Shinichirō Watanabe’s Lazarus hits Adult Swim in April

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. Today, Adult Swim announced today that Lazarus will debut on April 5th with encores hitting Max on Thursdays beginning April 10th. Along with the announcement, Adult Swim also dropped a new Lazarus trailer teasing how the show’s story is kicked into motion when people start discovering that a popular, seemingly-harmless painkiller is actually a deadly poison designed to eliminate humanity. In a statement about the show, Adult Swim president Michael Ouweleen sand Watanabe’s praises and said the network was “lucky to be able to watch this genius do his thing.” “We’re talking Watanabe here — this show is an amazing mix of great characters, super fun high-stakes, brilliant directing, and of course, some pretty great music,” Ouweleen said. ... Read full article.