Rick and Morty Season 8 Release Date and First Look Revealed and We Promise This Isn't an April Fools' Joke

Adult Swim has not lone revealed that Rick and Morty volition instrumentality for its eighth play connected May 25, 2025, but it has besides shared a archetypal look arsenic portion of its April Fools' Day broadcast special. And don't worry, we committedness this isn't a joke!

The large uncover happened during Adult Swim's April Fools' Day broadcast special, which was a 22-minute anthology peculiar that celebrated immoderate of the champion moments from Rick and Morty by remaking them successful wacky and fantastic live-action segments.

As for Rick and Morty's eighth season, you tin cheque retired the archetypal look beneath alongside immoderate caller images and an authoritative description.

Rick and Morty S8 premieres May 25 astatine 11p connected Adult Swim#rickandmorty #adultswim pic.twitter.com/BK1IqQPRM3

"Rick and Morty is backmost for Season Eight," the authoritative statement reads. "Life has meaning again! Anything is possible! Look retired for adventures with Summer, Jerry, Beth, and the different Beth. Maybe Butter Bot volition get a caller task. Whatever happens, you can’t support Rick and Morty down for long. People person tried!"

New episodes of Rick and Morty volition aerial connected Sundays astatine 11pm ET/PT and the full play volition beryllium disposable to watercourse connected Max successful the U.S. and Hulu connected September 1, 2025.

For those who enjoyed the different parts of the April Fools' Day stream, Adult Swim president Michael Ouweleen has a connection for you.

"We anticipation you enjoyed our theatre interpretations of ‘Rick and Morty,’ particularly if you are well-off/impulsive and present privation to backmost a Broadway mentation of the show,” Ouweleen said. “For the remainder of you, we’re gladsome you present cognize erstwhile Season Eight is starting truthful you person clip to agelong and get escaped due to the fact that the squad has yet again made a wholly large play of television.”

Season 7 of Rick and Morty ended connected December 17, 2023, and galore fans considered its finale to beryllium the "best occurrence successful years." Season 7 was besides a large 1 arsenic it saw Ian Cardoni and Harry Belden regenerate Justin Roiland arsenic Rick and Morty, respectively.

Roiland, who besides created Rick and Morty, departed the bid aft charges of home unit were brought against him and subsequently dropped.

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