Aaron McGruder created The Boondocks, an unproduced American adult animation sitcom loosely based on his comic strip of the same name. It was originally planned by Sony Pictures Animation to serve as the second television series based on the comic, following the 2005–2014 TV series that aired on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim programming block for four seasons. The show was supposed to launch on HBO Max, but development never got off the ground.
Release date of Season 5 of The Boondocks:
Season 5 of The Boondocks is set to be released on September 22nd.
As previously stated, The Boondocks ended in 2014. However, it is now time for a reboot, which many people misread as the fifth season. So, here’s the scoop: HBO Max is planning a revival of The Boondocks. The reboot version is planned to be released in 2022.
For the time being, it is said that WarnerMedia has ordered two seasons of The Boondocks for the new HBO Max streaming service. Season one will have twelve episodes, while season two will have the same number of episodes.
The cast of The Boondocks Season 5:
The good news is that McGruder will be back in charge of the show. He had skipped the fourth and last season of the original “The Boondocks” TV programme, issuing a statement on Facebook (through Shadow and Act) that was vague as to why he was departing. “To this point, The Boondocks very much symbolises my life’s labour,” he wrote. “Huey, Riley, and Granddad are more than simply possessions to me. They are my made-up blood relatives. Nothing hurts more than leaving them behind. ‘Hollywood is a business,’ said a magnificent white man. ‘Don’t harbour grudges,’ says another great white man.” According to IGN, the disagreement arose because of production schedule concerns.
Because this is a reinvention, you can definitely expect a completely new cast.
In the original series, Regina King played both Riley and Huey, while John Witherspoon played Granddad and Gary Anthony Williams played Uncle Ruckus. In fact, it was Witherspoon who broke the news of the comeback of “The Boondocks” during an interview on “The Joe Rogan Experience” in May 2019, which sparked speculation about whether he would be involved with the new series. However, he died later that year, thus he will be unable to resume his role.
What is the plot of the reboot of The Boondocks?
Riley, Huey, and Granddad settle in the Woodcrest suburb when Granddad becomes the boys’ legal guardian in the original “The Boondocks.” They are fighting the regulations imposed by Uncle Ruckus and his neo-fascist community administration there. The anime- and manga-inspired style of the series is updated in this reimagining, but the premise appears to remain the same – Granddad and kids move to a Maryland suburb and fight to survive under Uncle Ruckus’ odd authority. Essentially, imagine a comparable storey that is updated with the kinds of contemporary events that the first series anticipated.
“There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to return the universe of ‘The Boondocks’ and redo it for today,” McGruder told Deadline in 2019. “It’s incredible how different our circumstances are now — both politically and culturally — more than a decade after the initial series and two decades after the original newspaper comic. There’s a lot to say, and it should be entertaining.”
If you wish to watch the original series before the reboot, “The Boondocks” is currently accessible in its entirety on HBO Max.
