Animation The Boondocks is being rebooted by HBO’s new streaming service HBO Max.
Huey and Riley will return in a 50 minute special, produced by Sony Pictures Animation, to be released in 2020, the broadcaster has announced.
The show, created by Aaron McGruder, will also be made available to watch in its entirety – that’s 55 episodes for you to binge in readiness.
The cartoon followed a black family, the Freemans, after they move to a posh and mostly white suburban neighbourhood.
The synopsis reads: ‘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.’
McGruder said there is ‘a unique opportunity’ to revisit the characters.
He added: ‘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.’
The Boondocks originally ran on Adult Swim from 2005 to 2014.
It was best known for its outspoken commentary on black culture and social issues, thinly-veiled criticisms of black celebrities and wacky characters such as Gangstalicious and a A Pimp Named Slickback.
Regina King, Samuel L.Jackson and John Witherspoon are among the voice cast.
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