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Adult Swim Orders Genndy Tartakovsky’s Heist Brothers

The 10-episode short-form series signals Adult Swim's push for stylized, creator-driven animation with a custom EDM soundtrack.

Overview

  • Adult Swim announced the series order Friday, June 26, and Heist Brothers is now in production at Cartoon Network Studios as a 10-episode run of roughly 15-minute installments.
  • Genndy Tartakovsky first pitched the project live at the Annecy festival in 2024 when it appeared under the working title Heist Safari.
  • The show follows three frog brothers attempting a bank robbery, a premise introduced in animatics that emphasize fast, kinetic visual comedy.
  • Adult Swim president Michael Ouweleen said the series will blend Tex Avery-style cartoon chaos with Guy Ritchie-like crime energy and will feature a wall-to-wall custom EDM soundtrack.
  • The greenlight was revealed during Adult Swim’s Studio Focus at the 2026 Annecy festival and fits the network’s wider strategy of backing short, festival-born, creator-led adult animation.