'President Curtis' Courtesy of Adult Swim Logo text Rick and Morty spinoff President Curtis apparently has a high approval rating, even before its series launch.
During the San Diego Comic-Con panel on Friday for the forthcoming Adult Swim animated series, the team announced that President Curtis has been renewed for a second season that is currently in production. Keith David leads the voice cast as President Andre Curtis for the project that premieres its first season Sunday, immediately following the season nine finale of Rick and Morty, with episodes set to stream the following day on HBO Max.
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David took part in the panel alongside co-stars Stephanie Beatriz and Jim Rash, in addition to co-creators and executive producers Dan Harmon and James Siciliano. President Curtis is part of the Rick and Morty universe and centers on the titular commander in chief, who has been a staple of the flagship series since David’s introduction during the season two fan-favorite “Get Schwifty” episode.
President Curtis follows the leader of the free world and his quirky staff as they navigate a range of crises, including interdimensional diplomacy, paranormal investigations and unexplained phenomena. Season two is set to introduce dangerous new threats, complicated alliances and an array of bizarre missions. Danielle Uhlarik, Monica Mitchell and Steve Levy executive produce the show with Harmon and Siciliano.
“President Curtis quickly proved himself worthy of another term!” Adult Swim president Michael Ouweleen said in a statement. “With Keith David’s inimitably endearing performance and the creativity of Dan, James and the entire show team, this series and this President are what the people need more of — even if they don’t know it yet.”
Rick and Morty launched in 2013 and has been renewed through season 12. The Hollywood Reporter reported last month that the show’s supervising director Jacob Hair was in talks to helm an animated feature version of the series for Warner Bros.
President Curtis Courtesy of Adult Swim “We certainly would like to do a second season,” Siciliano told THR about President Curtis during a recent interview. “Hopefully, we’ll go a long time.”
In his review of President Curtis for THR, chief television critic Daniel Fienberg wrote that the series “offers a reasonable amount of amusement” and that later episodes in the first season “are funnier, wilder and better focused than the opener.”
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