After two decades of being frozen in time, or canceled for lack of a better word, the amusing genetic copies of Abe Lincoln, Joan of Arc, JFK, and Cleopatra are ready to defrost and enter a new era of high school drama. The long-awaited revival of the early 2000s adult animated cult classic, Clone High is about to rise from its MTV ashes and mosey on over to Max (formerly known as HBO Max). The Phil Lord, Chris Miller, and Bill Lawrence-created series centers around idiosyncratic teenage clone versions of prolific historical figures dealing with interpersonal drama with each other while facing the trials and tribulations of high school. And all under the watchful eye of secret government employees, out to prepare the teens to become ruthless world leaders.
Since the cancellation of the series’ original run back in 2003 for Gandhi-related purposes, the landscape of animation has shifted. More...
Since the cancellation of the series’ original run back in 2003 for Gandhi-related purposes, the landscape of animation has shifted. More...
- 5/23/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Andy Samberg is reuniting with “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” writer and producer Neil Campbell for a new animated series called “Digman!,” and the show is rounding out its cast.
The show, which will be produced by CBS Studios alongside The Lonely Island, marks the first to be written and produced by Samberg, who also leads the voice cast alongside Mitra Jouhari (“Three Busy Debras”), Tim Robinson (“I Think You Should Leave”), Dale Soules (“Orange Is The New Black”), Guz Khan (“Our Flag Means Death”), Melissa Fumero (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) and Tim Meadows (“The Goldbergs”).
The half-hour adult animated series will premiere on Comedy Central early next year and is set in a world where archaeologists are massive celebrities and the coolest people on the planet, with Samberg providing the voice of the protagonist, Rip Digman. The series is created by Andy Samberg and Neil Campbell and produced by CBS Studios alongside Ali Bell...
The show, which will be produced by CBS Studios alongside The Lonely Island, marks the first to be written and produced by Samberg, who also leads the voice cast alongside Mitra Jouhari (“Three Busy Debras”), Tim Robinson (“I Think You Should Leave”), Dale Soules (“Orange Is The New Black”), Guz Khan (“Our Flag Means Death”), Melissa Fumero (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) and Tim Meadows (“The Goldbergs”).
The half-hour adult animated series will premiere on Comedy Central early next year and is set in a world where archaeologists are massive celebrities and the coolest people on the planet, with Samberg providing the voice of the protagonist, Rip Digman. The series is created by Andy Samberg and Neil Campbell and produced by CBS Studios alongside Ali Bell...
- 9/14/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
Andy Samberg has found his voice cast for animated comedy series Digman!
Tim Robinson, star of oddball Netflix sketch comedy I Think You Should Leave, is one of six cast in the series, which also includes Mitra Jouhari (Three Busy Debras), Dale Soules (Orange Is The New Black), Guz Khan (Our Flag Means Death), Melissa Fumero (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and Tim Meadows (The Goldbergs).
The series will air on Comedy Central.
It marks the first series written and produced by Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Samberg, alongside Brooklyn Nine-Nine writer Neil Campbell, who serves as showrunner.
The half-hour animated series Digman! is set in a world where archaeologists are massive celebrities and the coolest people on the planet, with Samberg providing the voice of the protagonist, Rip Digman.
The series is created by Samberg and Campbell and produced by CBS Studios alongside Ali Bell and The Lonely Island’s Party Over Here banner.
Tim Robinson, star of oddball Netflix sketch comedy I Think You Should Leave, is one of six cast in the series, which also includes Mitra Jouhari (Three Busy Debras), Dale Soules (Orange Is The New Black), Guz Khan (Our Flag Means Death), Melissa Fumero (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and Tim Meadows (The Goldbergs).
The series will air on Comedy Central.
It marks the first series written and produced by Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Samberg, alongside Brooklyn Nine-Nine writer Neil Campbell, who serves as showrunner.
The half-hour animated series Digman! is set in a world where archaeologists are massive celebrities and the coolest people on the planet, with Samberg providing the voice of the protagonist, Rip Digman.
The series is created by Samberg and Campbell and produced by CBS Studios alongside Ali Bell and The Lonely Island’s Party Over Here banner.
- 9/14/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The Batgirl movie was canceled, but why? It’s all business for Warner Bros. Discovery. It may have gotten lost in all the Batgirl controversy, but the next Scooby Doo movie was also shelved eternally.
“Warner Bros. has finally made a statement about the permanent cancellation of two multi-million dollar projects, Batgirl and Scoob! Holiday Haunt. Essentially, according to Deadline, the decision comes from a desire to re-energize the DC Extended Universe, and some of the character reveals and plot points in Batgirl didn’t line up with the larger theatrical strategy for the comics franchise.”
Read more at Gizmodo
Well, this sucks; First Kill is the latest Netflix show to get an early cancellation.
“Last night, it was announced that Netflix had cancelled the vampire teen lesbian drama First Kill after one season. I found out the news while sitting on the couch with my girlfriend—the same couch...
“Warner Bros. has finally made a statement about the permanent cancellation of two multi-million dollar projects, Batgirl and Scoob! Holiday Haunt. Essentially, according to Deadline, the decision comes from a desire to re-energize the DC Extended Universe, and some of the character reveals and plot points in Batgirl didn’t line up with the larger theatrical strategy for the comics franchise.”
Read more at Gizmodo
Well, this sucks; First Kill is the latest Netflix show to get an early cancellation.
“Last night, it was announced that Netflix had cancelled the vampire teen lesbian drama First Kill after one season. I found out the news while sitting on the couch with my girlfriend—the same couch...
- 8/3/2022
- by Lee Parham
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Everybody Still Hates Chris, a reimagined animated version of Chris Rock’s beloved autobiographical family comedy Everybody Hates Chris, has received a straight-to-series order by MTV Entertainment. It will be windowed globally across streamer Paramount+ and sibling linear network Comedy Central. Rock is back as narrator and executive producer of the new series, which, like the original, is inspired by the comedian’s teenage years. CBS Studios and 3 Arts Entertainment, which produced Everybody Hates Chris and originally developed the animated reboot, will produce with MTV Entertainment Studios, which has been ramping up its adult animation portfolio with the recently announced Andy Samberg-produced series Digman! joining the Daria spinoff movie Jodie, both the film and series reboots of Beavis and Butt-Head as well as stalwart South Park.
Sanjay Shah serves as showrunner and wrote the pilot script for Everybody Still Hates Chris, inspired by...
Sanjay Shah serves as showrunner and wrote the pilot script for Everybody Still Hates Chris, inspired by...
- 8/2/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The Marvel stop-motion animation series “M.O.D.O.K” has been canceled after one season at Hulu, Variety has learned.
The series debuted back in May 2021 with 10 episodes. Patton Oswalt voiced the title character M.O.D.O.K, which stands for Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing.
In the show M.O.D.O.K has long pursued his dream of one day conquering the world. But after years of setbacks and failures fighting the Earth’s mightiest heroes, he has run his evil organization A.I.M. into the ground. Ousted as A.I.M.’s leader, while also dealing with his crumbling marriage and family life, he begins to suffer a midline crisis.
Along with Oswalt, the voice cast included Melissa Fumero, Aimee Garcia, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ben Schwartz, Beck Bennett, Jon Daly and Sam Richardson.
Oswalt and Jordan Blum created the series and also served as executive producers.
The series debuted back in May 2021 with 10 episodes. Patton Oswalt voiced the title character M.O.D.O.K, which stands for Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing.
In the show M.O.D.O.K has long pursued his dream of one day conquering the world. But after years of setbacks and failures fighting the Earth’s mightiest heroes, he has run his evil organization A.I.M. into the ground. Ousted as A.I.M.’s leader, while also dealing with his crumbling marriage and family life, he begins to suffer a midline crisis.
Along with Oswalt, the voice cast included Melissa Fumero, Aimee Garcia, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ben Schwartz, Beck Bennett, Jon Daly and Sam Richardson.
Oswalt and Jordan Blum created the series and also served as executive producers.
- 5/13/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Comedy Central is launching the first new original series under ViacomCBS network’s current push in adult animation. Fairview, executive produced by Stephen Colbert and the team behind Paramount+’s Emmy-nominated Tooning Out the News and Showtime’s Our Cartoon President, will debut Feb. 9 at 8:30 pm, following South Park.
Comedy Central in 2020 signaled a programming shift focused on ramping up adult animated content and building an original slate around South Park. The eight-episode Fairview, produced by ViacomCBS sibling CBS Studios, was one of a slew of series ordered, including Daria spinoff Jodie and a Beavis and Butt-Head revival.
The hyper-topical Fairview looks at how national politics causes wild small town drama in the Natty Light-chugging, grocery store parking lot-fighting, public urinating town of Fairview through the lens of its sloppy party girl turned pragmatic mayor, Kelly Sampson.
Voice talent includes Marina Cockenberg, James Austin Johnson, Aparna Nancherla, Jeremy Levick,...
Comedy Central in 2020 signaled a programming shift focused on ramping up adult animated content and building an original slate around South Park. The eight-episode Fairview, produced by ViacomCBS sibling CBS Studios, was one of a slew of series ordered, including Daria spinoff Jodie and a Beavis and Butt-Head revival.
The hyper-topical Fairview looks at how national politics causes wild small town drama in the Natty Light-chugging, grocery store parking lot-fighting, public urinating town of Fairview through the lens of its sloppy party girl turned pragmatic mayor, Kelly Sampson.
Voice talent includes Marina Cockenberg, James Austin Johnson, Aparna Nancherla, Jeremy Levick,...
- 1/27/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Stephen Colbert is expanding his relationship with Comedy Central.
The host of The Late Show has scored two new animated projects – a series and a feature – at the ViacomCBS network where he used to host The Colbert Report.
He is exec producing half-hour topical comedy series Fairview and animated feature Washingtonia, which both come from CBS Studios.
The deal, which comes on the heels of MTV Entertainment Studios’ new deal with Trey Parker and Matt Stone, comes after it launched the Colbert-ep’d talk show Tha God’s Honest Truth with Charlamagne Tha God.
The series and the feature come from the team behind Paramount+’s Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News, which was recently nominated for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama Or Variety Series at the Emmys, and Showtime’s Our Cartoon President.
Fairview is a hyper-topical eight-episode series that looks at how national politics causes wild...
The host of The Late Show has scored two new animated projects – a series and a feature – at the ViacomCBS network where he used to host The Colbert Report.
He is exec producing half-hour topical comedy series Fairview and animated feature Washingtonia, which both come from CBS Studios.
The deal, which comes on the heels of MTV Entertainment Studios’ new deal with Trey Parker and Matt Stone, comes after it launched the Colbert-ep’d talk show Tha God’s Honest Truth with Charlamagne Tha God.
The series and the feature come from the team behind Paramount+’s Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News, which was recently nominated for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama Or Variety Series at the Emmys, and Showtime’s Our Cartoon President.
Fairview is a hyper-topical eight-episode series that looks at how national politics causes wild...
- 9/21/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Nina L. Diaz will now head up unscripted and adult animation for Paramount Plus, Variety has learned exclusively.
The promotion was announced by Chris McCarthy in a memo to MTV Entertainment Group staffers on Thursday, which can be read in full below.
Diaz will now serve as chief creative officer for unscripted entertainment and adult animation at Paramount Plus, while remaining Cco and president of content for MTV Entertainment Group. She will continue to report to McCarthy. In addition, Grant Gish’s role as head of adult animation is expanding to include Paramount Plus across series and movies, with Gish still reporting to Diaz.
Furthermore, Lily Neumeyer will now be head of development for unscripted entertainment for Paramount Plus and MTV Entertainment, while Tolani Holmes is being promoted to the new role of senior vice president for development of unscripted entertainment for Paramount Plus and MTV Entertainment.
Unscripted executives Ben Hurvitz,...
The promotion was announced by Chris McCarthy in a memo to MTV Entertainment Group staffers on Thursday, which can be read in full below.
Diaz will now serve as chief creative officer for unscripted entertainment and adult animation at Paramount Plus, while remaining Cco and president of content for MTV Entertainment Group. She will continue to report to McCarthy. In addition, Grant Gish’s role as head of adult animation is expanding to include Paramount Plus across series and movies, with Gish still reporting to Diaz.
Furthermore, Lily Neumeyer will now be head of development for unscripted entertainment for Paramount Plus and MTV Entertainment, while Tolani Holmes is being promoted to the new role of senior vice president for development of unscripted entertainment for Paramount Plus and MTV Entertainment.
Unscripted executives Ben Hurvitz,...
- 8/12/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
OWN announced that “David Makes Man” is returning for Season 2 on June 22.
The new 10-episode season finds David, played by Kwame Patterson, faced with a decision that will change him and his community forever. The series began filming again in October 2020 in Orlando, Fla.
This announcement comes with a slew of new recurring cast members, including Tony Plana, Brittany S. Hall, Erica Lutrell, Zsané Jhé, Bobbi Baker, Patrice Arenas, Trinity Cidel, Brandi Huzzie, Rodney Gardiner and Janmarco Santiago. Arlen Escarpeta, Akili McDowell, Alana Arenas, Travis Coles and Cayden K. Williams also return for Season 2.
Kiel Adrian Scott and Erica Watson will each direct half the season.
Watch the trailer below:
Also in today’s TV news roundup:
Dates
HBO Max announced that “The Big Shot With Bethenny,” a new original series hosted by business tycoon and Skinnygirl founder Bethenny Frankel, will premiere on April 29. The seven-episode series will feature the...
The new 10-episode season finds David, played by Kwame Patterson, faced with a decision that will change him and his community forever. The series began filming again in October 2020 in Orlando, Fla.
This announcement comes with a slew of new recurring cast members, including Tony Plana, Brittany S. Hall, Erica Lutrell, Zsané Jhé, Bobbi Baker, Patrice Arenas, Trinity Cidel, Brandi Huzzie, Rodney Gardiner and Janmarco Santiago. Arlen Escarpeta, Akili McDowell, Alana Arenas, Travis Coles and Cayden K. Williams also return for Season 2.
Kiel Adrian Scott and Erica Watson will each direct half the season.
Watch the trailer below:
Also in today’s TV news roundup:
Dates
HBO Max announced that “The Big Shot With Bethenny,” a new original series hosted by business tycoon and Skinnygirl founder Bethenny Frankel, will premiere on April 29. The seven-episode series will feature the...
- 4/21/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Hulu’s upcoming adult animated series, Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., had key reveals today at a WonderCon@Home panel, including the voice casting for some guest roles.
The show premieres May 21 on Hulu. Today at WonderCon, Jordan Blum (cocreator) and Patton Oswalt (cocreator and voice of M.O.D.O.K.) answered fan-submitted questions alongside cast members Melissa Fumero, Aimee Garcia, Ben Schwartz and Jon Daly.
The big news included reveals of guest stars Jon Hamm doing the voice of Iron Man, Nathan Fillion voicing Wonder Man, Whoopi Goldberg talking for Poundcakes, and Bill Hader speaking as Angar the Screamer and the Leader.
The full Zoom session and a trailer for the show can be seen here.
In Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., the megalomaniacal supervillain M.O.D.O.K. has long pursued his dream of one day conquering the world. But after years of setbacks and failures...
The show premieres May 21 on Hulu. Today at WonderCon, Jordan Blum (cocreator) and Patton Oswalt (cocreator and voice of M.O.D.O.K.) answered fan-submitted questions alongside cast members Melissa Fumero, Aimee Garcia, Ben Schwartz and Jon Daly.
The big news included reveals of guest stars Jon Hamm doing the voice of Iron Man, Nathan Fillion voicing Wonder Man, Whoopi Goldberg talking for Poundcakes, and Bill Hader speaking as Angar the Screamer and the Leader.
The full Zoom session and a trailer for the show can be seen here.
In Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., the megalomaniacal supervillain M.O.D.O.K. has long pursued his dream of one day conquering the world. But after years of setbacks and failures...
- 3/27/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Jon Hamm, Whoopi Goldberg, Nathan Fillion and Bill Hader will guest star in the upcoming series, “Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K.,” Hulu revealed on Saturday at WonderCon@Home.
The stop-motion adult animated series, which will premiere all 10 of its episodes on May 21, will feature Hamm voicing Iron Man, Goldberg as Poundcakes, Fillion as Wonder Man and Hader as Angar the Screamer and The Leader.
The series co-created by Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt follows the supervillain M.O.D.O.K. — short for the Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing and voiced by Oswalt — who Marvel describes as “an egomaniacal Super Villain with a really big head and a really little body, [that] struggles to maintain control of his evil organization and his demanding family.”
Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1967, M.O.D.O.K. finds he has run his evil organization into the ground and is, of all things,...
The stop-motion adult animated series, which will premiere all 10 of its episodes on May 21, will feature Hamm voicing Iron Man, Goldberg as Poundcakes, Fillion as Wonder Man and Hader as Angar the Screamer and The Leader.
The series co-created by Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt follows the supervillain M.O.D.O.K. — short for the Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing and voiced by Oswalt — who Marvel describes as “an egomaniacal Super Villain with a really big head and a really little body, [that] struggles to maintain control of his evil organization and his demanding family.”
Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1967, M.O.D.O.K. finds he has run his evil organization into the ground and is, of all things,...
- 3/27/2021
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Wrap
The titular supervillain in Hulu’s upcoming “M.O.D.O.K.” wants to change the world — by bringing it to its knees.
Hulu unveiled the release date for its upcoming Patton Oswalt-led animated Marvel series during its presentation at the Television Critics Association Winter 2021 Press Tour on Thursday. All 10 episodes of the series, which marks one of Marvel’s few shows to center on a supervillain, will premiere on Hulu on May 21.
Per Hulu, the series will center on “M.O.D.O.K.,” a megalomaniacal supervillain who has long pursued his dream of one day conquering the world. But after years of setbacks and failures fighting the Earth’s mightiest heroes, M.O.D.O.K. has run his evil organization A.I.M. into the ground. Ousted as A.I.M.’s leader, while also dealing with his crumbling marriage and family life, the Mental Organism...
Hulu unveiled the release date for its upcoming Patton Oswalt-led animated Marvel series during its presentation at the Television Critics Association Winter 2021 Press Tour on Thursday. All 10 episodes of the series, which marks one of Marvel’s few shows to center on a supervillain, will premiere on Hulu on May 21.
Per Hulu, the series will center on “M.O.D.O.K.,” a megalomaniacal supervillain who has long pursued his dream of one day conquering the world. But after years of setbacks and failures fighting the Earth’s mightiest heroes, M.O.D.O.K. has run his evil organization A.I.M. into the ground. Ousted as A.I.M.’s leader, while also dealing with his crumbling marriage and family life, the Mental Organism...
- 2/25/2021
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
And now for something different: Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., the first adult animated comedy from the production studio, will make its debut Friday, May 21 on Hulu, it was announced during the virtual Television Critics Association winter press tour on Thursday.
The series — which premieres with all 10 episodes — follows the megalomaniacal supervillain M.O.D.O.K. (voiced by Patton Oswalt), who “has long pursued his dream of one day conquering the world,” per the official synopsis. “But after years of setbacks and failures fighting the Earth’s mightiest heroes, M.O.D.O.K. has run his evil organization A.I.
The series — which premieres with all 10 episodes — follows the megalomaniacal supervillain M.O.D.O.K. (voiced by Patton Oswalt), who “has long pursued his dream of one day conquering the world,” per the official synopsis. “But after years of setbacks and failures fighting the Earth’s mightiest heroes, M.O.D.O.K. has run his evil organization A.I.
- 2/25/2021
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Yakko, Wakko and Dot aren’t done with their Hollywood comeback yet.
Ahead of its second season premiere later this year, Hulu’s “Animaniacs” reboot is already getting renewed for a third season, announced the Disney-owned streaming service at its Television Critics Assn. press tour day.
The ’90s animated series, which ran for five seasons from 1993 to 1998, came back to the small screen last fall after 22 years off the air, skewering and satirizing everything from modern-day politics to the Olympics to, of course, the entertainment industry.
Steven Spielberg is continuing on as executive producer of “Animaniacs,” with Sam Register, President, Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios, Amblin Television Co-Presidents Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey also executive producing. Wellesley Wild serves as showrunner and executive producer, with Gabe Swarr as co-executive producer. Amblin Television, in association with Warner Bros. Animation, is producing.
Separately, Hulu revealed a May 21 premiere date for “Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K.,...
Ahead of its second season premiere later this year, Hulu’s “Animaniacs” reboot is already getting renewed for a third season, announced the Disney-owned streaming service at its Television Critics Assn. press tour day.
The ’90s animated series, which ran for five seasons from 1993 to 1998, came back to the small screen last fall after 22 years off the air, skewering and satirizing everything from modern-day politics to the Olympics to, of course, the entertainment industry.
Steven Spielberg is continuing on as executive producer of “Animaniacs,” with Sam Register, President, Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios, Amblin Television Co-Presidents Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey also executive producing. Wellesley Wild serves as showrunner and executive producer, with Gabe Swarr as co-executive producer. Amblin Television, in association with Warner Bros. Animation, is producing.
Separately, Hulu revealed a May 21 premiere date for “Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K.,...
- 2/25/2021
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
Hulu dropped the first look at “M.O.D.O.K.,” one of its last Marvel series.
Patton Oswalt, who is writing the series, voices the title character, described as “egomaniacal supervillain with a really big head and a really little body.” He’s also apparently bankrupted his evil organization.
The series debuts on May 21. You can watch the teaser in the video above.
In “Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K.,” the megalomaniacal supervillain M.O.D.O.K. (Oswalt) has long pursued his dream of one day conquering the world. But after years of setbacks and failures fighting the Earth’s mightiest heroes, M.O.D.O.K. has run his evil organization A.I.M. into the ground. Ousted as A.I.M.’s leader, while also dealing with his crumbling marriage and family life, the Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing is set to confront his greatest challenge yet.
Patton Oswalt, who is writing the series, voices the title character, described as “egomaniacal supervillain with a really big head and a really little body.” He’s also apparently bankrupted his evil organization.
The series debuts on May 21. You can watch the teaser in the video above.
In “Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K.,” the megalomaniacal supervillain M.O.D.O.K. (Oswalt) has long pursued his dream of one day conquering the world. But after years of setbacks and failures fighting the Earth’s mightiest heroes, M.O.D.O.K. has run his evil organization A.I.M. into the ground. Ousted as A.I.M.’s leader, while also dealing with his crumbling marriage and family life, the Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing is set to confront his greatest challenge yet.
- 2/25/2021
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
“The Ren & Stimpy Show” is the most recent Viacom throwback getting a new life.
Comedy Central announced Wednesday that it has ordered a revival of the ’90s animated series. The move comes amid a significant push into adult animation at ViacomCBS’ entertainment and youth group, which comprises most of the company’s cable brands and is headed by Chris McCarthy. The unit also on Wednesday revealed that Grant Gish, a veteran of Marvel Studios and Fox Animation, would join as head of adult animation.
The “Ren & Stimpy” revival follows orders for new versions of other classic animated comedies from the erstwhile Viacom’s cable library, including Mike Judge’s “Beavis and Butt-Head”; Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Bill Lawrence’s “Clone High”; and “Jodie,” based on the former MTV series “Daria.”
At Fox Animation, Gish developed “Bob’s Burgers” and oversaw “American Dad.” At Marvel, he led the company’s push into adult animation,...
Comedy Central announced Wednesday that it has ordered a revival of the ’90s animated series. The move comes amid a significant push into adult animation at ViacomCBS’ entertainment and youth group, which comprises most of the company’s cable brands and is headed by Chris McCarthy. The unit also on Wednesday revealed that Grant Gish, a veteran of Marvel Studios and Fox Animation, would join as head of adult animation.
The “Ren & Stimpy” revival follows orders for new versions of other classic animated comedies from the erstwhile Viacom’s cable library, including Mike Judge’s “Beavis and Butt-Head”; Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Bill Lawrence’s “Clone High”; and “Jodie,” based on the former MTV series “Daria.”
At Fox Animation, Gish developed “Bob’s Burgers” and oversaw “American Dad.” At Marvel, he led the company’s push into adult animation,...
- 8/5/2020
- by Daniel Holloway
- Variety Film + TV
Comedy Central is rebooting “The Ren & Stimpy Show,” adding to its roster of revived animated properties, the network announced Wednesday.
The announcement comes in conjunction with the news that ViacomCBS Entertainment & Youth Group has tapped Marvel Studios and Fox Entertainment alum Grant Gish to lead a newly created adult animation unit. Shows under his oversight include the “Ren & Stimpy” reboot, Comedy Central’s “Beavis & Butt-Head” revival, the Tracee Ellis Ross-led “Daria” spinoff, “Jodie,” as well as MTV’s reboot of “Clone High.”
“Grant has incredible instincts and a supercharged passion for animation. Along with his extraordinary reputation and impressive successes with some of the biggest hits in the genre, from ‘Bob’s Burgers’ to ‘American Dad’ – his vision is exactly what we’re looking for to lead our adult animation unit,” said Nina L. Diaz, president of content and chief creative officer for ViacomCBS Entertainment & Youth Group.
The announcement comes in conjunction with the news that ViacomCBS Entertainment & Youth Group has tapped Marvel Studios and Fox Entertainment alum Grant Gish to lead a newly created adult animation unit. Shows under his oversight include the “Ren & Stimpy” reboot, Comedy Central’s “Beavis & Butt-Head” revival, the Tracee Ellis Ross-led “Daria” spinoff, “Jodie,” as well as MTV’s reboot of “Clone High.”
“Grant has incredible instincts and a supercharged passion for animation. Along with his extraordinary reputation and impressive successes with some of the biggest hits in the genre, from ‘Bob’s Burgers’ to ‘American Dad’ – his vision is exactly what we’re looking for to lead our adult animation unit,” said Nina L. Diaz, president of content and chief creative officer for ViacomCBS Entertainment & Youth Group.
- 8/5/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Exclusive: ViacomCBS Entertainment & Youth Group has appointed former Marvel Studios and 20th Century Fox TV animation executive Grant Gish to spearhead the expansion into adult animation.
Gish will lead the new Adult Animation Unit as SVP, Adult Animation, Entertainment & Youth Brands. He starts August 31.
Adult animation has been a priority area for Entertainment & Youth Group President Chris McCarthy, originally at MTV Studios and more recently also at Comedy Central after he took oversight of the comedy-centric cable network in the post-Viacom-CBS merger restructuring late last year.
The strategy so far has involved mining the MTV library of iconic adult animation IP. That includes two reboots with the original series’ creators, Beavis and Butt-Head with Mike Judge and Clone High with Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Bill Lawrence; as well as Jodie, based on the classic MTV series, Daria. Of the three, two have been set up at a network,...
Gish will lead the new Adult Animation Unit as SVP, Adult Animation, Entertainment & Youth Brands. He starts August 31.
Adult animation has been a priority area for Entertainment & Youth Group President Chris McCarthy, originally at MTV Studios and more recently also at Comedy Central after he took oversight of the comedy-centric cable network in the post-Viacom-CBS merger restructuring late last year.
The strategy so far has involved mining the MTV library of iconic adult animation IP. That includes two reboots with the original series’ creators, Beavis and Butt-Head with Mike Judge and Clone High with Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Bill Lawrence; as well as Jodie, based on the classic MTV series, Daria. Of the three, two have been set up at a network,...
- 8/5/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
As ViacomCBS continues to aggressively expand its adult animation offerings, the conglomerate has recruited a seasoned executive to oversee its growing slate.
Marvel and Fox alum Grant Gish has been tapped to head a newly launched adult animation division at Chris McCarthy's ViacomCBS' Entertainment & Youth Group.
"Grant has incredible instincts and a supercharged passion for animation. Along with his extraordinary reputation and impressive successes with some of the biggest hits in the genre, from Bob’s Burgers to American Dad — his vision is exactly what we’re looking for to lead our adult animation unit," said Nina ...
Marvel and Fox alum Grant Gish has been tapped to head a newly launched adult animation division at Chris McCarthy's ViacomCBS' Entertainment & Youth Group.
"Grant has incredible instincts and a supercharged passion for animation. Along with his extraordinary reputation and impressive successes with some of the biggest hits in the genre, from Bob’s Burgers to American Dad — his vision is exactly what we’re looking for to lead our adult animation unit," said Nina ...
With their animated series Solar Opposites, Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan injected aliens into a world of mundane human squabbles, in hopes of turning a classic TV form on its head.
Starring Roiland, Thomas Middleditch and Andrew Daly, the series centers on a family of extraterrestrials who are forced to take refuge in Middle America, where they weigh the virtues of life on planet Earth.
Perhaps best known as two of the creatives behind Rick and Morty, Roiland and McMahan met years ago, and connected as friends. The idea for Solar Opposites would then emerge organically, as an extension of what they’d done with their aforementioned Emmy-winning series. “Justin and I have known each other since back during his development days, when I was an assistant for Jennifer Howell, when she was the head of animation at 20th TV. We had hit it off, and just from working together and knowing each other,...
Starring Roiland, Thomas Middleditch and Andrew Daly, the series centers on a family of extraterrestrials who are forced to take refuge in Middle America, where they weigh the virtues of life on planet Earth.
Perhaps best known as two of the creatives behind Rick and Morty, Roiland and McMahan met years ago, and connected as friends. The idea for Solar Opposites would then emerge organically, as an extension of what they’d done with their aforementioned Emmy-winning series. “Justin and I have known each other since back during his development days, when I was an assistant for Jennifer Howell, when she was the head of animation at 20th TV. We had hit it off, and just from working together and knowing each other,...
- 6/23/2020
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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