Pete Davidson to join HBO Max’s Third New Adult-Animated Comedy Fired on Mars
Pete Davidson to join HBO Max’s Third New Adult-Animated Comedy Fired on Mars
The Saturday Night Live star is to join a new adult-animated series
The Saturday Night Live star is to join a new adult-animated series
February 12, 2021
As HBO Max continues to create adult animated series with three new ones coming soon, Pete Davidson is so star in their new comedy, “Fired on Mars.” The animated show is an existential workplace comedy with a twist, it’s set only five minutes in the future.
Scooby-Doo spin-off
Clone High. The streamer has also renewed
Close Enough, another adult animated series, and unveiled a slate of animated originals in development.
The new
Clone High, which has a two-season order, will be a “modern refresh” of the original series (image at top) by Phil Lord, Chris Miller, and Bill Lawrence, which initially aired in 2002–03. The show is set at a high school for clones of historical figures. Lord and Miller are set to return as writers and executive producers, and Lawrence will also be returning as an executive producer. Erica Rivinoja (
South Park,
Clone High, is returning as showrunner.
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Velma Dinkley Series Starring Mindy Kaling, Clone High Reboot Among HBO Max Adult Animation Orders
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HBO Max has given a two-season order to a reboot of adult animated series “Clone High,” as well as a series order to a standalone series about “Scooby-Doo” character Velma Dinkley, who will be voiced by Mindy Kaling.
The announcements were part of a larger adult animation slate revealed by HBO Max on Wednesday. The streamer also picked up the series “Fired on Mars” starring Pete Davidson and a Season 2 and 3 renewal for JG Quintel’s “Close Enough.” Season 2 of “Close Enough” will debut on Feb. 25 HBO Max has also confirmed the development of multiple projects, which are described in full below.
Clone High, Mindy Kaling Scooby Prequel, Pete Davidson Animated Comedies a Go at HBO Max
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From left: Bill Lawrence, Mindy Kaling and Pete Davidson
The WarnerMedia-backed streamer continues to push into the lucrative adult animation space and has also put projects from Michael B. Jordan, Ed Helms, Sean Solomon and Brian Michael Bendis into development.
HBO Max is doubling down on adult animation.
The WarnerMedia-backed streamer has handed out a two-season pickup to a
Clone High update as well as straight-to-series orders for a
Scooby-Doo origin story about Velma from exec producer (and voice star) Mindy Kaling and a workplace entry featuring Pete Davidson.