A belated "Merry Christmas" to you all, and a preemptive "Happy New Year." Apologies for not offering up a Venture Christmas song this season, but we converted to Mayanism earlier this year, so we no longer believed in Christmas and fully believed the world would end on December 21st. Also, we were super-busy with post-production on The Venture Bros. Season 5, as well as with decorating our giant stone calendar and practicing human head soccer.
So now it's back to post-production. Here's where we currently stand with the season: We've already delivered half of the fully finished episodes to the network, and the rest are in various states of post-production. This week we received the rough cut of the final episode from Korea (which is actually the second half of what will be our premiere episode) so I'm spending the day scouring it for errors and typing up retakes notes. Then tonight I'm headed to a final sound mix session for the 6th episode. We'll finish the picture edit for the 7th episode a day or two into the new year and turn it over to our sound engineer, then move on to editing the 8th episode.
Since we're idiots who decided to write and produce our hour-long premiere episode last, we can't start airing until the last episode is finished. I don't currently know exactly when our premiere date is. I've heard it could be as soon as mid-March or as late as early May, but we're racing to get that premiere special done in time for March.
And now that I've seen all of the episodes in one form or another, I can truthfully say it's going to be a great season. The crew in every department of the production really stepped up their game (and new crew members brought new game)--the show's never looked or sounded better. And as writers, Doc and I hit a really great, confident stride that, I think, combines some of the best qualities of seasons past with a uniquely season 5 freshness. A good mix of new characters and old (some of which haven't been seen in quite a while), high adventure in exotic locations and internal strife on the home front. You will like it!
(Incidentally, the guest voices this season include J.K. Simmons, Larry Murphy, Paget Brewster, John Hodgman, Wyatt Cenac, Tim Meadows, Gillian Jacobs, Bill Hader, and the kicking-ass-on-SNL-this-season Kate McKinnon!)
We're also looking ahead to next season. Doc and I have big plans for season 6 and are champing at the bit to get started writing it. But first we have to write the script for our proposed long-form Venture Bros. special. We've got a pretty epic story planned, involving an epic number of cast members in an epic setting, so it's a pretty epic task ahead of us. The story will bridge seasons 5 & 6, so our mission is to tie up a lot of threads from season 5 (and 4, and 3…) and start a few new ones in the process. The sooner we write that, the sooner we'll write season 6--and the sooner we do all this writing, the sooner we'll be back on the air. My hope, as always, is to tighten that interminable gap between seasons--because I don't like waiting to show you new Venture Bros. any more than you like waiting to see new Venture Bros. So wish us luck…
Anyway, I posted a bunch of season 5 screen grabs on my Tumblr, but here's a few more for you LJ loyalists…










We Love You,
JP
P.S. Thanks for all the cookies.
P.P.S. Happy New Year!!!

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January 4 2013, 01:26:38 UTC 8 years ago
The Melody, New Brunswick, NJ
January 4 2013, 05:00:56 UTC 8 years ago Edited: January 4 2013, 05:06:10 UTC
Re: The Melody, New Brunswick, NJ
January 4 2013, 06:16:24 UTC 8 years ago
Re: The Melody, New Brunswick, NJ
8 years ago
January 5 2013, 00:21:37 UTC 8 years ago
BTW, awfully glad that whole Mayan thing worked out in our favor :)
January 11 2013, 20:18:02 UTC 8 years ago
http://popshifter.com/2013-01-11/tv-is-dead-long-live-tv-five-things-to-watch-in-2013/
January 14 2013, 17:36:35 UTC 8 years ago
Just me freestyling some ideas
January 16 2013, 06:06:19 UTC 8 years ago
Ahehhem, you guys left molotov and monstroso's "death" still a mystery(there was a river in the scene before the limo dropped_.
-Dr. Henry Killinger is my favorite character for his wisdom and just being so unintentionally funnily smart?
-I'd imagine "david bowie" is still going to be in this episode(no quotations needed if you finally successfully politely kidnapped him).
-I'm kinda awkwardly excited but nervous to find out why Sgt.Hatred has tits..
-In a much later episode it'd be amusing to bring back the old OSI colonel(after being fixed by aliens of course).
Start hinting more towards who hank and dean's mother is unless if I and a lot of other people completely missed it.
-Oh yeah! Should bring up Brock Samson's brother; which was mentioned when Brock and Colonel Gathers first met, and you can create a background of whatever whether they get along or hate each other or they are completely opposite like his bro is some small nerd, ideas are limitless)
Thanks for making new episodes it's not easy but you have a huge loyal following behind you 100% who love your work. I'm leaving for the Air Force in late February I really hope we get a trailer or an episode to come out before that or ya know my email address is right ^^^^ haha.
And as always, "Boyo, You don't know dick!" - Colonel Gathers
Thank you for everything you do!
January 19 2013, 19:35:43 UTC 8 years ago
p! :)
Re: Thank you for everything you do!
February 12 2013, 21:19:31 UTC 8 years ago
But...QUIT SMOKING!!! My dad just passed away from esophageal cancer and watching him slowly die was tortuous. The world cannot afford to lose you or Doc to the big C!!!
January 21 2013, 12:59:07 UTC 8 years ago
Everything?
January 23 2013, 06:23:10 UTC 8 years ago
So glad
January 25 2013, 17:43:19 UTC 8 years ago
These spoilers are the primary reason why I use LiveJournal anymore. Thanks, I certainly love them and the best show on television.
Dr. Odinson
January 29 2013, 00:51:36 UTC 8 years ago
Premiere date?
February 7 2013, 00:07:32 UTC 8 years ago
Also Simon is working on a new stop-motion.
UK Screening?
February 9 2013, 22:11:43 UTC 8 years ago
*Pointless promise as we're already committed life-long fandom, but I hope you grasp my sincerity.
Simon's latest Stop-motion labor of love!
February 11 2013, 22:47:27 UTC 8 years ago
Hope you and Doc like it!
Tim
Revisiting Return to Sider-Skull Island
February 24 2013, 21:16:28 UTC 8 years ago
I really need a new season.
The New Shirt of the week club?
March 11 2013, 04:06:17 UTC 7 years ago
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