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Fox Orders Ancient Greece Animated Show From Rick & Morty’s Dan Harmon

February 9, 2021 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas

Fox is taking an animated trip back to ancient Greece courtesy of a new show from Rick & Morty’s Dan Harmon. The network announced (per Deadline) that they have given a series order to the as-yet-untitled series, which will debut in the spring of 2022.

Harmon is the creator and will serve as executive producer for the show. Set in mythical ancient Greece, it follows the story of a flawed family of humans, gods, and monsters that tries to run one of the world’s first cities without killing each other.

“It is such a nice, full-circle business moment in a sense that it represents many of the touch points that we’ve talked about,” Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier said in a statement. “We have a Fox Entertainment fully owned and financed animated show from Dan Harmon at the top of his game that Bento Box will produce, and it will be ours for the broadcast network and to stream on Tubi. The series also is the first to move forward under our broadcast direct model.”

Collier added, “Leave it to Dan Harmon to turn the mythos of early Greek civilization into remarkably sharp commentary on today’s politics, celebrity and pop culture. This project is an incredibly irreverent family comedy as told by one of the town’s most inventive storytellers. We are proud to be partnered with Dan on this series, which strengthens our hold on the animation space and, as we continue to build Fox Entertainment, marks an important first step for us with our first fully-owned scripted property.”