Cult-Beloved Animated Series Clone High Returns in 2023

It could have taken twenty years, however subsequent 12 months the clones will assault. No, not these clones. The clones of Clone High, the MTV animated present created by Phil Lord, Chris Miller, and Bill Lawrence.

A couple of years again, information broke that the present, which follows clones of well-known historic figures in a contemporary highschool, would quickly be reimagined by authentic author Erica Rivinoja. She, together with Lawrence, Lord, and Miller, have been set to as soon as once more “follow prominent historical figures who have been cloned and placed back in high school, including Abraham Lincoln, Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, John F. Kennedy, and more, as they face the trials and tribulations of normal teenage life.”

That was 2020 although. Since then, we hadn’t heard a lot—however this week, Lord and Miller went on Twitter to disclose that the present will debut on HBO Max subsequent 12 months, 20 years after the unique went off the air. Here’s Lord:

And right here’s Miller:

While a present going off the air can generally be a nail within the coffin of sure careers, Clone High was the alternative for its creators. Lord and Miller went on to Hollywood mega-stardom, directing The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street movies whereas producing Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (together with its upcoming sequels) and way more. Lawrence has additionally been a mainstay on tv, most just lately co-creating a little bit present by the identify of Ted Lasso.

This time round, Rivinoja is the showrunner and he or she’s written the pilot with Lord and Miller. And it looks like the proper time to take action. In 2002, Clone High was a present not many individuals watched made by artistic skills who hadn’t established themselves but. Now, they’ve, and we’d think about it’ll discover a entire new viewers.

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