Everyone’s favorite space-based alien family, the “Solar Opposites,” are returning to Hulu for a third season. Originally premiering in 2020, “Solar Opposites” took the adult animated sitcom and gave it a sci-fi twist. Co-creators Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan both worked on the acclaimed sci-adventure series “Rick and Morty,” with Roiland voicing both lead characters and McMahan writing. Much like “Rick and Morty,” science and technology are at the forefront of the show, but a little bit of magic slips in every now and again.

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Holy Shlorp! Get a taste of the craziness of “Solar Opposites” season two with the official trailer of the all-new season. Last year, the adult animated comedy series “Solar Opposites,” co-created by Justin Roiland (“Rick & Morty“) and Mike McMahan (ex-writer’s assistant on “Rick & Morty”), really took the mature, strange and wacky animated world by storm. Clearly influenced by the model, style, and humor of “Rick & Morty” whence the creators came from, the series centered around a team of four aliens, voiced by Justin Roiland, Thomas Middleditch, Sean Giambrone, and Mary Mack, who escaped their exploding homeworld only to crash land into a move-in-ready home in suburban America.

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Animated science fiction has come a long way since “Star Trek: The Animated Series” in the ‘70s, with shows like “Futurama” and “Rick & Morty” using the budgetary freedom allowed by the form to truly go where no man has gone before. With the branding of CBS All Access as the place to go for all things “Star Trek” with acclaimed shows “Star Trek: Picard,” it makes sense that they would bring animation back to this franchise, this one under the producer’s gaze of Alex Kurtzman, showrunner of the hit “Star Trek: Discovery.” Why not expand on Gene Roddenberry’s world with an adult-driven action comedy with the boundless creativity allowed by the form of animation?

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