President Curtis (TV series)

According to a press release issued by Warner Bros. Discovery following the announcement at SDCC, the show "follows the Commander-in-Chief and his eccentric staff as they tackle the kind of crises that Rick Sanchez could never be bothered with - from interdimensional diplomacy to paranormal investigations and unexplained phenomena." == Background ==

Curtis was originally created by Wes Archer and Tom Kauffman as a stand-in for then-sitting US president Barack Obama for the Rick and Morty episode "Get Schwifty", though he was not given a surname until the show's fifth season or a first name until the show's seventh season. Inspired by Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, series co-creator Dan Harmon said that the character's following appearances came from "the idea of a cartoonishly bad president", depicted as a composite character of Obama and Trump, before evolving into his own original character over subsequent seasons. == Development ==

The show was announced after Keith David made a surprise appearance at San Diego Comic Con's Rick and Morty panel on July 25, 2025. In a joint statement, co-creators Dan Harmon and James Siciliano said: "President Curtis has always been one of our favorite characters to write — he's the only person in the multiverse who can go toe-to-toe with Rick and still hold office. Now we finally get to go on sci-fi missions from Curtis' point of view. And with Keith David leading the charge, it's going to be a wild ride.” ==References==