Dan Harmon reveals that writing for Rick and Morty Season 6 has begun!

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Rick and Morty, Season 6, Dan Harmon

Despite RICK AND MORTY being in the midst of airing the second part of its fourth season, the animated series' co-creator, Dan Harmon, recently revealed that scripting for Season 6 is currently underway. Harmon said as much in a recent Instagram post, where in addition to hyping a special reunion table read for Community, he'd disclosed that Alex Rubens, a writer for the off-kilter animated comedy, is back for another batch of episodes that'll have the show's characters exploring parts unkown and more.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Today we Zoom a special reunion table read of the Community episode in which Pierce bestows frozen sperm from his grave. The incredible Walton Goggins can’t make it so Pedro Pascal will play Pierce’s lawyer. He’s on some Disney show where Boba Fett’s in college with Yoda’s niece. In keeping with that theme, the part of Troy will be played by Lando. Yes, for real, the whole gang is back together. We got Horse Girl, we got Card Shark, we got ‘em all. I don’t know the details of when it will be available, but don’t worry about missing it, we’re doing it for you. Also streaming it live could never happen because we have to edit out @yvettenicolebrown’s rants about storming Area 51. One more magical thing about today: the script we’re reading, Cooperative Polygraphy, is by Community and Rick and Morty alum Alex Rubens, who is BACK at RaM writing on season 6. He was wearing a suit in yesterday’s Zoom session because during lunch he was attending a Zoom funeral. Not a joke. Hard to tell jokes from life these days. These are odd times but everybody that worked on the show has been feeling the love and joy from all the rookie and veteran Community fans binging the show on Netflix. I’m going to go take the first pre-table read shower of my life. Sincere love to the fans and the cast, thanks for the best pre-Cody years of my life #sixseasonsandamovie

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As a part of his detailed Instagram post, Harmon wrote: "One more magical thing about today: the script we're reading, 'Cooperative Polygraphy', is by Community and Rick and Morty alum Alex Rubens, who is BACK at RaM writing on season 6."

The fact that Harmon and his crew are already way ahead of the game when it comes to churning out content for RICK AND MORTY will come as no surprise to fans, especially when you consider that earlier this year, RICK AND MORTY voice actor Chris Parnell declared that the show aims to take shorter breaks between seasons.

"[Harmon and co-creator Justin Roiland] wanted some job security, and they wanted to know that the show was going to be around for a while so that they and the writers could get into some sort of momentum," Parnell previously told TVLine. "We'll see less lengthy breaks between seasons going forward because of that. And it's very gratifying to know we're going to have all those episodes. Hopefully, Jerry will be around for the duration. You never know."

In the years since its late 2013 premiere, RICK AND MORTY has become a pop culture juggernaut, inspiring fans all across the globe to crave any and all content from the animated love letter to Robert Zemeckis' BACK TO THE FUTURE and more. With episodes still remaining for season four, a fifth one in the hopper, and work progressing on season six, it's clear that fans are going to need countless vats of szechuan sauce if they're to be prepared for every outlandish antic and exploration of time and space.

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Born and raised in New York, then immigrated to Canada, Steve Seigh has been a JoBlo.com editor, columnist, and critic since 2012. He started with Ink & Pixel, a column celebrating the magic and evolution of animation, before launching the companion YouTube series Animation Movies Revisited. He's also the host of the Talking Comics Podcast, a personality-driven audio show focusing on comic books, film, music, and more. You'll rarely catch him without headphones on his head and pancakes on his breath.