After an unforgettable hit of a primary season, Tubi has confirmed that they’ll be renewing their grownup animated comedy sequence, The Freak Brothers for a second season. The eight episode comply with up is slated to debut on the streamer in December with its complete A-list lineup of vocal expertise returning. That’s proper! Not solely will audiences be handled to a different wacky and marijuana smoke crammed season, however they’ll additionally anticipate to have the identical prime tier vocal performances that helped make the primary season the knock-out that it was. These returning actors embody Woody Harrelson, John Goodman, Pete Davidson, Tiffany Haddish, Adam Devine, Blake Anderson, Andrea Savage, La La Anthony, and rap famous person ScHoolboy Q.
Marking the streamer’s first authentic animated sequence, The Freak Brothers shortly turned a favourite amongst followers who jumped on the alternative to see Gilbert Shelton’s beloved underground comedian tailored to on-screen kind. The present takes its story from Shelton’s sequence, The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and facilities round three pot smoking, institution hating buddies who, together with their sarcastic cat, take a 50-year nap after smoking some killer bud. When the foursome fell asleep, the 12 months was 1969 and issues had been a lot totally different than they’re after they come to in present-day San Francisco. Sticking collectively, however elevating the identical ruckus, the trio faces their new world head on with coronary heart, braveness, and loads of weed.
Tubi’s Chief Content material Officer, Adam Lewinson, spoke on the platform’s resolution to reinvest within the present crediting it to the audiences who tuned in because it first premiered on the airwaves final November. Sharing his personal emotions, Lewinson mentioned that he and the community had been, “excited to convey again our favourite trio of Freaks – and their trippy pet Kitty – for one more wild season.” He additionally shared his sky-is-the-limit angle for the place the community may see its grownup animation items going sooner or later.
The sequence is run by Alan Cohen and Alan Freedland (King of the Hill) and government produced by Courtney Solomon, Mark Canton, Gilbert Shelton, and Manfred Mroczkowski. Stars Harrelson, Haddish, Davidson, Devine, and Anderson additionally government produce.
Ever since its look in an underground Austin, Texas newspaper all the best way again in 1968, Shelton’s comedian sequence has been a favourite among the many anti-establishment, hippie crowd. Reimagining it as an animated televised model was a genius transfer on the a part of Tubi as its story and characters are common. We’re thrilled to listen to {that a} second season is on the best way and stay up for seeing what different tales are going to be informed by way of the eyes of the trio of perpetually stoned freaks.
There’s at the moment no launch date for Season 2 of The Freak Brothers.
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