Yes, folks, Season 4 of Rick and Morty has officially been announced! It felt like an eternity waiting between seasons 3 and 4, but it won't be long before we'll be waiting for the next batch of episodes

A new trailer has been released, with a great selection of songs and something the boys will never need: robot suits Rick's never-ending battle to energize young Morty seems to be getting even weirder, cartoon style

The big gap between Season 4 and Season 4 is largely due to the contract negotiated by Adult Swim and the show's co-creators, Dan Harmon and Justin Roland The new deal promised the showrunners 70 (whopping) new episodes, more than double the 31 episodes from seasons 1 through 3 And since it takes a lot of time to make that many episodes, they are spacing things out

It's been a rough few months since Rick and Morty season 4 began in November 2019 New episodes begin Sunday, May 3 at 11:30 PM ET, but this is only five episodes long, so it won't be long before we have to wait again

Hopefully we won't have to wait too long The huge gap between Season 3's October 2017 finale and last November was unsatisfying, as Harmon told Entertainment Weekly: "The gap between Season 3 and 4 is ridiculously long, and that it will be the last, I think it's safe to say, without fear of being wrong"

Harmon continued, "It's built into our agreement that if we're going strong and fast paced, we have the option to deliver more episodes at a time" It is unclear how the Coronavirus lockdown will affect production, but since this is an animated show, it may not be too bad

For people in the US, they can continue to watch Rick and Morty get into trouble on Cartoon Network's late-night Adult Swim block (available on both Sling Orange and Sling Blue), but for people around the world, The series also airs on other networks

Channel 4 will take Rick and Morty off Netflix for season 4, but Australians will keep the show in Netflix rotation

Let's raise the speaker Yes, the first trailer for the next season 4 of Rick and Morty will feature the boys returning to the chaos that Morty should be used to by now, to the famous music of Thin Lizzy

At San Diego Comic-Con 2019, beloved director Taika Waititi ("Thor: Ragnarok") will join the voice cast of Rick and Morty in Season 4 In the clip, we hear the voice of Grotty, a six-eyed purple alien with claws and an interest in creating apps Grotty is an intern under Rick, helping him develop a dating app

We would like Sam Neill ("Jurassic Park") to play his most iconic role, Dr Alan Grant, but Roland told Entertainment Weekly that Neill will voice another member of Grotti's alien crew

Other cast members include Paul Giamatti, Kathleen Turner, Matthew Broderick, and Liam Cunningham

If you're like me (a lapsed fan), take co-creator Justin Roland's advice, as he told EW" I would definitely say to watch all of season 3 before season 4"

Now, again, beware of plot spoilers These reports may have come from a website called Hiptoro

Early speculation, in connection with the above photo of a blissed-out Rick, suggests that Beth, Jerry, Morty, and Summer will be ridding their lives of the chaotic device maker for most of the season But this separation should create a new rift between Rick and his daughter Beth Beth may die this season, but she may come back to life

Plots for Episode 1 have been leaked, detailing that the show will be a little strange, an upbeat version that will be "lighter and happier than usual" " The tone may have something to do with the fact that Rick is in a state that closely resembles amnesia

We also hope to see a rerun of "Interdimensional Cable" In this series, families use a remote control to channel surf all kinds of strange programming in different dimensions We expect this from Rolando's Instagram post, captioned "Idc3 (maybe)" to an audio recording session in the studio