Primal: Genndy Tartakovsky Provides Big Production Update for Season 3

Earlier this summer, Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack, Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal, Unicorn: Warriors Eternal, Heist Safari) shared an update on how things were going with the third season of Ancient. Speaking with Animation MagazineTartakovsky provided a brief update on how things are progressing — adding that “the third season of ‘Primal’ is coming along great, and I’m super excited about that.” A little over three months later, it’s safe to say the Emmy Award winner had plenty more to say about how production is going, and fans are going to be pleased with what they’re about to hear — starting with Tartakovsky noting that a 2025 release is very possible.

“It’s coming,” Tartakovsky told Collider during a recent interview. “I’m just finishing up the 10th episode right now. And so we’ve got 10 half hours left. We’re in production and it’s going to blow everyone’s mind, I think,” he added, also noting that “we’re halfway through the animation.” We can kind of see why Tartakovsky is confident that the third season will be out next year, based on how all the hard work is paying off. “Yeah, I’m just finishing up the last episode, and yeah, half of it is already… because it all overlaps. Half of it is already animated. We’re already in post-production on the first two episodes. So we’re over the hard part. We’re in the middle of production,” Tartakovsky added.

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Beyond ‘Primal’: What We Know About ‘Heist Safari’

So what can viewers expect from Robbery safari? The 10-part comedy heist series (which Tartakovsky notes will have a musical feel) will spotlight three brothers: neurotic Issac, control-freak James, neurotic Issac, and delusional little George, whose belief in his own genius doesn’t quite match the reality of the situation. At their father’s funeral, the brothers are faced with a major stipulation their late father left in his will: if they want their inheritance, they’ll have to work together to steal what’s in vault #88 at a bank.

Standing in the way—aside from the cops/wildebeest? The side deals each brother makes to get some help—with a Japanese yakuza tiger, a Russian mafia hippo, and an Italian gorilla mafioso looking for the frogs to pay off. “This whole show came to me because of how fast-paced media is. We all flip through entertainment so quickly. And so I asked myself, how can I make a show that’s fast-paced and intense but still traps you in so that you can’t click past it,” Tartakovsky explained, noting that each episode consists of just one shot, the overall story itself isn’t told chronologically, and the series is given an EDM score.