Co-Created by Dan Harmon and James Siciliano, Forthcoming Adult Animated Series Also Stars Stephanie Beatriz and Jim Rash
A brand-new Adult Swim series set in the Rick and Morty universe, President Curtis, is being animated by Kilkenny’s Lighthouse Studios, it was announced today.
President Curtis follows the Commander-in-Chief and his eccentric staff as they tackle the kind of crises that Rick Sanchez could never be bothered with – from interdimensional diplomacy to paranormal investigations and unexplained phenomena.
Adult Swim announced the new adult animated comedy starring Emmy® Award-winning actor Keith David following a surprise appearance by David during Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty panel at last Friday’s San Diego Comic-Con. See the official press release announcing President Curtis from Warner Bros. Discovery here.
Lighthouse Studios has been providing animation services for production studio, Green Portal, on Rick and Morty since 2022. To date, the studio has delivered animation on Season 7 and Season 8 and is currently working on Season 9.
“Rick and Morty is a massive hit, with a huge community of fans across the world, including in our studio. It’s exciting for us to have the chance to extend further into that universe now and to work with producers, Green Portal, on a second adult show,” said Lighthouse Studios Managing Director, Claire Finn. “We’re currently animating President Curtis as well as Season 9 of Rick and Morty, all while developing our slate of original IP across animation & live action. Watch this space!”
Rick and Morty Season 8 is currently available on Channel 4 with new episodes released weekly.
About Lighthouse Studios
Lighthouse Studios is a BAFTA-winning production studio based in Kilkenny, Ireland, led by Managing Director, Claire Finn. Founded in 2017, the studio has provided animation services for some of the best-known entities in modern 2D animation, including The Bob’s Burgers Movie (20th Century Studios), The Cuphead Show! (Netflix) and Rick and Morty (Adult Swim) and most recently the Feature ‘Light of the World’ and the Apple series Goldie. In 2022, the studio won a Bafta for its adaptation of the true-life story of Cece Bell ‘El Deafo’ produced for Apple TV. Lighthouse Studio’s first original short, Póg mo Pigeon, was released in 2024, winning the Best Animated Short prize at the Academy Award Qualifying Foyle Film Festival in December of the same year. Lighthouse is now in development on a diverse original slate including kids’ and adult animation, a live action feature, transmedia entertainment and podcasts.