The Boondocks revival will get two-season pickup from HBO Max
Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the satan, the federal government is mendacity about 9-11, and The Boondocks is coming to HBO Max.
Aaron McGruder and Sony Footage Animation’s revival of the beloved animated sequence has been picked up for a two-season, 24-episode order by WarnerMedia’s new direct-to-consumer streaming service. The reboot will kick off with a 50-minute particular set to debut within the fall of 2020. As well as, all 55 episodes of The Boondocks’ authentic sequence run shall be out there on HBO Max when it launches subsequent spring.
HBO Max is a logical house for The Boondocks. The unique adaptation of McGruder’s cartoon aired on the WarnerMedia-owned Grownup Swim for 4 seasons between 2005 and 2014.
McGruder, who will return as showrunner and govt producer, stated of the reboot,
“There’s a singular alternative to revisit the world of The Boondocks and do it over once more for immediately. It’s loopy how completely different the instances we dwell in at the moment are – each politically and culturally – greater than a decade previous the unique sequence and 20 years previous the unique newspaper comedian. There’s rather a lot to say and it must be enjoyable.”
Whereas followers have typically debated whether or not The Boondocks was initially set exterior Chicago or within the Maryland suburbs, the HBO Max incarnation will firmly happen within the latter. The present will observe self-proclaimed “Civil Rights Legend” Robert “Granddad” Freeman and his two grandsons, Huey and Riley, as they transfer into an upper-class neighborhood. What seems idyllic shortly turns into hellish when the tyrannical Uncle Ruckus places the city below the thumb of his personal warped, neo-fascist regime.
The Boondocks joins a rising schedule of HBO Max authentic programming, together with the Gremlins prequel Secrets and techniques of the Mogwai and Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira’s Americanah. The service may also be the brand new house of classics like Associates, The Massive Bang Idea, The Recent Prince of Bel-Air, and extra.