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supposedly The Venture Bros has been cancelled (Update: Confirmed)
- Thread starter Mary Celeste
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The worrying thing about someone picking it up, is that this is a lot of extra work for companies who want to make a deal. Usually the more people/groups attached to a project, the less likely it is to go elsewhere, as the more people have to sign off on it - especially if they want the back catalog
thanks for the condescension, but not at all. that seems prolonged even given the usual ~2.5 year gap between seasons
Honestly, I figured that any reason season 8 would take longer than they normally take was that it was probably going to be written in a way where they could end it all if they didn't get picked up for at least one more season. I can't imagine that they didn't anticipate at least that possibility when it got renewed, so this had to be extra devastating.
Yup, Rick & Morty gets vastly better ratings and buzz too.
VB was lucky as hell that they had a corporate cheerleader like Lazzo around for as long as he was. (Despite his awful shittiness elsewhere) Because any other network would've canned this show a long time ago.
Much as I love it, Venture Bros was never a money maker and CN/AS finally realized that. Sad, but it is what it is.
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Season 8 was taking longer because Doc had some sort of back problem that forced him to relearn how to walk. That they canned it years after he struggled to get better as fast as possible to continue working on the show is just so fucked
Are the same people in charge now that refused to let Metalocalypse be revived? I thought VB was cancelled likely because of Lazzo leaving.
Hopefully fan outcry can get some sort of wrap up going. It's not a 'cheap' show but if Community can get a movie...
Hopefully fan outcry can get some sort of wrap up going. It's not a 'cheap' show but if Community can get a movie...
Honestly seeing how much more anime focused it feels like the network is getting, along with a lot of Adult Swim/Cartoon Network's original programs ending this past year (We Bare Bears, OK KO, Steven Universe, this) or moving to other places (Infinity Train), I can imagine them starting to do more anime re-runs, especially after Disney takes away Bob's Burgers & Family Guy from them.
Still the worst news though...
Still the worst news though...
I'm not sure Netflix is particularly best place for adult animation that's not produced in Japan or tied to a big video game IP. Pretty much everything is done or cancelled at this point on the service, isn't it?
So if Lazzo is the reason it wasn't revived AND his passing is the reason VB was cancelled... wouldn't that mean there's been a substantial enough leadership change the VB could get a true finale?
I'm not sure that necessarily matters if all we want is a wrap up movie/season.
Yeah that's my only hope. Lazzo sucked but he kept Venture going, but maybe the new management is just cutting Venture for financial reasons and would be okay selling off the rights to a network that cares/wants it. Like, they wouldn't be a weird spiteful asshole about it like Lazzo was.
Lazzo was the show's biggest champion, which would imply that there really wasn't anyone else who felt that way once he left. Stranger stuff has happened, but I think that the production cycle of Venture being a known quantity is enough to keep folks away from the property.
If all they care about is $$$, then hopefully they will see free money from someone wanting to produce more.
By the way, y'all should watch Mao Mao. Titmouse also works on it, and the main (joke) villain is The Monarch but instead he's a snake using an orangutan's body to move (same VA too).
Sad to see it end, but it was such a good show that stood above the rest of Adult Swim's other shows at the time.
Well, it's nice to finally get confirmation.
Whatever Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick are working on next, I'm on board.
Whatever Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick are working on next, I'm on board.
What's really weird is that they were like 7 episodes away from the coveted 88 episode milestone that makes a show viable for syndication, so I wouldn't see why they wouldn't approve at least one more season to get it over the line and get that sweet, sweet syndication cash.
hope i'm wrong but if Publick et al found out a few months ago but it's only now official, I'd guess they already tried and failed to shop the show elsewhere :(
I'm actually pretty satisfied with what we got from them. I'm glad they finally went into the connection between them.
One other thing I would have liked to have resolved was what happened to the original Rusty. Why did Jonas have to clone him? Was there an original Rusty or was he a clone of Jonas all along? Was Jonas planning to hijack Rusty's body all along when he got older?
Ignoring reveals, the last bits we see of Dean and Hank show huge swings in their potential character arcs worth exploring.
