'Rick and Morty' Drops Main Voice Actor Justin Roiland, Hulu Cuts Ties Too - CNET

Adult Swim has severed ties with Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland aft home unit charges were filed against the dependable actor.

"Adult Swim has ended its relation with Justin Roiland," reads a statement posted by the Rick and Morty Twitter relationship Tuesday afternoon. "Rick and Morty volition continue. The talented and dedicated unit are hard astatine enactment connected Season 7."

Roiland's different projects see co-creating Hulu's Solar Opposites, successful which helium voices main quality Korvo. The bid was renewed for a 5th play successful October, but Hulu said successful a connection Wednesday that "we person ended our relation with Justin Roiland." Solar Opposites and Koala Man, different Hulu amusement Roiland's progressive with, are expected to proceed without him. 

In January, reports surfaced that the Orange County District Attorney's bureau had charged Roiland with 1 felony number of home artillery with corporal wounded and 1 felony number of mendacious imprisonment by menace, violence, fraud and/or deceit. Roiland has pleaded not blameworthy to the charges.

Roiland, who created the big animated sci-fi sitcom Rick and Morty with Dan Harmon, besides voices protagonists Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith. Roiland's dependable roles volition reportedly beryllium recast for aboriginal seasons.

In 2018, Adult Swim ordered 70 episodes of the deed series, signing semipermanent deals with Roiland and Harmon. The amusement was renewed done to play 10 and has 4 much seasons to go, aft play 6 finished airing successful December.

Roiland is besides the laminitis of video crippled improvement workplace Squanch Games. Last week, Roiland resigned from his position.

"On January 16, 2023, Squanch Games received Justin Roiland's resignation," reads the connection connected Squanch Games' website, posted Tuesday. "The passionate squad astatine Squanch volition support processing games we cognize our fans volition emotion portion continuing to enactment and amended High On Life."

Roiland could not instantly beryllium reached for comment.