‘Heist Brothers’: Genndy Tartakovsky’s Next Greenlit to Series by Adult Swim!!

Earlier this year, Genndy Tartakovsky finally returned to Adult Swim to give Spear the happy ending he deserved with the third season of Primal. The prolific animation creator, known for his beloved Cartoon Network hits like Samurai Jack and Dexter’s Laboratory, as well as the Hotel Transylvania films, has expressed an interest in continuing to explore his brutal, anachronistic prehistory through an anthology format, but the latest run felt like a fitting conclusion, giving unexpected closure after one half of the show’s man and dinosaur duo met his end in Season 2. So far, there’s been no word from the network itself about the future of the bloody adult animated series. However, that hasn’t stopped Tartakovsky from looking forward to his next projects.

During Prime Video‘s adult animation panel at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival this week, Tartakovsky‘s next project through Cartoon Network Studios was confirmed — a new series reboot of Conan the Barbarian. It’s a rare project from CN that won’t be streaming on its home turf of HBO Max or airing on the linear network itself, though no matter where it arrives, the announcement marks a big development for the sword and sorcery franchise. Included with the reveal was a look at the titular hero reimagined in the creator’s signature style, but with the same might that defined Conan as created by Robert E. Howard and embodied in film by Arnold Schwarzenegger. However, that’s not all Tartakovsky has up his sleeve, as a new report revealed that one of his ideas that he first pitched at Annecy two years ago is officially moving forward.

Adult Swim has given the green light to Heist Brothers, a “high-octane animated action-comedy” with a simple premise following three frog brothers who rob a bank. According to the official logline, however, the secret sauce lies in the execution of the idea. Clearly, Tartakovsky‘s Primal partners saw the vision, opting to take it to series after announcing it was in development just last year under the title Heist Safari. Its first run will consist of ten 15-minute episodes, though further details remain under wraps at this time. Adult Swim head Michael Ouweleen teased, however, that it’ll be a riotous visual comedy taking cues from both classic animators like Tex Avery and the action-comedy stylings of Guy Ritchie.

Adult Swim Offered a Glimpse of the Future at Annecy

This year’s trip to Annecy has been an eventful one for Adult Swim. Heist Brothers adds to a growing list of upcoming shows the network has been previewing throughout this week. Most notable of the bunch has been the Keith David-led Rick and Morty spin-off, President Curtis, which just received an official trailer ahead of its launch in July. Attendees have also gotten a peek behind the curtain at the production of a few other key upcoming series, including the second season of last year’s breakout hit Common Side Effects, as well as the adaptation of the late Anthony Bourdain‘s comic, Get Jiro!. Ouweleen also shared some early details about the in-development Rick and Morty movie with Collider‘s Steve Weintraub, confirming that it’s taking some inspiration from Indiana Jones and the feeling the classic adventure trilogy inspires.