"Seven, eight, nine seasons would be the sweet spot": Robert Kirkman teases big plans for the future of Invincible

Invincible is one of the very few superhero adult animated series that has had the kind of success that it has. Based on the comic book series of the same name, Invincible has released three seasons so far. A fourth and fifth season are confirmed and are on the way.

Invincible is the story of a teenager, Mark Grayson's transformation into a superhero under the guidance of his father, Nolan Grayson, who happens to be the most powerful superhero on the planet. As season four approaches its release in 2026, Robert Kirkman teased fans with big plans for the future in a conversation with Collider.

Robert Kirkman would love to make more seasons of Invincible

Invincible Season 3 was a success, and Steven Yeun, who voices Mark, has been nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-over Performance. The third season's success led to the show getting renewed for a fifth season (fourth season was renewed in July 2024) recently, and Robert Kirkman has just teased big plans for the future of Invincible.

In the interview, when asked about how many seasons Kirkman would ideally like to make to tell the story in the way he wants to, he said,

"I try to be vague. I have a number. I've said the number, but now I'm like, “Do I want people to know the exact number?” So I'll say roughly seven, eight, nine seasons would be the sweet spot to be able to complete the 144-issue story that we told in comics form to our satisfaction. In a perfect world. We’ll be around for a while. It's not looking like Season 5 is the last season. If Season 5 is the last season, something went horribly wrong."

Prime Video has shown that it has confidence in Invincible's performance. The show's third season came out white recently, and it has already been renewed for a fifth season, which indicates that the show is something Prime Video is investing in. As Kirkman said,

"Prime Video should be commended because this is a show that has just now aired its third season, and we're already deep into production on Season 5. They've taken a huge chance on the show just because they have seen tremendous growth from Season 1 to Season 2 to Season 3. Season 3, by far, beat the viewership of Season 2 and is over-indexing in all kinds of metrics that I don't get full information on. The show does very well. That is shown in how far-reaching their investment in the show is."

Thus, if the show continues to do well, Prime Video will most likely green-light future seasons, and as Kirkman said, he'd be glad to create more. We can't say for sure, but as per Kirkman's words, the show can go up to nine seasons if the creators and Prime Video are both on the same page.

Invincible is streaming on Prime Video.

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