HBO Max is doubling down on adult animation and has ordered three series and set a bustling development slate.
The streamer has handed a two-season order to
Clone High, the reboot of the classic MTV series with Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Bill Lawrence, and ordered
Velma with
Mindy Kaling set as lead voice star and exec producer and
Fired On Mars from
Pete Davidson.
These projects are the latest to be ordered by HBO Max, which also has
Harley Quinn, The Prince, Santa Inc., 10 Year Old Tom and
The Boondocks. Last month, it also introduced a new landing page for animation.
Clone High, a reboot of the 2002 series set at a high school for clones of historical figures, comes from MTV Entertainment Studios. Lord and Miller are set as executive producers and writers, Lawrence is executive producer with Erica Rivinoja, who wrote on the original Clone High, named as showrunner.