Comedian Eric Andre is returning to Adult Swim for the sixth season of his absurdist talk show “The Eric Andre Show,” and he says his reasoning is partly financial. in one interview with the associated pressPublished on Saturday, Andre said that if his 2021 film “Bad Trip” was at all attractive to him, he would have dropped it earlier.
“I was about to end [‘The Eric Andre Show’] After five seasons and then I didn’t make any money on ‘Bad Trip,'” Andre said.
The film, which Andre co-wrote, produced and starred in, was never released in theaters due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The hidden camera comedy went through distribution issues before finally releasing on Netflix in 2021. recently interview with howard sternAndre said the film took almost a decade to make, but he only made $17,000 from it.
Despite the delayed release, the film was at one point the No. 1 film in the world on Netflix, and Andre said this streaming success opened the door for new, yet-to-be-announced projects.
Andre said that in addition to a steady paycheck, he appreciates the autonomy of “The Eric Andre Show”. He hasn’t ruled out the possibility of more seasons of the Adult Swim comedy after season 6.
“Why shut the door forever on a show where I have complete creative freedom?” he told the AP.
“The Eric Andre Show” premieres its sixth season Sunday on Adult Swim, featuring Jon Hamm, Lil Nas X and Natasha Lyonne as guests.
