Popular cable TV network Adult Swim have decided to drop American animator and voice actor Mark Justin Roiland from the Rick and Morty show and are set to rope in new voice actors, find out more about him and his voices
Adult Swim reportedly dropped Justin Roiland due to ongoing investigations of domestic violence charges brought out against him.
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Rick and Morty is a popular adult animated series, which initially aired on 2013 and has 6 seasons so far.
Justin Roiland brief bio
Justin Roiland is the co-creator and the voice behind Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith from the popular animated series Rick and Morty. He was also an executive producer of the show.
The 42-year-old voice actor, who hails from Manteca, California, co-created the Rick and Morty show with Dan Harmon. Besides Rick and Morty, he has also voiced the following animated characters:
- Oscar Fishtooth from Fish Hooks on Disney
- Blendin Blandin from Gravity Falls
- Korvo from Solar Opposites on Hulu,
- The Earl of Lemongrab from Adventure Time
Adult Swim to recast new voice actors to place Justin Roiland
Adult Swim recently declared that they will recast the voice roles for Morty and Rick as they have terminated all associations with Justin Roiland due to a legal battle.
Roiland faced domestic violence charges against back in 2020, which became public knowledge in January 2023. The District Attorney’s office in Orange County, California reportedly charged Roiland with felony domestic battery with corporal injury and wrongful confinement by violence, menace, and fraud.
An unnamed woman who reportedly dated the voice actor back then bought the charges against Justin Roiland. However, Roiland pleaded not guilty to all the charges got released on bail, with a pre-trial scheduled for April 27, 2023.
When the news broke out, Allie Goertz, an American musician proceeded to share screenshots of some chats on Twitter. The chats revealed how Roiland sent her s**ual and offensive messages.
Following this, Rick and Morty’s official Twitter page made a post on January 25 announcing that Adult Swim had decided to cut ties with Justin Roiland and drop him from his role.
Later the same day, Squanch Games also made a tweet informing the public that Roiland sent in an official resignation on January 16. The post further added:
The passionate team at Squanch will keep developing games we know our fans will love while continuing to support and improve High On Life.
Roiland’s role in creating Rick and Morty
Back in 2012, Adult Swim approached Dan Harmon to create a new adult animated series for their network. Dan in turn approached Roiland and the pair co-created Rick and Morty. The show first aired back in December 2013 and became an instant hit.
Roiland has voiced both Rick and Morty’s characters from 2013 to 2022. Later, in August 2016, Justin Roiland launched a virtual reality game studio labeled Squanchtendo. The name of the studio is a clever portmanteau of the popular character Squanchy from Rick and Morty and the legendary Japanese video game company Nintendo. The following year in December, Roiland renamed it as Squanch Games.
Rick and Morty
Rick and Morty is a famous cartoon show, which documents the misadventures of a cynical mad scientist named Rick Sanchez, and Morty Smith, his fretful grandson. The pair frequently go on inter-dimensional adventures across infinite realities, other planets, and through portals on Rick’s “flying saucer”.
The show revolves around the conflicting scenario of a domestic family drama clashing with an alcoholic grandfather, who constantly pulls his grandson into taking part all sorts of fun and adventure.
Currently, the show has released six seasons, with the last one being released on September 4, 2022 with 10 episodes. Adult Swim and Cartoon Network have a long-term deal, which promises a seventh season as the deal ordered 70 new episodes.
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