New animated heist series by Genndy announced for Adult Swim

New animated heist series by Genndy announced for Adult Swim

>ANNECY, France — Five-time Emmy Award winner Genndy Tartakovsky, creator of “Samurai Jack” and “Primal,” is developing “Safari Heist,” a 10-episode comedic robbery that will have the feel of a musical, Tartakovsky said.

>The robbers are three brother frogs, control freak James, neurotic Issac, and little George, who thinks he’s brilliant but is actually not. Estranged, they meet up at their father’s funeral, where they are informed that they will only inherit his fortune if they pull off a bank heist, stealing the contents of a bank’s vault numbered 881.

>Trouble comes when all three cut side deals for help in the form of a Japanese yakuza tiger, a Russian mafia hippo and an Italian gorilla mobster. The police are wunderbeasts.

Every episode is one shot, but they will not be told in chronological order. The whole has an EDM score, said their creator.

https://variety.com/2024/film/global/genndy-tartakovsky-musical-series-1236036232/

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  1. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Looks like they finally took one of his 30 original pitches.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      How much Adderall does he take?

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Enough to work on two cartoons and a movie at the same time.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Wish I had some.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          Can ANYONE stop this madman?

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            Maybe if his wife put out more

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          So what you're saying is that this Safari Heist is gonna suck

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Smart, considering no new stuff will kill them.

  2. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Sweet, I can't wait
    I love this guy's stuff!

  3. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >we're getting a furry heist series by Genndy
    >Bad Guys is a thing
    >meanwhile the Sly movie was shelved
    Goddammit

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Ratchet bombed, so no Sly movie.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        No shit. I blame Sony for going full moron with Ratchet and dumbing down the raunchy humor for a generic story for kids.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          I'm surprised that we haven't gotten a sleazy funny animal type thing. It's basically the 70s sitcom parody of its day.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          That's Hollywood. Kid's movies bring in the most potential money.

          I said this before, it's either a kids movie or an adult movie. Which adult animation seems to be cursing, fricking, blood. But none of it subtle just extremely in your face and annoying like Helluva Boss.

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            Sony should have dropped that target audience, they were doing CGi Starship Troopers movies for adults for crying out loud, they went straight to DVD/BD, surely it was passion project they expected no real return.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Good, that movie looked like shit and I say this as someone who loves Sly 1-3 to death

  4. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Actually sounds pretty fun, cool.

  5. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >Japanese yakuza tiger
    This will be the furgay favorite character

  6. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Genndy dicksuckers are embarrassing.

    > a Japanese yakuza tiger, a Russian mafia hippo and an Italian gorilla mobster
    Wow yeah that sounds really originally and inspired.
    Gonna flop like Unicorn.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      t. Industrycuck

  7. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Was there any news on Unicorn Warriors?

    • 2 weeks ago
      Perla Magica™

      No.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      DID THEY ALREADY CANCEL UNICORN?! I LIKED UNICORN!! I need Fleischer Studios style animation to live forever, it's the most pleasing to me.

      lol. lmao even.

  8. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    DID THEY ALREADY CANCEL UNICORN?! I LIKED UNICORN!! I need Fleischer Studios style animation to live forever, it's the most pleasing to me.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >Nothing on Unicorn S2
      Dream is dead

      Was there any news on Unicorn Warriors?

  9. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    cool, I wonder what the full title would have been

  10. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >Nothing on Unicorn S2
    Dream is dead

  11. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I'm generally a fan of Genndy but I didn't like Unicorn, and it seems like the popular consensus is with me. It's sort of surprising that they let him make another show after that, but honestly I'm glad.
    Since this is a comedy it shouldn't have the problems that Unicorn did with messy plotting.
    Really looking forward to the musical element, I love animation that syncs up with music.

  12. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >no new primal stuff
    Dammit

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      It’s getting a season 3
      Nothing else to reveal

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        It’s been over a year and a half, they couldn’t show a bit of animation or something?

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          they showed yesterday the logo for s3, instead of red the logo will be green for the season

          • 2 weeks ago
            Anonymous

            We knew that for a long time anon. This isn’t even the first time they’ve shown it

            Fine I guess but I really feel like he's just pumping out too many ideas. Unicorn felt like nothing despite it being his big passion project, and trying to turn Primal into a franchise feels a little like not being able to make up your mind and commit to one intention. 2 seasons following the main characters, and then it just turns into anything goes with anyone at any time?

            He's ambitious which is a good thing these days, but his output lately has been nothing short of moronic.

            Turning primal into an anthology bothers me a lot. It feels like using the name of something people like to bait and switch it into something completely different. Some anons think it’s unreasonable to want more of the original premise people watched it for, for some reason

            • 2 weeks ago
              Boco

              Anthologies can either be really really good or really really bad. Its a crapshoot.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                Not even the potential quality, my issue is the bait and switch, instead of creating some sort of new anthology series it feels like he’s just using the name to get people to watch it. And then anons will get pissy at anyone who questions it or wants more of the original concept they were sold on.
                >hey I like spear and fang, this is great!
                >*not even two full seasons of this concept later*
                >I really wish we could have gotten more of that, I liked it
                >”Stop being unreasonable”
                It’s like Twitter tier behavior “how dare you want what you like, watch what others want you to watch instead”

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                The show is called a primal not sphere and fang

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                Plot synopsis:
                >A caveman and a dinosaur bond over shared tragedy and work together to survive in a perilous prehistoric world
                That was the intention and original sell, abruptly changing that is guaranteed to turn people off.

              • 2 weeks ago
                Anonymous

                Just consume Genndy's work and answer no questions you stupid gay pedo gay, you consume everything else if it was Craig McCracken /j

  13. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >3 frog robbers
    >yakuza tiger
    >russian hippo
    >italian gorilla
    incredible. hope he brings back studio la cachette for this

  14. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >Every episode is one shot, but they will not be told in chronological order.
    So they figured out a way to cover for the fact that Genndy can't tell a story, eh? Mix it up to high hell, tell it out of order, and have every storyline be less than 20 minutes.

    He'll still frick the ending like it's prom night, but hey...

  15. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    how is this man managing 4+ animation projects and not die from stress in the process?
    one alone already sucks up all your time and attention, dividing it just makes the quality of all of them worse

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Maybe he’s like Tyler Perry or something. He zones out when writing a script.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      if you never finish anything it's much less stressful

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      He's probably just one of those guys who prefers to work 24/7 as they get older.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Boco

        He's always been a workaholic. Its said he never saw a single finished episode of Dexter because he was too busy working on the next one. He storyboarded Samurai Jack during his honeymoon.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        My mom is like that. Hope she lives a long life but she will live it while working

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      I think Black Knight got cancelled

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        sucks if true

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Autism

  16. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Why is he like the only Cartoon Creator is allowed to make original stuff

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      israeli

  17. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Fine I guess but I really feel like he's just pumping out too many ideas. Unicorn felt like nothing despite it being his big passion project, and trying to turn Primal into a franchise feels a little like not being able to make up your mind and commit to one intention. 2 seasons following the main characters, and then it just turns into anything goes with anyone at any time?

    He's ambitious which is a good thing these days, but his output lately has been nothing short of moronic.

  18. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Can't wait to see how he fricks up the ending on this one

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      1. The series sets up some really sincere emotional depth and interesting dynamics around the dad being dead, but at the end it's revealed the dad was never dead and it was predictable 4D chess.
      2. They give the inheritance to some moronic sympathy character they meet along the way, who's really annoying and unlikeable but it's treated as the narratively proper choice. Genndy has really been pushing for b***hy leads like Mira, Emma, and Ashi. Some animal waifugay bait people won't shut the frick up about will join their team and she'll be given the money.
      3. Frog government contreversy oil frog enslavement frog

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >ending

  19. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Can someone else make new Dexter besides him, we need to see that show in the Modern age

  20. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Genndy is working on so many projects I'm worried he's just gonna croak while working on of them. A truly different breed of animator.

  21. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I will watch anything Genndy does

  22. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >The police are wunderbeasts.
    What does that mean?

    A heist musical comedy with frog brothers sounds a bit odd. So does that part about using a nonlinear narrative. I suppose the concept of the series sounds different compared to an average show, but I still wonder if it's gonna end up being as aimless and confusing as UWE.

  23. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    >UWE not even renewed after a year
    It’s dead jim

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Deserves it after meandering and even Genndy admitting he wasn't sure where to go from there but that he'd "figure it out" if need be. What kind of homosexual ass bullshit is that? And that "KILL ME, PLEASE DAUGHTER YOU HAVE TO KILL ME!!! I'M SUFFERING!!" drama made me hate Genndy's writing style now. That shit felt like a tumblr webcomic.

  24. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    I just want some more news about Primal season 3 already

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      The only thing that happened is that they confirmed it’s going to essentially be love death and robots 2. So say goodbye to any sort of emotional weight

  25. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    What about everyone else? Doesn't Maxwell Adams have original pitches nobody else wants to make? Is it something about budgets? Does Genndy know how to stretch a shoestring budget the best?

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      No dude Genndy's critically acclaimed then most animators from that era he created the biggest shows from that Network like Dexter's Laboratory and Samurai Jack, have helped with other big hits like the Powerpuff Girls, he's pretty much like their poster child, him and Craig built the studio/Network he will always get dibs on the original ideas

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Maxwell got his ass blacklisted after he refused to work on anything that was being pitched to him by the networks.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      He still owes people Dead Meat.

  26. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Sounds like it should’ve been just a movie instead.

  27. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Sounds like fun, hoping for some cute furgirls

  28. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Genndy is such an icon tbh...

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      gay icon

  29. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    yay another thing thats going to be super hype and super interesting for 70% of it and he shits the ending on purpose for a chance at steady exployment

  30. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    And and a svelt panther girl who falls in love with one of the frogs but watch out she's spunky! She's got superpowers and totally isn't like Ilana or Ashii or Emma! Let's just keep giving this guy shows!

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      I was going to rank Genndy's female leads but I realized I passively dislike them all about to the same degree.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        even the one that fricks the monkey?

  31. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    How bad is this ending going to be?

  32. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    he fell off

  33. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    What is Genndy cooking here?

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      High concept, low effort schlock like Rainbow Unicorn whatever

  34. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    It's going to have the typical racial color gush.
    A brown, a black, and probably a blue? 3 brothers from different mothers?, hustling to rob and loot to find the dead father's one piece?. Probably a mix of comedic parodies of the anime Lupin and other shows he has done over the years. Unoriginal. Hey, remember that train wreck Unicorn something? Yeah, it was garbage. I wouldn't hold my breath. The only 2 good things Genndy did made was Samurai Jack and Primal. The rest is to their own.

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