Another reboot, but a very different one…
From MovieWeb:
David Gordon Green and Danny McBride are collaborating on a new cartoon series based on the Garbage Pail Kids trading cards from the 1980s.
The Garbage Pail Kids will return via HBO Max. Per a new report from THR, the WarnerMedia streaming service has partnered up with Topps, Torante, and Danny McBride’s Rough House Pictures to develop a new animated series based on the gross characters from the 1980s trading cards. While some of the original trading cards are a little risque, the idea is for the new cartoon show to be family-friendly and appeal to audiences of all ages.
McBride and his Rough House partner David Gordon Green were inspired to reimagine Garbage Pail Kids because of their love for the original trading cards and Saturday morning cartoons. The duo, along with Josh Bycel (Solar Opposites), will write and co-create the animated series for HBO Max.
A series of sticker trading cards, Garbage Pail Kids was first released by the Topps Company in 1985.
There was in fact a previous adaptation of a Garbage Pail Kids cartoon in 1987. It was released in the UK and Canada in the late 1980s, but due to its controversial content, the cartoon never aired on television in the United States. Luckily, fans got to finally see the GPK series in its entirety when Paramount Home Entertainment released “Garbage Pail Kids: The Complete Series” on DVD in Region 1 on April 4, 2006.
A release date hasn’t yet been set for Garbage Pail Kids on HBO Max.
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