MTV Entertainment greenlights an animated version of Chris Rock’s family comedy Everybody Hates Chris into Everybody Still Hates Chris. The straight-to-series Everybody Still Hates Chris keeps Rock as narrator and executive producer. It’ll be the animated version of the live version of Chris Rock’s autobiographical comedy.
Deadline reports that the comedian’s teenage years will be the inspiration for the upcoming series. Paramount Plus and Comedy Central will be its means for global reach.
CBS Studios and 3 Arts Entertainment produces it with MTV. The project belongs to MTV Entertainment Studios’ thrust to strengthen its adult animation portfolio.
Everybody Still Hates Chris, will take pages off from Chris Rock’s family comedy Everybody Hates Chris. The series inspiring the upcoming animated project starred Terry Crews, Tichina Arnold and Tequan Richmond. It ran for four seasons totaling 88 episodes from 2005 to 2009. The series registers impressive ratings on the Tomatometer reflecting 95% average critic score and 98% average audience score.
MTV Greenlights Chris Rock’s Everybody Still Hates Chris
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The sitcom depicts the misadventures of a teenage Chris Rock in his adolescent years in Brooklyn during the 1980s. Chris together with his family shows their life as they navigate their community encounters. Rock is the show’s creator and narrator as well as its executive producer.
Translating the series into animation for MTV is Sanjay Shah who will be its showrunner and pilot script writer. Ali LeRoi joins him and Rock as executive producer as well as Michael Rotenberg and Dave Becky. Grant Gish is also credited as producer for the animated version as he is MTV’s Head of Adult Animation.
President/CEO of Paramount Media Networks and MTV Entertainment Studios Chris McCarthy says:
Chris Rock is one of the most gifted comedians of all time and we’re excited to partner with him, 3 Arts and CBS Studios to bring this to life and welcome it as the next big hit in our expanding arsenal of iconic adult animation that includes smash series such as South Park and the new Beavis and Butt-Head.
CBS Studios President and CEO states:
A reimagining of this groundbreaking, critically acclaimed series has been a source of creative discussions at our Studio for a long time. It’s exciting to join forces with 3 Arts and the comedic genius of Chris Rock as he expands on his vision of the original show in this innovative new format. This also marks another significant in-house collaboration for CBS with Chris McCarthy and our valued partners at MTV Entertainment Studios as we jointly support this marquee series for Paramount+ and Comedy Central.
MTV Greenlights Chris Rock’s Everybody Still Hates Chris
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Converting the series into animation could very well be a great step for the series. Through this medium, the story can withstand the test of time as characters will ultimately not actually age. This will give ample room for the creators to explore more shenanigans that Chris Rock’s growing up years have actually stored. General comments of the news reflect positive feedback and the show’s previous viewers cannot wait to share their appreciation with a new generation of audience.
