A few hours ago it was announced that justin roiland he had been fired from ‘Rick and Morty’, a series he co-created with Dan Harmon and in which he was also in charge, among other tasks, of lending his voice to the two main characters. The news now is that Roiland has been fired from two other series: ‘Solar Opposites’ and Koala Man.
The truth is that it was an inevitable movement, because if in Adult Swaim they could do without it hulu What 20th Century Animation They had a hard time explaining why they kept counting on him in terms of image. And it is that we do not forget that Roiland has been accused but not convicted of mistreatment, so right now these dismissals are still a movement to try to prevent the controversy from splashing them later.
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In the case of ‘Solar Opposites’, Roiland was also its co-creator and coshowrunner, also giving his voice to one of the main characters -and also several secondary ones-, while in ‘Koala Man’ he only lent his voice to a secondary characterso it should be the series least affected by all this controversy.
For now, this is not expected to affect ‘Solar Opposites’ too much eitherWell, the plans are to continue with it – it has been renewed for a long time until its fifth season – and it is expected that an actor will be signed to replace Roiland in the character of Korvo.
Meanwhile, the next stage of Roiland’s legal battle to try to prove his claimed innocence will take place. next April 27.
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