Robot Chicken recently ended its Season 11 run with Adult Swim, and rubbed some salt in the wound of The Venture Bros. fans by trolling them over the series’ cancellation with its season finale! These two animated franchises share a unique bond as two of the longest running franchises in Adult Swim today, but it’s been a much rougher path for The Venture Bros. over the years. Fans might have gotten used to the long waits in between new seasons, but it was unfortunately revealed that The Venture Bros. would never get the chance at a proper Season 8 as it was cancelled before production could truly begin.
This was already some rough news for fans of the long running Adult Swim animated series, and it made it even tougher to see that The Venture Bros. was suddenly cancelled while its proposed Season 8 was getting put together. With Robot Chicken‘s Season 11 finale, the final moments of the episode trolled fans with a “super secret surprise premiere” of The Venture Bros. Season 8 in Adult Swim’s font before revealing it was nothing more that the creators of the series, Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer (as the Monarch and Henchman 21 respectively) reeling from the news. Check it out below as spotted by @AdultSwimNoCon on Twitter:
While The Venture Bros. won’t be coming back for a full Season 8 of the series, Adult Swim has greenlit a new special/movie project that will be serving as the grand finale for the series overall. There is no release window or date set for this new special just yet (but production has been moving forward), but when this new special does debut, it’ll first launch on Blu-ray, DVD and TVOD for 90 days before coming to Adult Swim and HBO Max. Adult Swim currently describes the new The Venture Bros. project as such:
“Doc’s latest invention will either bankrupt the Ventures or launch them to new heights, as Hank searches for himself, Dean searches for Hank, The Monarch searches for answers, and a mysterious woman from their pasts threatens to bring their entire world crashing down on them. The Venture Bros. is created, written and executive produced by Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer.”
As for Robot Chicken, it has yet to be revealed whether or not it will be returning for Season 12. What do you think? What are you hoping to see from The Venture Bros. grand finale? What do you think of Robot Chicken calling attention to its finale? Let us know all of your thoughts about it in the comments! You can even reach out to me directly about all things animated and other cool stuff @Valdezology on Twitter!
