The Boondocks Revived With Two Season Order at HBO Max
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The Boondocks is staging a comeback!
The hit Adult Swim comedy series is to return on HBO Max, the forthcoming streaming service from WarnerMedia.
Two Reimagined Seasons, a 50-Minute Special and the Complete original series will be available to stream in Fall 2020.
Creator Aaron McGruder is set to returns as Showrunner for the groundbreaking Peabody Award-Winning series.
Based on the comic strip created by McGruder, The Boondocks both depicted and presaged the nation's most roiling cultural issues, earning McGruder a Peabody Award, and the devotion of fans who see him as both the voice and the Nostradamus of his generation.
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"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.
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According to McGruder, "There's a unique opportunity to revisit the world of The Boondocks and do it over again for today. 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.
HBO Max is WarnerMedia's direct-to-consumer offering debuting in spring 2020.
With 10,000 hours of curated premium content anticipated at launch, HBO Max will offer powerhouse programming for everyone in the home, bringing together HBO, a robust slate of new original series, key third-party licensed programs, and movies, and fan favorites from Warner Bros., New Line, DC, CNN, TNT, TBS, truTV, Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Crunchyroll, Rooster Teeth, Looney Tunes and more.
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