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Patrick McHale (\u201cOver the Garden Wall\u201d), Ian Jones-Quartey (\u201cOK K.O.! Let\u2019s Be Heroes\u201d), Rebecca Sugar (\u201cSteven Universe\u201d) and Pendleton Ward (\u201cAdventure Time\u201d) are teaming up for \u201cAdult Swim\u2019s The Elephant,\u201d a \u201ccreative experience\u201d premiering on Dec. 19 at 11:00 ET\/PT on Adult Swim. The special will stream the next day on HBO Max.<\/p>\n
\u201cAdult Swim\u2019s The Elephant\u201d is a creative experiment in which \u201ceach of the three acts are made in isolation.\u201d Sugar and Jones-Quartey will work as a duo, with McHale and Ward overseeing their own separate parts. \u201cAdult Swim\u2019s The Elephant\u201d will be guided by various artists. \u201cAdventure Time\u201d alumni Jack Pendarvis and Kent Osborne\u2019s goal with the project was to create a \u201cstorytelling experiment that unfolds as a collaborative surprise, ultimately merging into a single, unexpected narrative.\u201d\u00a0The special was previously announced at this year\u2019s Annecy International Animation Festival.<\/p>\n
More from Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cEvery year around this time, we try to give the Adult Swim audience a gift they didn\u2019t know they needed, and this year, it\u2019s \u2018Adult Swim\u2019s The Elephant,\u2019\u201d said Michael Ouweleen, president of Adult Swim. \u201cBut really, the gift was working with this brilliant team and creating an excuse for their longtime friendship and creative partnership to continue and evolve. We can\u2019t wait for you to see the results of this crazy experiment.\u201d<\/p>\n Adult Swim will also offer an inside look into the creative process behind the special on\u00a0\u201cBehind the Elephant,\u201d a documentary that premieres alongside an encore airing of \u201cAdult Swim\u2019s The Elephant\u201d on Dec. 20. The documentary will have a rare look into the making and creation of the special with exclusive interviews and footage from the production. Fans will get to see the challenges and discoveries during the project and hear from the animators.<\/p>\n Best of Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Variety’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Patrick McHale (\u201cOver the Garden Wall\u201d), Ian Jones-Quartey (\u201cOK K.O.! Let\u2019s Be Heroes\u201d), Rebecca Sugar (\u201cSteven Universe\u201d) and Pendleton Ward (\u201cAdventure Time\u201d) are teaming up for \u201cAdult Swim\u2019s The Elephant,\u201d a \u201ccreative experience\u201d premiering on Dec. 19 at 11:00 ET\/PT on Adult Swim. The special will stream the next day on HBO Max. \u201cAdult Swim\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2154296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[349210,394199,412433,412429,412430,412431,412428,412427,390634,412432],"class_list":["post-2154295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-adult-swim","tag-adventure-time","tag-annecy-international-animation-festival","tag-creative-experience","tag-creative-experiment","tag-jack-pendarvis","tag-patrick-mchale","tag-pendleton-ward","tag-rebecca-sugar","tag-storytelling-experiment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pendleton-Ward-Rebecca-Sugar-and-Patrick-McHale-Team-Up-for.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2154295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2154297,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154295\/revisions\/2154297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2154296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2154295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2154295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2154295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}