Solar Opposites has been renewed for a fifth season on Hulu, much to the delight of fans of the series. The news comes just days after the show’s Halloween special, A Sinister Halloween Scary Opposites Solar Special, aired following a successful third season.
Hulu's Solar Opposites follows a family of extraterrestrials who are stranded on earth following a crash-landing on the planet and chronicles their misadventures as they adjust to life on Earth and explore the differences between their new home and the dystopian Planet Shlorp that their species originates from. The show has enjoyed a lot of fan acclaim, even garnering favorable comparisons to animated sensation Rick and Morty, which series showrunner Justin Roiland also had a role in creating.
This week, a positively received announcement at New York Comic-Con confirmed that Solar Opposites had been renewed for a fifth season on the uniquely innovative Hulu streaming service, as The Hollywood Reporter relayed in a post-event report. The announcement comes as a pleasant surprise to some fans, as the show is yet to air its fourth season, leading to confusion about the sequence of events. However, the fourth season has already been written and is in production, currently slated to release in 2023.
Solar Opposites is one of many successful projects that have seen the creative touch of Roiland, who created the show alongside Mike McMahan. Roiland also provides one of the primary voices for the project alongside Thomas Middleditch, Sean Giambrone, and Mary Mack. In addition to his continued commitments to Solar Opposites, the gifted showrunner is also looking to work on new projects, including an upcoming animated project Koala Man featuring Hugh Jackman.
Solar Opposites has been a big win for Hulu, which is potentially months away from being absorbed into Disney Plus and is one of the top performers in the service’s large lineup of animated assets. The current plausible timeline of releases could indicate that the newly announced season might air after this impending merger, which opens up the door for speculation on the integrity of the series. Most concerning to fans will be how the consistently adult nature of the content might change in response to this streaming solution merger. While this is currently unknown, fans can still enjoy the show as is and look forward to the fourth season, which has already been written.
While Solar Opposites is generally viewed favorably, some people take issue with its stylistic similarities with Rick and Morty rather than seeing it as unremarkable or a point of endearment like others. Some fans have taken to Solar Opposites' defense in response to these accusations. With a fourth season already written and a fifth one confirmed for renewal already, it's possible that Solar Opposites will be able to strike a more distinct profile going forward and shed the criticisms entirely. How successfully this can be done without altering the show’s distinctly similar visual styling remains to be seen.
Solar Opposites will be airing its fourth season sometime in 2023.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter