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[06/12/25 - 02:00 PM]
Adult Swim Reveals New and Returning Series and a Forthcoming Special Featuring Top Industry Creators at Annecy International Animation Film Festival
Adult Swim also announced that the new quarter-hour comedy "Women Wearing Shoulder Pads" will premiere globally beginning Sunday, August 17 at midnight ET/PT.







ELEPHANT, THE (ADULT SWIM)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
6/12/25
STATUS:
currently in development (2024-2025 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to series
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
one-off special
DESCRIPTION:
(from Adult Swim's press release, June 2025) Celebrated for shaping some of the most beloved and groundbreaking animated series of our time, a powerhouse collection of creators including Rebecca Sugar (Steven Universe), Ian Jones-Quartey (OK K.O.!), Patrick McHale (Over the Garden Wall), and Pendleton Ward (Adventure Time) are reuniting for a one-of-a-kind animated event so mysterious, even they don't know what it's about. Adult Swim's The Elephant is an animated special where one team is responsible for one of three acts without any knowledge of what the others are making. With Sugar and Jones-Quartey working as a duo and McHale and Ward overseeing their own separate parts, The Elephant is guided by "game masters" Jack Pendarvis and Kent Osborne for a storytelling experiment that unfolds as a collaborative surprise, ultimately merging into a single, unexpected narrative. Married to the animated special will be a behind the scenes documentary, showing the unconventional situation in which the directors were operating. Coming to Adult Swim, The Elephant promises to be a truly original experience - not just for audiences, but for the creators themselves. The Elephant is produced by Titmouse for Adult Swim.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Ian Jones-Quartey as DIR
· Patrick McHale as DIR
· Pendleton Ward as DIR
· Rebecca Sugar as DIR
GENRE(S):
· comedy (all)
· comedy (animated)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Titmouse