As it sets out to carve out a market for short-form streaming, Quibi is ramping up its programming slate — and that includes animation. The forthcoming platform’s latest announcement is Gloop World, a new stop-motion series from Rick & Morty co-creator Justin Roiland.
The show is described as a clay-based stop-motion series that chronicles the absurd but strangely relatable lives of roommates Bob Roundy and Funzy, two anthropomorphic blobs who navigate the malleable suburbia and outskirts of Gloop World. Roiland is developing the project with John Harvatine IV and Eric Towner of Stoopid Buddy Stoodios. Harvatine will direct it at the studio, which has produced Robot Chicken and Supermansion.
In a statement, Roiland said:
