EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation with several major adult animation players interested, Hulu has landed for development Bad Friends.
The animated project comes from Andrew Santino and Bobby Lee, the duo behind the comedy podcast of the same name. Created by Lee, Nick Kreiss, Santino and Andres Salaff, the potential series will be written by Kreiss and Santino.
Bad Friends follows the relationship between Andrew, a fiery lightning bug, and Bobby, a shy rolly polly, as they navigate the treacherous waters of being adolescent misfit bugs in high school.
Lee, Santino and Kreiss executive produce with Trevor Engelson from Underground and Doug Banker from Five All In The Fifth. Salaff is a co-executive producer.
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