Idiots With An RV

Idiots in a RV is an American adult animated series created by Roy Rhodes for Tetragon. A pilot was pitched in the fall of 2008, and it was approved. It started to air on May 26, 2009, the day after Memorial Day.

Animation
Animation for the first two seasons were handled by Saerom Animation in South Korea. Sunwoo Entertainment handled production between Season Three and Season Seven. Starting with Season Eight, Studio Mir has handled animation.

For the film, Venga Animation Team in Japan handled animation, which meant that it would look far different than the television series other than character design and backgrounds.

Film
main title: Idiots With An RV: Hot Edge A film was in consideration since 2013. The crew behind the show was interested in the idea of a road action comedy film for a while, and some partial scripts were even written. Rhodes Media was interested too, Deadpan however was hesitant and decided to wait. The film wasn't mentioned again in meetings of upcoming episodes until November of 2016 when ratings and merchandise profit were high. Deadpan Productions decided to greenlight the project and Roy Rhodes decided to write the film on his own, leaving Abby Taylor and Christopher Payne to write most episodes of Season Nine. Writing was done in April of 2017, and animating began. Rhodes Media went with veteran overseas production company Venga Animation Team, utilizing their Venga Shanghai and Venga Tokyo studios. SurgeKorea Animation in South Korea also helped with productions, creating backgrounds and scenery, as well as character designs. Venga Atlanta was used as a support 2D animation studio starting in July of 2018 to speed up process.

Animation took place between May 2017 and September 2018. It was originally to be released on February 8, 2019, but due to the Lego Movie sequel being released there, the movie was pushed back to April 19, 2019. The movie will be distributed by Paramount Pictures in the United States and internationally.