrun by the screenwriters behind last year's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. Set for launch in September. A nerf-herder discovers an artifact that twists the Star Wars galaxy, swapping the roles of heroes and villains. He embarks on an adventure to restore order and emerge as the savior who reassembles the fractured galaxy. "You're going to see some things that you never thought possible." This is like Marvel's What If, but for Star Wars – including Ewok bounty hunters, Geonosian Jedi, and, amazingly, Darth Jar Jar voiced by Ahmed Best, along with the Dark Falcon, and much more. The talented voice cast features Gaten Matarazzo, Tony Revolori, Bobby Moynihan, Marsai Martin, Michael Cusack, & Mark Hamill back as Luke Skywalker.

For years, Jar Jar Binks took a beating from "Star Wars" fans who were less than thrilled with the computer generated character's slapstick antics when he debuted in "The Phantom Menace" back in 1999. The bumbling Gungan was so hated that actor Ahmed Best fell into a deep depression. In more recent years, the actor has taken on a new "Star Wars" role as Jedi Kelleran Beq, who rescued "The Mandalorian" bounty Grogu from the Jedi Temple when Order 66 was enacted during the events of "Revenge of the Sith." But soon, Ahmed Best will bring together both Jar Jar Binks and the power of the Force by bringing us a dark side version of the character that finally pays off a ridiculous fan theory. 

Despite appearing to be a complete dimwit, there's a popular theory that Jar Jar Binks is actually a brilliant Sith lord, and his antics have all been...

Worlds are colliding (and rebuilding!) in the new trailer for Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy released Monday.

In the upcoming animated special (which will consist of four parts and release Friday, September 13 on Disney+), “the entire Star Wars Galaxy gets completely mixed up when an ordinary nerf-herder, Sig Greebling (voiced by Stranger Things’ Gaten Matarazzo), unearths a powerful artifact from a hidden Jedi temple,” reads the official description. “He finds himself thrust into adventure in a new, wondrously wild and twisted version of the galaxy where good guys are bad, bad guys are good and the fate of all...

Today, Disney+ unveiled the teaser trailer and poster for the “four-piece” animated special Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy. Launching on September 13, the special showcases the longtime collaboration between Lucasfilm and the Danish toy manufacturing company The Lego Group.

“It’s hard to believe that it’s been twenty-five years since the ground-breaking collaboration between Lucasfilm and The Lego Group began,” says executive producer James Waugh. “In that time, Lego Star Wars has given our fans the unique power to unlock their imaginations and play with the galaxy’s elements in any way they can conceive… and build.”

Waugh added: “It’s with that playful spirit in mind that we set out to ‘Rebuild the Galaxy’ like never before. Tapping into the comedic genius of Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, two of the most talented comedy writers I’ve had the fortune of working with, we’ve mixed and matched...

Season 2 of Smiling Friends premiered on April Fools' Day, but the rest of the season will continue to air next month.

Created by Zach "psychicpebbles" Hadel and Michael Cusack, Smiling Friends is an adult animated series about a company dedicated to making people smile, led by Charlie, Pim, Allan, Glep, and their employer, Mr. Boss.

After its first season aired to critical and audience acclaim in 2022, Smiling Friends was quickly renewed for a second season by Adult Swim.

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It's finally time to smile once again with some help from Pim, Charlie, Alan, Glep, and Mr. Boss. Adult Swim hit a home run in 2022 with the release of Smiling Friends, the long-awaited adult animated black comedy series from Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack following both the mundane lives and wild misadventures of the employees of the titular company as they try to help people with their troubles. Over two years after Season 1's premiere, a new trailer has been released for Season 2 putting the employees and their eccentric superior back in business, and it looks to be just as chaotic as ever.

Any alternative comedy fan knows that Adult Swim’s April Fool’s Day programming is must-see television. The unabashedly weird late night network has turned messing with viewers into an annual tradition, often dropping buzzy new premieres in unexpected ways (like airing the entire “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” movie in a deliberately unwatchable picture-in-picture format) or replacing its existing programming with nonsensical content (like a 2021 stunt in which it satirically rebranded itself as a pre-school channel known as Adult Swim Jr.). Fans have come to expect a lot of Adult Swim on the internet’s least favorite holiday, and 2024 saw the network deliver one of its most viral triumphs to date.

One of the most anticipated shows on Adult Swim’s upcoming slate is Season 2 of “Smiling Friends,” Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack’s animated series about two mid-level employees at a company that promises to cheer up any sad...

Adult Swim's Smiling Friends is back for Season 2, and fans are wondering when Episode 2 will be released along with the remaining schedule for the sophomore effort. 

Created by YouTube creator Zach Handel and animator Michael Cusack, Smiling Friends brings its off-putting, sometimes creepy sense of humor to Adult Swim and Max, following a business with the mission to bring happiness to people by any means necessary. 

Season 1 premiered back in 2022 before making its way to Max (HBO Max at the time) later in the run. Season 2 made its surprising debut on April Fool's Day 2024, a little more than two years after its official announcement. 

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Smiling Friends, the animated comedy co-created by and starring Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel, will return for a second season on Sunday, May 12, at midnight on Adult Swim.

The series follows the employees of a small company dedicated to bringing happiness to a bizarre yet colorful world.

Adult Swim continued its annual April Fools’ Day tradition this morning at midnight with the unexpected debut of three episodes of Smiling Friends re-created in various styles of puppetry.

This was followed by a surprise airing of the season two premiere episode, “Gwimbly: Definitive Remastered Enhanced Extended Edition Dx 4k (Anniversary Director’s Cut).”

Smiling Friends fans who missed out on the block can still enjoy the puppet-style season one episodes on YouTube.

In season two, Pim, Charlie, Zongo, Allan, and Glep continue their mission to bring happiness to the world, whether it’s a washed-up retro video game character, a troubled marriage,...

Smiling Friends returns May 12 at midnight on Adult Swim, airing new episodes to bring joy to the world. Co-created by Cusack and Hadel, the show features quirky characters and laughs for a good time. Catch the season two premiere, then stream new episodes on Max or purchase digitally starting May 13.

After more than two year since it was announced, Smiling Friends will return for a second season on Sunday, May 12 at midnight on Adult Swim. As part of Adult Swim's annual April Fools' Day programming, which always includes some fun surprises, three episodes of the show aired re-creating Smiling Friends in various styles of puppetry, followed by a surprise airing of the season two premiere episode, “Gwimbly: Definitive Remastered Enhanced Extended Edition Dx 4k (Anniversary Director’s Cut).”

The synopsis for the second season reads as follows:

In season two of Smiling Friends, Pim, Charlie, Zongo, Allan and Glep continue...

This week’s highly anticipated Rick and Morty season 7 premiere, “How Poopy Got His Poop Back,” saw the return of fan-favorite characters Mr. Poopybutthole, Birdperson, Gearhead, and Squanchy, as they try to stage an intervention and inadvertently get riggity-riggity-wrecked with Hugh Jackman. Not a person impersonating Hugh Jackman like they did Ice T in the early seasons, but The Hugh Jackman as a fictionalized version of himself, depicted as a frat boy party animal. In every circumstance, this would be a hysterical cameo if not for the fact that the Wolverine actor has been getting his claws into adult animation for the past several years. Jackman has wholly gotten into his silly voice-acting bag, and I’m here for it.

Dating all the way back to 2006, amidst playing Wolverine in countless X-Men films and hosting the Tonys, Jackman began exploring roles that explored his vocal range, literally. So he starred...

Adult Swim has ordered some more programming. The cable channel has renewed Yolo for a third season and has ordered a new stop-motion series titled Women Wearing Shoulder Pads.

Yolo: Rainbow Trinity is the title of the third installment of the adult animated series from Michael Cusack. It's loosely based on his web series of the same name. The show follows friends Rachel and Sarah as they have fantastical adventures traveling through Australia. Voice actors include Sarah Bishop, Todor Manojlovic, and Cusack.

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Smiling Friends Season 2 received an official release update amid high anticipation for its return on Adult Swim. 

Created by Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack, Smiling Friends explores the story of a company that dedicated its time to spreading happiness, mostly focused on two lead characters named Pim and Charlie.

The show's pilot episode made its debut as part of Adult Swim's annual April Fools' Day event on April 1, 2020. 

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