On which studio lot was the first draft of Rick and Morty completed?

The first draft of Rick and Morty was completed on the Paramount Pictures lot.

After Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon worked out the basic story and sold the pilot, they sat down to write the first draft. The draft was completed in about six hours in Harmon’s unfurnished Community office, located on the Paramount Pictures lot.

The speed was partly practical and partly motivational. Roiland, who acknowledged a tendency to procrastinate, encouraged Harmon to stay and finish the entire draft rather than allowing the project to remain only a promising pitch. That unusually compressed writing session became part of the series’ origin story.

The location is often confused with the studio homes of other major film and television productions, including Sony, Universal, or Warner Bros. The important distinction is that the draft was written in a Community office situated on Paramount’s lot; this does not mean the animated series was produced there. Rick and Morty was ultimately developed for Adult Swim, with animation handled through its production pipeline.