Five years after the last iteration of Steven Universe ended, the show’s, uh, universe is expanding again.
A sequel series focused on supporting character Lars Barriga is in the works at Prime Video. Steven Universe: Lars of the Stars comes from the original show’s creator, Rebecca Sugar, and supervising director Ian Jones-Quartey, who will executive produce. Cartoon Network Studios is behind the project, which was announced Tuesday at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
Sugar announced the new show at Annecy after giving a live performance of one of her original songs, written for Cartoon Network’s hit Adventure Time series.
At the same session for Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe, Cartoon Network announced an Adventure Time spin-off, Adventure Time: Side Quests, and season 10 renewal for Teen Titans Go!.
Lars of the Stars, per its logline, “follows Lars Barriga, eternal teenager and space outlaw, as he and his pirate crew smuggle contraband, evade the authorities, and uncover the darkest secrets of the fallen Gem Empire.”
Should it go to series at the Amazon-owned Prime Video, Lars of the Stars will be the first Steven Universe show not to air on Cartoon Network. The original series ran from 2013-19 and was followed by a feature-length movie and the series Steven Universe Future, which concluded in 2020.
As for Teen Titans Go!, the renewal extends the show’s record as the longest-running DC animated series. A premiere date for season 10, which will continue to follow the (mis)adventures of Robin, Starfire, Cyborg, Beast Boy and Raven, will be announced later. Luke Cormican, Peggy Regan and Sam Register executive produce the series, which comes from WB Animation.
The Annecy showcase also featured first-look clips and concept art for Foster’s Funtime for Imaginary Friends, the preschool spin-off show of Craig McCracken’s Cartoon Network hit Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends; The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball, the revival seventh season of Ben Bocquelet’s The Amazing World of Gumball, which will air on Hulu and Cartoon Network International; and SuperMutant Magical Academy, the upcoming Adult Swim show from Regular Show and Close Enough creator J.G. Quintel, based on Jillian Tamaki’s webcomic of the same name.
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