Rooster Teeth

February 5th 2025

After Getting Shuttered in 2024, Rooster Teeth Is Making a Comeback

Former co-founder Burnie Burns teases bringing Rooster Teeth 'back to its roots' after taking over the assets to his former company.

Corporate Culture Isaiah Colbert Feb 5

July 6th 2024

RWBY Will RTRN With Some Help From Viz Media

Rooster Teeth may be gone, but its action-fantasy anime gets another shot at life from the biggest manga publisher and anime company around.

io9 Justin Carter Jul 6

March 28th 2024

Rooster Teeth’s Red vs. Blue Will End With a (Feature-Length) Bang

The 19th season of the web series, Red vs. Blue: Restoration , arrives in May with a twist: it's an 87-minute film rather than individual episodes.

Movies Cheryl Eddy Mar 28

March 9th 2024

Let NASA Whisk You Away to the Tabletop With Its Free RPG

Plus, more Dune: Part Two insight, and the world remembers the legendary Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama.

io9 James Whitbrook Mar 9

March 6th 2024

Warner Bros. Is Shuttering Rooster Teeth, Creator of RWBY and gen:LOCK

The Austin, Texas-based animation production company has been in business for over 20 years.

Television Cheryl Eddy Mar 6

June 2nd 2023

RWBY x Justice League‘s Meghan Fitzmartin on the Fun of Multiverses

The writer behind Warner Bros.' newest animated crossover talks about joining the RWBY train and getting newcomers onboard.

Movies Justin Carter Jun 2

February 10th 2023

The Justice League x RWBY Movie Takes DC Heroes a-Hunting

Watch the trailer for the crossover that brings teenage versions of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman to the world of Remnant.

Trailers Rob Bricken Feb 10

July 2nd 2022

RWBY’s First Movie is a Crossover With the Justice League

Honestly, not a bad next step for a show that's only been on 9 years.

Movies Justin Carter Jul 2

October 28th 2021

gen:LOCK‘s Season 2 Trailer Puts the Team Through an Emotional Stress Test

The second season of the Rooster Teeth-turned-HBO Max series looks like a deep dive into Julian Chase's mind.

Television Charles Pulliam-Moore Oct 28

July 26th 2021

SDCC 2021: Gen: Lock‘s Season 2 Tease Hints at the Mecha Mayhem to Come

Gen: Lock has rallied a new generation of anime fans, taking to the virtual con to tease its next season.

Television Valerie Complex Jul 26

December 7th 2020

Transformers: War for Cybertron—Earthrise‘s First Trailer Reveals Strange Worlds and Dark Shadows

If you thought the Autobots were having a miserable enough time fighting on Cybertron in the first season, well, things aren’t getting much better for them now that they’re off it. Netflix and Rooster Teeth have released the first look at the middle chapter of their animated Transformers origin trilogy, War for Cybertron—Earthrise (named after…

Trailers James Whitbrook Dec 7

August 5th 2020

5 Things We Liked (and 3 We Didn’t) About Netflix’s Transformers: War for Cybertron – Siege

Everyone’s favorite robots in disguise returned to TV this past weekend with the launch of Transformers: War for Cybertron – Siege on Netflix. Except this time, they weren’t really in disguise, as the Autobots and Decepticons duked it out in the final days of the war for their homeworld. But was it an Allspark or…

io9 James Whitbrook Aug 5

July 6th 2020

In Netflix’s New Transformers Trailer, Even Optimus Prime Is So Very Tired

Another day, another war for the fate of Cybertron, and things are looking dire in Netflix and Rooster Teeth’s take on the latest version of the Transformers origin story. So dire that even Optimus Prime, scion of hope and occasional truck, is getting a bit defeatist. Netflix just dropped the latest trailer for Transformers: War…

io9 James Whitbrook Jul 6

February 23rd 2020

Watch the First Trailer for Netflix and Rooster Teeth’s Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy: Siege

The first chapter of a three-part serialized saga, Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy: Siege sets up the stakes pretty clearly. Megatron wants the Allspark. The Autobots can’t let that happen. Time to fight. Revealed yesterday at Toy Fair, the Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy is a three-part episodic series, each one taking place at a…

Trailers Julie Muncy Feb 23

October 24th 2019

A Second Season of gen:LOCK Will Debut on HBO Max

What started on Rooster Teeth is about to go to the max. HBO Max, to be exact. gen:LOCK, the Michael B. Jordan voiced and produced anime series, has just been picked up for a second season and the episodes will premiere on the new Warner Bros. streaming service, HBO Max. The episodes will find their…

io9 Germain Lussier Oct 24

July 6th 2019

Rooster Teeth Is Teaming Up With DC For RWBY and gen:LOCK Comics

Rooster Teeth has evolved over its fifteen-year history from boutique creator of Halo parodies to major production house for a young adult-oriented animation niche that they fill pretty fabulously. Now, DC Comics is getting in the action, taking Rooster Teeth’s two biggest franchises, RWBY and gen:LOCK, and adapting them into digital comics form, DC announced…

Books & Comics Julie Muncy Jul 6

February 15th 2019

A New Transformers Series Is Coming to Netflix

With Bumblebee behind it and generally seen as being more successful than its cinematic predecessors, the Transformers franchise is enjoying something of a renaissance, and it’s about to spread to a smaller screen near you very, very soon. Deadline reports that Netflix and Rooster Teeth are partnering to produce Transformers: War for Cybertron, a multi-part,…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Feb 15

January 25th 2019

Exclusive: Michael B. Jordan Opens Up About His New Animated Series gen:LOCK

Rooster Teeth’s new animated series gen:LOCK from Gray Haddock is a near-future sci-fi fantasy set in a world where war is waged with hulking, humanoid mechas operated by hotshot pilots. The anime which inspired gen:LOCK are written all over the show, and its hero, Julian Chase (Michael B. Jordan) immediately reads as exactly the kind of…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Jan 25

January 17th 2019

In the First gen:LOCK Trailer, Humans and Epic Mechas Become One

In the futuristic world of Rooster Teeth’s upcoming animated series gen:LOCK, international conflicts are no longer fought with traditional weapons, but with sophisticated, humanoid mechas that can only be piloted by unique individuals. The series follows Vanguard pilot Julian Chase (Michael B. Jordan), who is called upon to join the latest battle to protect his…

Trailers Charles Pulliam-Moore Jan 17

October 11th 2018

Our First Good Look at Gen: Lock Is High on David Tennant, Low on Giant Robots

Rooster Teeth’s next animated series is set to take us to a far future of giant robot action. But our first real good look at the show is surprisingly mecha-free—instead, focusing on the show’s equally surprising major cast. Rooster Teeth just dropped the first full scene from Gen: Lock—which, full disclosure, includes writing from io9…

Television James Whitbrook Oct 11

Rooster Teeth

After Getting Shuttered in 2024, Rooster Teeth Is Making a Comeback

RWBY Will RTRN With Some Help From Viz Media

Rooster Teeth’s Red vs. Blue Will End With a (Feature-Length) Bang

Let NASA Whisk You Away to the Tabletop With Its Free RPG

Warner Bros. Is Shuttering Rooster Teeth, Creator of RWBY and gen:LOCK

RWBY x Justice League‘s Meghan Fitzmartin on the Fun of Multiverses

The Justice League x RWBY Movie Takes DC Heroes a-Hunting

RWBY’s First Movie is a Crossover With the Justice League

gen:LOCK‘s Season 2 Trailer Puts the Team Through an Emotional Stress Test

SDCC 2021: Gen: Lock‘s Season 2 Tease Hints at the Mecha Mayhem to Come

Transformers: War for Cybertron—Earthrise‘s First Trailer Reveals Strange Worlds and Dark Shadows

5 Things We Liked (and 3 We Didn’t) About Netflix’s Transformers: War for Cybertron – Siege

In Netflix’s New Transformers Trailer, Even Optimus Prime Is So Very Tired

Watch the First Trailer for Netflix and Rooster Teeth’s Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy: Siege

A Second Season of gen:LOCK Will Debut on HBO Max

Rooster Teeth Is Teaming Up With DC For RWBY and gen:LOCK Comics

A New Transformers Series Is Coming to Netflix

Exclusive: Michael B. Jordan Opens Up About His New Animated Series gen:LOCK

In the First gen:LOCK Trailer, Humans and Epic Mechas Become One

Our First Good Look at Gen: Lock Is High on David Tennant, Low on Giant Robots

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