Aqua Teen Creators Dave Willis And Matt Maiellaro Are As Silly As Their Cartoon

This movie was announced at the same time as movies for "Metalocalypse" and "The Venture Brothers." Do you have any idea how those productions are coming along and when we might expect to see those released?

Maiellaro: They're coming along really great. I know at the end of "Metalocalypse" they all die, and "The Venture Brothers" probably will come out in 2046, and they take a cultural turn that you may or may not agree with. That's what I know about them because I talk to those guys all the time.

Are there any other canceled old Adult Swim series you'd want to see come back for movies?

Maiellaro: "The Moxy Show" would be a good one.

That was pre-Adult Swim. That was like Cartoon Network's first thing, right?

Maiellaro: Yeah.

Willis: Chris Rock was locked in on that, right? Who else was in that?

Maiellaro: Bobcat Goldthwait. Honestly, we're trying to revive that right now because I think that's what America needs. We're in talks.

There has been a lot of concern about layoffs and write-offs impacting animation at Warner Bros. Discovery. What does the future of Adult Swim look like to you in light of all this?

Willis: We don't know. We just know how to make our thing, and we have this weird job where we make adult cartoons, and hopefully it seems like those are shows that people want to watch and rewatch. We don't know anything about the machinations of Discovery+ or Warner Bros. Animation. It's like two phone calls, actually. One: "Would you do the movie?" Second one: "Thanks for turning in the movie." So I don't know. I don't know. I could get serious about it. I don't think you want that.

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