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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Rejoice or Recoil: Adult Swim Gives Odd Future a Television Show

Posted by on Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 3:26 PM

Here is the press release for your reading pleasure.

ADULT SWIM PICKS UP LIVE-ACTION SERIES WITH ODD FUTURE WOLF GANG KILL THEM ALL

LOITER SQUAD TO PREMIERE ON ADULT SWIM IN 2012


Adult Swim announced today it has picked up the live-action series Loiter Squad, a 15 minute live-action show that features sketches, man on the street segments, pranks and music from Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. The cast, featuring the Los Angeles collective of rappers, artists, and skateboarders, channel their multi-faceted creative talents in this Jackass-style showcase.

This announcement comes on the heels of Tyler, The Creator's "Best New Artist" win at the 2011 Video Music Awards. Creating their own show comes as a natural next step for Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, whose accomplishments have garnered wide media attention in 2011 and continue to compound on themselves. Singing member Frank Ocean contributed to the new Beyonce album and the collaboration between Kanye West and Jay Z. Tyler, The Creator's Goblin LP has sold more than 100,000 copies and his Yonkers video has been viewed more than 22 million times. Odd Future is on the verge of their first national tour and the release of their Golf Wang book in November will document their travels and hometown exploits.

Loiter Squad is being produced by Dickhouse Entertainment—the Hollywood production partnership of Johnny Knoxville, Jeff Tremaine and Spike Jonze who have been the creative power behind hits including Jackass, Nitro Circus, Rob & Big, Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, Wild Wonderful Whites of West Virginia, The Birth of Big Air and Wildboyz. The Dickhouse sensibility provides a perfect match for the unique viewpoints, masterful pranking and artistic inclinations of the Odd Future crew. Jeff Tremaine and Adult Swim's Nick Weidenfeld will serve as executive producers.

 

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I pity the people who have to work with these yahoos.
Posted by Levislade http://ballofwax.org on September 8, 2011 at 4:52 PM
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fuck these guys. definition of overrated.

adult swim is blowing it, once again. OFWGKTA is nothing but repackaged y'all so stupid, or pharcyde for the 4chan generation.

bring back the brak show.
Posted by deepconcentration on September 8, 2011 at 5:37 PM
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When you merely reprint a press release, you're helping them promote their projects. You are taking sides. You are complicit in some really gnarly homophobia and misogyny. The Stranger's readers deserve better.
Posted by Kevin Erickson on September 9, 2011 at 7:53 AM
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#3.....cry me a river
Posted by boohoohoo on September 9, 2011 at 9:03 AM
Grant Brissey, Emeritus 5
I do what I want.
Posted by Grant Brissey, Emeritus http://www.grantropolis.com/ on September 9, 2011 at 10:43 AM
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Doing what you want is way less interesting than doing what's right.
Posted by Kevin Erickson on September 9, 2011 at 2:00 PM
Jason Josephes 7
6: I saw that on a movie poster once.
Posted by Jason Josephes http://www.myspace.com/bluemoonseattle on September 9, 2011 at 2:32 PM
Grant Brissey, Emeritus 8
Wakka Wakka!
Posted by Grant Brissey, Emeritus http://www.grantropolis.com/ on September 9, 2011 at 4:58 PM

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