Huey and Riley Freeman will not make their return to screen. The Boondocks reboot series is no longer a go at HBO Max, Deadline can confirm.In 2019, HBO Max had given a two-season, 24-episode order to the beloved satire animated series from creator Aaron McGruder and Sony Pictures Animation.
The series was set to launch in fall 2020 with a 50-minute special.HBO Max’s new Boondocks would have followed 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.Sony is currently evaluating other options for the project, sources said.The Boondocks revival was taken out to the marketplace in Spring 2019 and was confirmed by Sony Pictures Animation at the Annecy festival in June 2019.
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