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The Boondocks reboot in the works with original series creator

By Nick Romano
June 12, 2019 at 11:55 AM EDT
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Love for The Boondocks is still very much alive. So, Sony is bringing the Freeman family back to television.

“A complete re-imagining” of The Boondocks “for the modern era” is in development from original series creator Aaron McGruder, the studio announced Wednesday morning at the 2019 Annecy International Animated Film Festival.

Based on his comic strip of the same name, McGruder’s The Boondockspremiered in November 2005 on Cartoon Network’s late-night programming block Adult Swim. The comic launched in 1996. The reboot, a satire for the modern era, is said to chronicle the adventures of the Freeman family against the evil local government tyrant Uncle Ruckus, who rules the fictional Woodcrest County, Maryland with an iron fist.

In a March appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, comedian John Witherspoon, who voiced Granddad on The Boondocks, teased his involvement. “I’m on the cartoon. What is it? The Boondocks? I didn’t change my voice for The Boondocks. And they coming back,” he said. “The Boondocks is coming back. It’s one of the best cartoons I’ve ever been on.”

In February, McGruder resurrected his Boondocks comic strip to poke fun at the state of America in 2019. As shown in a series of Instagram posts shared by radio host Charlamagne Tha God, it featured characters Huey, Riley, Granddad, and Uncle Ruckus, as well as satirical takes on President Donald Trump and the Robert Mueller investigation.

 

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[Mrfreddygoodbud]

Yea long overdue I hope it has the same swag

 

[D'Evils]

I wonder if they can afford Regina King now...

 

[xxxbishopxxx]

I wonder if they can afford Regina King now...

regina doesn't seem the type to turn down work. I swear she seems to be the female Sam Jackson

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

John Witherspoon Says The Boondocks Is Coming Back!
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[Helico-pterFunk]

https://www.bgol.us/forum/threads/the-boondocks-is-back.1037909/page-2

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

https://www.bgol.us/forum/threads/top-news-the-boondocks-is-coming-back.1051721/

 

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[Louis Koo]

wtf does a complete reimagining mean? if its the same voice actors, then it's a continuation.

 

[Mello Mello]

Don’t play with my emotions Soon...

 

[World B Free]

I approve of this message, we need this show in our lives once again. Aaron was like Negrodomus with the culture, he predicted so much.

 

[dugington]

All I know is McGruder is a fucking prophet. I'm real interested in seeing what's next.

 

[dugington]

I approve of this message, we need this show in our lives once again. Aaron was like Negrodomus with the culture, he predicted so much.

As I typed, you conveyed my thoughts perfectly.

 

[World B Free]

As I typed, you conveyed my thoughts perfectly.

Thanks....homie. Great minds think alike...

 

[LennyNero1972]

Please we need this and no more huge gaps in the seasons dropping.

 

[ThaBurgerPimp]

I wonder if they can afford Regina King now...

regina doesn't seem the type to turn down work. I swear she seems to be the female Sam Jackson

If they could afford her AND Sam(for a occasional appearance as Gin Rummy)..

Wont be the same w/o Charlie Murphy though

 

[kogalee_muhammad]

I approve of this message, we need this show in our lives once again. Aaron was like Negrodomus with the culture, he predicted so much.

So did the Honorable Elijah Muhammad

 

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[easy_b]

I really hope this happens because adult swim outside of Saturday night been on some bullshit

 

[playahaitian]

https://deadline.com/2019/09/the-boondocks-reboot-2-season-order-hbo-max-1202737902/

HBO Max has given a two-season, 24-episode order to a reimagening of the animated series The Boondocks, from creator Aaron McGruder and Sony Pictures Animation. The new Boondocks will launch in fall 2020 with a 50-minute special. All 55 episodes of the original The Boondocks series will also be available on WarnerMedia direct-to-consumer platform at launch.

The Boondocks reboot was taken out to the marketplace in late spring and was confirmed by Sony Pictures Animation at the Annecy festival in June. HBO Max immediately emerged as the most likely home for the new series because of WarnerMedia’s history with the franchise. The original Boondocks animated series, based on the comic strip created by McGruder, aired on the company’s Adult Swim, a large part of whose programming will be available on HBO Max. The series earned McGruder a Peabody Award.

“The Boondocks was a revolutionary series that sparked conversations on hot button issues and brought dark subjects into the light with episodes like ‘The Trial of Robert Kelly’, ‘The Fundraiser’ and ‘The Story of Gangstalicious’,” said Kevin Reilly, Chief Content Officer, HBO Max and President, TBS, TNT and truTV. “Aaron is a gifted visionary whose unique style of storytelling is a welcome voice and we are elated The Freemans are making their thugnificent comeback on HBO Max.”

The new Boondocks follows the adventures of self-proclaimed “Civil Rights Legend” Robert “Granddad” Freeman, and his two rambunctious grandsons Huey and Riley. The family has recently moved to an idyllic community in suburban Maryland only to see it taken over by the tyrannical Uncle Ruckus and his bizarre neo-fascist regime. Life under Ruckus turns out to be an everyday struggle to survive.

“There’s a unique opportunity to revisit the world of The Boondocks and do it over again for today,” said McGruder, “It’s crazy how different the times we live in are now – both politically and culturally – more than a decade past the original series and two decades past the original newspaper comic. There’s a lot to say and it should be fun.”

McGruder returns as showrunner and will serve as executive producer along with Norm Aladjem for Mainstay Entertainment as well as Seung Kim and Meghann Collins Robertson. Sony Pictures Animation will produce the series in partnership with Sony Pictures Television.

On HBO Max’s original programming slate, The Boondocks joins another upcoming series with IP pedigree, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, a prequel to the Gremlins movies.

Sony TV has been very active mining its library for revivals/reboots. It has One Day at a Time on Pop (formerly on Netflix), the Live In Front of a Studio Audience franchise at ABC based on Norman Lear titles, and the upcoming Mad About You limited series revival on Spectrum Originals, among others.

https://www.bgol.us/forum/threads/t...k-2-season-reboot-ordered-by-hbo-max.1066048/

 

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https://deadline.com/2019/09/the-boondocks-reboot-2-season-order-hbo-max-1202737902/

HBO Max has given a two-season, 24-episode order to a reimagening of the animated series The Boondocks, from creator Aaron McGruder and Sony Pictures Animation. The new Boondocks will launch in fall 2020 with a 50-minute special. All 55 episodes of the original The Boondocks series will also be available on WarnerMedia direct-to-consumer platform at launch.

The Boondocks reboot was taken out to the marketplace in late spring and was confirmed by Sony Pictures Animation at the Annecy festival in June. HBO Max immediately emerged as the most likely home for the new series because of WarnerMedia’s history with the franchise. The original Boondocks animated series, based on the comic strip created by McGruder, aired on the company’s Adult Swim, a large part of whose programming will be available on HBO Max. The series earned McGruder a Peabody Award.

“The Boondocks was a revolutionary series that sparked conversations on hot button issues and brought dark subjects into the light with episodes like ‘The Trial of Robert Kelly’, ‘The Fundraiser’ and ‘The Story of Gangstalicious’,” said Kevin Reilly, Chief Content Officer, HBO Max and President, TBS, TNT and truTV. “Aaron is a gifted visionary whose unique style of storytelling is a welcome voice and we are elated The Freemans are making their thugnificent comeback on HBO Max.”

The new Boondocks follows the adventures of self-proclaimed “Civil Rights Legend” Robert “Granddad” Freeman, and his two rambunctious grandsons Huey and Riley. The family has recently moved to an idyllic community in suburban Maryland only to see it taken over by the tyrannical Uncle Ruckus and his bizarre neo-fascist regime. Life under Ruckus turns out to be an everyday struggle to survive.

“There’s a unique opportunity to revisit the world of The Boondocks and do it over again for today,” said McGruder, “It’s crazy how different the times we live in are now – both politically and culturally – more than a decade past the original series and two decades past the original newspaper comic. There’s a lot to say and it should be fun.”

McGruder returns as showrunner and will serve as executive producer along with Norm Aladjem for Mainstay Entertainment as well as Seung Kim and Meghann Collins Robertson. Sony Pictures Animation will produce the series in partnership with Sony Pictures Television.

On HBO Max’s original programming slate, The Boondocks joins another upcoming series with IP pedigree, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, a prequel to the Gremlins movies.

Sony TV has been very active mining its library for revivals/reboots. It has One Day at a Time on Pop (formerly on Netflix), the Live In Front of a Studio Audience franchise at ABC based on Norman Lear titles, and the upcoming Mad About You limited series revival on Spectrum Originals, among others.

https://www.bgol.us/forum/threads/t...k-2-season-reboot-ordered-by-hbo-max.1066048/

Smart play by hbo.

 

[playahaitian]

Smart play by hbo.

VERY

cause these streaming wars gonna be like the Red Wedding in a few months...

 

[playahaitian]

Smart play by hbo.

HBO Max sets launch date, unveils first look at new shows

Watch first looks at Anna Kendrick's 'Love Life,' Kaley Cuoco's 'The Flight Attendant,' and more.

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J.J. Abrams making The Shining, Justice League Dark TV shows for HBO Max

By James Hibberd
April 16, 2020 at 05:48 PM EDT
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker director J.J. Abrams is making three TV shows for HBO Max, including a prequel series to The Shining and a take on DC's Justice League Dark.
Perhaps the most intriguing entry is Overlook, a which is billed as "a horror-thriller series inspired by and featuring iconic characters from Stephen King's masterpiece The Shining. Overlook explores the untold, terrifying stories of the most famous haunted hotel in American fiction."
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Overlook will be a 10-episode drama written by Dustin Thomason and Scott Brown, who worked on Hulu's King-inspired series Castle Rock.
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There's also a series based on characters from the Justice League Dark universe, the details of which will be revealed at a later date. The JLD was introduced in 2011 and features a group of supernatural DC characters like John Constantine, Madame Xanadu, Deadman, Shade, the Changing Man, and Zatanna.

And there's an original series called Duster, which is co-written by Abrams and LaToya Morgan (The Walking Dead). Duster is set in the 1970s Southwest and is about "a gutsy getaway driver for a growing crime syndicate whose life goes from awful to wildly, stupidly, dangerously awful."
Abrams will executive-produce all three shows via Bad Robot Productions and Warner Bros. Television Group. HBO Max is WarnerMedia’s upcoming streaming platform, set to debut in May.

 

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It seems like a large chunk of the current subscriber base will be moved over to Max, unless i am missing something.

How will I get HBO Max?
Launching on May 27, 2020, HBO Max will be available through our partners and right here on HBOMax.com. Here are your options:
HBO NOW Subscribers
HBO NOW subscribers who are billed directly through HBO will also get instant access to HBO Max from WarnerMedia when it launches on May 27, 2020 (at no extra cost).
HBO NOW subscribers who are billed through Apple, Google Play, Samsung, Verizon Fios internet, Optimum, Consolidated Communications and Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico will also get instant access to HBO Max at launch (at no extra cost). Check back with us here as we add additional partners to the list.
HBO NOW subscribers who start a subscription on hbonow.com using an HBO NOW gift card will also get instant access to HBO Max at launch (at no extra cost).
To find out who your HBO NOW subscription is billed through, please see Who is my billing provider?
HBO Subscribers
Subscribers who get HBO through AT&T TV, DIRECTV, AT&T U-Verse, Hulu, Spectrum, Altice, Suddenlink, Optimum, Cox Contour, Verizon Fios TV and select independent cable and broadband providers will get access to HBO Max at launch (at no extra cost). Check back with us here as we add additional partners to the list.

 

[playahaitian]

It seems like a large chunk of the current subscriber base will be moved over to Max, unless i am missing something.

How will I get HBO Max?
Launching on May 27, 2020, HBO Max will be available through our partners and right here on HBOMax.com. Here are your options:
HBO NOW Subscribers
HBO NOW subscribers who are billed directly through HBO will also get instant access to HBO Max from WarnerMedia when it launches on May 27, 2020 (at no extra cost).
HBO NOW subscribers who are billed through Apple, Google Play, Samsung, Verizon Fios internet, Optimum, Consolidated Communications and Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico will also get instant access to HBO Max at launch (at no extra cost). Check back with us here as we add additional partners to the list.
HBO NOW subscribers who start a subscription on hbonow.com using an HBO NOW gift card will also get instant access to HBO Max at launch (at no extra cost).
To find out who your HBO NOW subscription is billed through, please see Who is my billing provider?
HBO Subscribers
Subscribers who get HBO through AT&T TV, DIRECTV, AT&T U-Verse, Hulu, Spectrum, Altice, Suddenlink, Optimum, Cox Contour, Verizon Fios TV and select independent cable and broadband providers will get access to HBO Max at launch (at no extra cost). Check back with us here as we add additional partners to the list.

F*CK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[The Plutonian]

I approve of this message, we need this show in our lives once again. Aaron was like Negrodomus with the culture, he predicted so much.

They say when he went after Tyler Perry is the time he get began to lose his show to bullshit. I know a girl who works in the industry and she said Tyler is a flaming homo.