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George Lowe, the voice behind the famous character Space Ghost, passed away on Mar. 2 at the age of 67, and was confirmed by his representative to Deadline. His career spanned several decades, and he has lent his voice to many movies and TV shows. But he will be remembered most for voicing Sg on Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, a memorable and hilarious talk show featuring real-life actors, musicians, and others.

The voice actor and comedian was born in Dunedin, Florida, got his start at a radio station when he was only 15. Lowe later did a variety of voiceover work for Cartoon Network and Twbs in the 1980s and early 90s. But his big break came when he was cast as Space Ghost in 1994 for Cartoon Network's then-new animated and live-action talk show, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, which was created by Mike Lazzo, who went on to co-found Adult Swim.

George Lowe, the voice actor and comedian best known for his work as Space Ghost on the cult favorite series Space Ghost Coast to Coast, has died. He was 67.

A rep for Lowe confirmed his death to Rolling Stone. An exact cause of death wasn’t given, but according to a statement shared by Lowe’s family on Wednesday, March 5, Lowe died after facing “challenges” following elective heart surgery.

“George Lowe’s family has been grief stricken and unable to respond regarding his passing, on March 02, 2025, until now,” the statement read.

Veteran voice actor and comedian George Lowe, best known as the voice of Space Ghost on Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and many others, died Sunday, March 2, his representive confirmed to Deadline. He was 67.

His longtime friend “Marvelous Marvin” Boone paid tribute to Lowe on Facebook.

“I’m beyond devastated,” Boone wrote. “My Zobanian brother and best friend for over 40 years, George Lowe, has passed away after a long illness. A part of me had also died. He was a supremely talented Artist and Voice actor. A true warm hearted Genius. Funniest man on Earth too. I’ve stolen jokes from him for decades. He stole some of mine. He was also the voice of Space Ghost and so much more. Pweeloto.”

Born in Dunedin, Fl, Lowe got his first radio job with local station Wwjb at the age of 15. Lowe did occasional voice-over work for Tbws and Cartoon Network...

Acclaimed voice actor and Space Ghost: Coast to Coaststar George Lowe has tragically passed away.

Lowe's passing was confirmed by Av Club writer Will Harris on social media. The Adult Swim legend and iconic voice of Space Ghost during the character's animated late night talk show revival series was 67 years old at the time of his passing.

Harris wrote, "Just learned from one of his friends that George Lowe, voice of the titular character from Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, has died. R.I.P., George.

Just learned from one of his friends that George Lowe, voice of the titular character from Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, has died. R.I.P., George— Will Harris (@willharrisinva.bsky.social)2025-03-04T14:22:53.942Z

Born in 1957, Lowe's voice acting career began taking off in the late 1980s, during which he provided various voices for TBS, which eventually led to...

George Lowe, a veteran voice actor whose credits include the title role in Space Ghost Coast to Coast, died on March 2 at age 67, a spokesperson confirms for TVLine.

Lowe reportedly passed following a long illness, his longtime friend “Marvelous” Marvin Boone shared on Facebook.

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Back in July 2023, Space Ghost Coast to Coast contributing writer Mc Chris shared with fans concerned about Lowe’s conspicuous...

Acclaimed Space Ghost writer David Pepose shares his pitch perfect fan cast for a potential feature film based on the franchise.

Responding to a fan question on X, Pepose quite simply stated that Mad Men star Jon Hamm would be his preferred choice for a live-action Space Ghost. Pepose also gave a thumbs up to the suggestion of Reacher star Alan Ritchson playing the part, while he stated that Academy Award nominee Josh Brolin would be a perfect fit for Space Ghost's malevolent, interdimensional variant, the Space Spectre.

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Jon Hamm. https://t.co/cfrVJRLeKW— David Pepose - Comic Book Writer (@Peposed) January 11, 2025

Created by Hanna-Barbera Productions and designed by Alex Toth,...

Luke Skywalker is teaming up with Wonder Woman for a worthy cause.

Mark Hamill has joined the star-studded lineup for Lynda Carter‘s upcoming virtual Kamala Harris fundraiser Geeks & Nerds for Harris/Walz, which will stream live on Sept. 24 at 8pm Et.

Also joining the lineup are Sean Astin and Andy Merrill, as well as the casts of The Boys and Supernatural, along with creator Eric Kripke.

Co-hosted by fan activist and Carter’s Potomac Productions media director Sabrina Cartan, the event is produced is Broadway Unlocked. Previously announced appearances include Stacey Abrams, Yvette Nicole Brown, LeVar Burton, Misha Collins, Patty Jenkins, Bill Nye, Jeri Ryan, Anthony Rapp, Matthew Modine, George Takei and Mary Trump’s Nerd Avengers.

In addition to the celebrity guests, Geeks & Nerds for Harris/Walz will feature a group of the nation’s leading scientists,...

Zorak returns in a horrifying new form, striking fear into the galaxy and even Space Ghost himself. Space Ghost is reimagined by Dynamite Entertainment for a new era, respecting the original lore while adding new twists. Zorak now leads a genocidal cult seeking to bring a destructive god into reality, posing a genuine threat.

Warning: contains spoilers for Space Ghost #4!

Zorak, the once-wacky sidekick of Space Ghost, has returned to his villainous roots in a horrifying new redesign in Dynamites new series. Dynamite Entertainments Space Ghost book is reinventing the Saturday morning cult icon for a new era. In issue four, Zorak returns in a gruesome new form, one that strikes fear and terror not only into the galaxy at lage, but even Space Ghost himself.

Space Ghost was created by noted comic artist Alex Toth.

Space Ghost #4 is written by David Pepose and drawn by Jonathan Lau. On the Ghost Planet,...

Adult Swim is ready to make major strides in its presence in Europe. The network's president, Michael Ouweleen, recently spoke about its search for international talent.

Last Friday, Ouweleen spoke about Adult Swim's future during a panel at the 2024 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. In an interview with Variety, he spoke about the studios interest in expanding its international scope. Adult Swim is currently seeing substantial growth in the U.S. thanks to the success of their recent animated properties, including Season 2 of My Adventures with Superman. With the launch of Max in France, Poland, and Monaco, Adult Swim will now be more available to European audiences. Ouweleen hopes to see more international creators gain interest in Adult Swim during the coming years.

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The Brak Show co-creator and animation icon Andy Merrill opens up...

Get Jiro! is getting turned into a TV series by Adult Swim. Having gotten a series order, the new show is based on the graphic novel co-written by the late Anthony Bourdain.

Per THR, Get Jiro! is one of two shows that were announced to be in the works at Adult Swim. The series adaptation will be a half-hour animated show created by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka. It is directly based on the DC/Vertigo graphic novel series that's written by Bourdain and Joel Rose with artwork by Langdon Foss and Al Garza. The first installment of the series was published in 2012.

Related Adult Swim Icon Talks Hitting 'Rock Bottom' on Space Ghost Coast to Coast's 30th Anniversary

The Brak Show co-creator and animation icon Andy Merrill opens up about hitting "rock bottom" in response to another classic series' anniversary.

DC describes the original graphic novel as a "stylized...

Space Ghost: Coast to Coast is a legendary series. It was the first fully original program for Cartoon Network, with Space Ghost himself acting as the networks first mascot. It was spearheaded by eventual Adult Swim executive Mike Lazzo, and its writers would range from future Adult Swim employees to future writers for David Letterman. In addition to this, Coast to Coast served as a launchpad for series like Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Brak Show and Harvey Birdman. Coast to Coast ran for nearly a decade before ending regular production, going through several notable eras and creating dozens of unforgettable episodes. But throughout its history, some have stood the test of time as true stars among the series massive multimedia space.

In April 2024, Space Ghost: Coast to Coast celebrated its 30th anniversary, with Adult Swim even hosting a live YouTube stream to remind everyone where it all started. While...

Dynamite's new Space Ghost series focuses on action and realism, ditching the darker tones from past reboots. Space Ghost's origin story is skipped in #1, with the focus on epic fight scenes and an intriguing plot. Pepose and Lau's version reinvents key characters like Jan, Jace, and Blip, setting up an action-packed series.

Warning: contains spoilers for Space Ghost #1!

Dynamites new Space Ghost series foregoes the darker tones of previous reboots, including DCs mid-aughts reinvention, instead placing the focus on non-stop action and surprising realism. For over half a century, Space Ghost has fought bad guys across the universe. With his trusty sidekicks Jan, Jace and Blip, Space Ghost fought his way into cult hero status, and his new title at Dynamite is one of the years best.

Space Ghost #1, written by David Pepose and drawn by Jonathan Lau, skips the characters origin story, at least for now. The book...

Last October, Dodge Greenley, the creator behind Pibby and Friends: Apocalypse, revealed that Adult Swim has yet to pick up the pilot for the edgy Cartoon Network crossover and likely never will. Now, Greenley has uploaded storyboards from the pilot.

On Greenley's portfolio website, storyboards for the pilot of Pibby and Friends: Apocalypse were uploaded. Storyboards for Greenley's previous animated works like Jellystone! and Tig n' Seek are also available. The Pibby pilot consists of 290 pages, detailing Pibby's pre-school homeworld being destroyed by an evil menace known as the "Glitch." Outside the initial teaser, this is the closest fans have gotten to seeing how Pibby would have unfolded as a show.

So they straight up know they are in a show. Show ends, new episode, etc. Would that include reruns? Cause thatd be kinda fucked repeating days like that.#pibby #LearningWithPibby pic.twitter.com/RbTTn8MiDS xSkirx (@X_Skir_X) April 29, 2024 Guys did you see,...

Former Adult Swim star and The Brak Show co-creator Andy Merrill responds to a Space Ghost Coast to Coast's 30th anniversary. Specifically, by discussing hitting "rock bottom."

In an April 15 post on X, Merrill responded to a fan celebrating the classic Adult Swim series' 30th anniversary. "If you would've told me 30 years ago that today, I would be at the bottomest rockiest rung of the rock bottom ladder, I wouldn't have believed you," Merrill wrote.

If you would’ve told me 30 years ago that today, I would be at the bottomest rockiest rung of the rock bottom ladder, I wouldn’t have believed you. https://t.co/YTUdFGoeRW — Andy “Brak, Fun Uncle Pat, & other thingsâ€. Merrill (@amerrill2) April 15, 2024

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With so many streaming services on the market, sometimes it’s the little things that keep you coming back to your streamer of choice. Whether that’s the colors on the menu, the sound it makes when you click on a new tile, or the selection of avatars available for your individual profile. With the launch of Warner Bros. Discovery’s new and improved streaming service Max coming next week, the company has announced a truly massive list of avatars that will be available starting Tuesday, May 23 when HBO Max and discovery+ essentially are merged into a single platform.

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Wbd says that when all of HBO Max’s library is joined by the majority of discovery+’s content, there will be twice as many titles available as before, and Max’s profiles will...

Looking to check out the latest iteration of Aqua Teen Hunger Force — Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm? It's now available for streaming.

Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm is the latest entry in the long-running Aqua Teen Hunger Force series. The 2022 animated film is a direct-to-video and streaming movie that continues the adventure of the Athf characters, with Master Shake, Frylock, Meatwad, and of course, Carl, returning.

Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm is currently streaming on Amazon Prime.

Watch Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm on Amazon Prime Video

The Long History of Aqua Teen Hunger Force

If you're not familiar with Aqua Teen Hunger Force (also known as simply Athf or Aqua Teen) it originated as an animated series on the cable channel Adult Swim's late-night block of programming. It was an important part of the network's early programming, alongside other animated shows such as Sealab 2021, The Brak Show, and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.

Burbank, CA It was announced today at the Adult Swim Festival by Aqua Teen Hunger Force creators Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro that an all-new mystery-adventure with Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad is on the way! The all-new original movie titled Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm is coming to Digital, 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray on November 8, 2022 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. This is the second film adaptation inspired from one of Adult Swim’s longest running animated series – Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm is priced to own on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack (USA 39.99 Srp; Canada 44.98 Srp) and Blu-ray (USA 29.98 Srp; Canada 39.99 Srp) as well as on Digital. Preorders will be available on August 7, 2022.

Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm will also be available on Movies Anywhere. Using the free Movies Anywhere app and website, consumers can access all their eligible movies by connecting their Movies Anywhere account with their participating digital retailer accounts.

Since children often go to sleep on the earlier side, channels targeting them needed to find something else to air late at night. Nickelodeon had Nick at Nite and Disney had Vault Disney which aired both adult content and vintage programming. In 2001, competing children’s channel, Cartoon Network, decided to enter into the late-night programming game with Adult Swim, which kicked-off each night saying “All kids out of the pool”. However, unlike its competitors, Adult Swim aired mostly original shows and like its home-network, only offered animated series. Many of their shows were parodies based on the 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon, Space Ghost including Space Ghost Coast to Coast, The Brak Show, and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, all of which are currently available for streaming on HBOMax.

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As August winds down, it’s time to look ahead to everything that’s hitting the major streaming services in September. As always, there’s an enormous haul of originals and newly licensed titles going up across Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu and Prime Video over the month, including content from every genre out there.

The first day of September brings the usual lengthy list of movies arriving on most of the sites. Just a few of the highlights include all three Back to the Future films returning to Netflix, every entry in the Twilight saga arriving on Hulu and countless iconic movies going up on HBO Max, including Grease, Miss Congeniality and V for Vendetta. Also, Doctor Who fans will want to take note, as the most recent season of the show lands on HBO Max the same day.

Feel free to inspect the full list of everything...

Although it still has a long way to go to catch up to Netflix, HBO Max is gradually building a reputation for both an impressive library of content and its own original programming. As well as reportedly working on a number of Batman-focused series, the WarnerMedia streamer is also absorbing shows from DC Universe, and funding the Snyder Cut of Justice League. We now know what’s coming to HBO Max in September, and there’s plenty there for subscribers to sink their teeth into.

The big original series highlight next month is the Ridley Scott-produced Raised by Wolves, which explores two androids raising human children. Created by Adam Guzikowski, the program could be one of HBO Max’s first big hits with critics and audiences, and is set to arrive on September 3rd. Other notable originals include comedy Unpregnant, wherein a pregnant teenager travels to Mexico with her...

HBO Max is out with its list of everything new coming to the streaming service in the month of September.

Highlights include Ridley Scott’s “Raised by Wolves,” out Sept. 3, which follows two androids raising a human child on a distant planet; “Coastal Elites” starring Bette Midler, Kaitlyn Dever, Dan Levy, Sarah Paulson and Issa Rae, out Sept. 12, and “The Murders at White House Farm,” which is out in Sept. but doesn’t yet have an exact premiere date.

Others without a premiere date coming in Sept. include season one of “Haute Dog,” “Mo Willems: Don’t Let the Pigeon Do Storytime!” and seasons one through three of “The Great Pottery Throw Down.”

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93Queen, 2018

All The Right Moves, 1983 (HBO)

The Astronaut Farmer, 2007 (HBO)

Badlands, 1973

Ballmastrz: 9009, 2018

Bandidas, 2006 (HBO)

Barnyard, 2006 (HBO)

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,...

WarnerMedia’s grand streaming experiment continues apace with HBO Max’s list of new releases for September 2020.

This month, HBO Max is bring some serious dramatic heat with the Ridley Scott-directed sci-fi series Raised by Wolves arriving on Sept. 3. And if science fiction isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, then HBO Max has identified something that is: true crime. The Murders at White House Farm will arrive at a date to be determined in September.

In addition to those intriguing original offerings, HBO Max is making the best of its WarnerMedia library this month. Doctor Who season 12 makes its long-awaited streaming debut on Sept. 1. Also arriving on the first of the month are Clerks, Election, and the hopefully-not-too-timely V for Vendetta.

Recent horror hit The Invisible Man arrives on Sept. 19. It is complemented by HBO Max original comedy Unpregnant on Sept. 10.

Here is everything else coming to HBO Max this month.

The world of Harvey Birdman is expanding.

Adult Swim has given a series order to “Birdgirl,” a spinoff of “Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law” with Paget Brewster set to lend her voice to the title character. Brewster previously voiced Birdgirl in the original series as well as the recent special “Harvey Birdman, Attorney General,” which aired on Adult Swim in October.

In the new series, after being named CEO of the world’s largest and most non-sensical corporation, Sebben & Sebben, Judy Ken Sebben (aka Birdgirl) has to find a way to maintain her work/superhero life balance. Through the halls of the company headquarters she assembles her Birdteam. By day, they try to drag the company into this century. By mid-afternoon, they usually end up having to break a lot of things to stop something bad that one of them may have helped cause.

The half-hour series was created and...

Brian Wysol, creator of Adult Swim’s new animated series Hot Streets wanted to bring back the days of Space Ghost and The Brak Show, with his surreal sci-fi adventure series. If you’ve been tuning in to Adult Swim as of late, you’ve probably stumbled across Wysol’s creation, which premiered during the late-night block of unusual animated and live-action programming earlier this month. That means you’ve also taken in the adventures of agents Mark Branski and Donald French, as they investigate and do battle with all sorts of weird, supernatural creatures.

...what? Look, I'm not going to mince too many words, this looks wretched. The animation looks like it was filmed in the Mii-verse, and the stakes so low, superficial, and cliche, I'm surprised there isn't an evil land developer plotline for no reason. And the character models? While the dad looks like the dad from The Brak Show, the little girl version of Maria looks like a Bratz doll in... Read More...

Adult Swim animator and voice actor Clay Martin Croker died yesterday at the age of 54, as reported by Adult Swim creative director Jason DeMarco and contributor/rapper Mc Chris. Croker is best known for voicing both Zorak and Moltar on the long-running Cartoon Network talk show parody “Space Ghost Coast to Coast,” a series credited for establishing Adult Swim, spawning four separate spin-off shows — “Aqua Teen Hunger Force,” “Sealab 2021,” “The Brak Show,” and “Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law” — and produced the majority of the writers and staff who still currently work for the alternative programming block.

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There was a certain point in history, somewhere between The Simpsons and Daria, when TV animation ceased to be the sole provenance of kids drooling over their morning bowls of Lucky Charms. These days, cartoons for grown-ups are not only ubiquitous, but hilariously twisted and high-quality to boot — and that's due in large part to a phenomenon called Adult Swim. What began as a freaky little block of late-night programming has evolved into a vast, even-freakier universe of animated and live-action series with a sardonic, absurdist sense of humor that's...

Yes even Adult Swim joined the upfronts fray last week, and has now announced its forthcoming programming for 2012-2013. Back for more of what they do best are favorites Robot Chicken, Ntsf:sd:suv, and Children’s Hospital, along with newcomer Newsreaders, an animated Harold and Kumar, and the return of Toonami.

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Adult Swim, basic cable’s #1 network with young adults for seven consecutive years, sets out to “control” the night by announcing a slate of new and returning programming at its annual Upfront presentation in New York City. Hours before their annual event featuring a scheduled performance by Grammy Award-winning rap artist T.I.,...

Old Cartoon Network classics are making a comeback, courtesy of Brak and Zorak.

Everyone's favorite space cat and giant praying mantis of the early 2000s cartoon "The Brak Show" are officially hosting "Cartoon Planet," an hour-long block featuring the eccentric shows of Cartoon Network past, starting this Friday, Mar. 30 from 8-9 p.m.

The series will include cartoons like "Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends," "Dexter's Laboratory," "Johnny Bravo," "Flapjack," "The Powerpuff Girls" and more.

Friday night's lineup will feature episodes of "Cow and Chicken," "The Powerpuff Girls," "Foster's Home," "Johnny Bravo" and "Dexter's Lab."

Tune in to "Cartoon Planet" on Fridays from 8-9 p.m. Et on Cartoon Network.

Old Cartoon Network classics are making a comeback, courtesy of Brak and Zorak.

Everyone's favorite space cat and giant praying mantis of the early 2000s cartoon "The Brak Show" are officially hosting "Cartoon Planet," an hour-long block featuring the eccentric shows of Cartoon Network past, starting this Friday, Mar. 30 from 8-9 p.m.

The series will include cartoons like "Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends," "Dexter's Laboratory," "Johnny Bravo," "Flapjack," "The Powerpuff Girls" and more.

Friday night's lineup will feature episodes of "Cow and Chicken," "The Powerpuff Girls," "Foster's Home," "Johnny Bravo" and "Dexter's Lab."

Tune in to "Cartoon Planet" on Fridays from 8-9 p.m. Et on Cartoon Network.

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Movies are becoming turducken. Not content to be just turkey, the turkey is stuffed with a duck. And that duck? Stuffed with roast chicken. Three meats, perfectly tasty in their own right, frankensteined together into a poultry monstrosity that is ever so slowly becoming an honest-to-goodness Holiday tradition. It's overkill; to paraphrase 'The Brak Show' it's "death by deliciosity."

When I first saw the trailer for Zack Snyder's upcoming 'Sucker Punch' I thought it looked like a Pussycat Dolls' music video, only with dragons. And samurai. And Nazis. And did I see a zombie in there? There's a brand new trailer now, released just this week, with a little bit more of the story revealed (a girl in an asylum lives out her escape plan through a mental fantasy -- maybe?), but it's still a hodge-podge of images from adolescent geek playground.

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Movies are becoming turducken. Not content to be just turkey, the turkey is stuffed with a duck. And that duck? Stuffed with roast chicken. Three meats, perfectly tasty in their own right, frankensteined together into a poultry monstrosity that is ever so slowly becoming an honest-to-goodness Holiday tradition. It's overkill; to paraphrase 'The Brak Show' it's "death by deliciosity."

When I first saw the trailer for Zack Snyder's upcoming 'Sucker Punch' I thought it looked like a Pussycat Dolls' music video, only with dragons. And samurai. And Nazis. And did I see a zombie in there? There's a brand new trailer now, released just this week, with a little bit more of the story revealed (a girl in an asylum lives out her escape plan through a mental fantasy -- maybe?), but it's still a hodge-podge of images from adolescent geek playground.

Adult Swim, which is typically written this way, [adult swim], to give personality to the title, is part of Cartoon Network. It’s primarily dedicated to animated TV shows that are for adults and not for kids. That’s not to say that the content is obscene necessarily, but the humor is directed to a more sophisticated audience. By making use of innovative DVD publishing technology, Adult Swim brings its consumers Adult Swim Shop (adultswimshop.com) for manufactured on demand DVD purchasing. Now all the zany and sometimes demented cartoons that are on or have been on adult are available to customers through Adult Swim Shop. There are a few non-cartoon titles.

Some of the titles that Adult Swim Shop offers are: Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Brak Show, Frisky Dingo, 12 oz. Mouse, Harvey Birdman, Metalocalypse, The Mighty Boosh, Moral Orel, Robot Chicken, Sealab 2021, Space Ghost and Space Ghost Coast To Coast.

Comedian and Kenny G lookalike "Weird Al" Yankovic has inked a deal to direct and star in a live-action TV movie for Cartoon Network. Sadly, it's not a sequel to his 1989 cult classic Uhf, so don't expect to see Michael Richards tossing poodles out of a ten-story window again.

Yankovic was nice enough to interview himself about the project on his personal blog. He's keeping mum about the movie's plot details, but he revealed that the film's protagonist would be a teenager. Yankovic also said he'd take on a supporting role.

If the film is able to draw an audience, it's likely that Cartoon Network will develop it or another Weird Al project into a live-action series. The network already has a working relationship with Yankovic thanks to his voice work on The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, The Brak Show, and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job.

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Smells like nerd comedian-musician-parodist extraordinaire "Weird Al" Yankovic will be diving into his first feature-length directing gig for the Cartoon Network, where he's already established himself as an animated presence on shows like The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, The Brak Show, and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job. Yankovic broke the news earlier today on his own blog, where he preempted the inevitable media queries about his unnamed project by interviewing himself.

"Have you already written the script?

Yes -- in fact, I'm about to start the third draft. It needs to be fine-tuned a bit more and it hasn't been officially green-lit yet, but it's gotten some very positive buzz at the network.

Is is going to be a sequel to Uhf?

Sorry, no.

Is it going to be a documentary about Winston Churchill?

Again, no.

Is it going to be funny?

Well, that's the intention."

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Midway Games announced Tuesday that it has signed a multiterritory agreement with Cartoon Network to publish video games based on five of the network's Adult Swim programs and three of its top-rated children's programs. Under the terms of the deals, which went through Cartoon Network's sibling company Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Midway secures multiterritory rights to develop and publish games for the console, hand-held and PC platforms. Adult Swim is the network's late-night programming block of animation that targets on an older -- if not necessarily mature -- audience. The shows included in the Midway deal are: Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Brak Show, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, Sealab 2021 and Space Ghost Coast to Coast.