Freak Brothers, Andrea Savage and Lionsgate's La La Anthony join the cast

Freak Brothers, Andrea Savage and Lionsgate's La La Anthony join the cast


The Freak Brothers is developing along the pipeline, with the added weight of Lionsgate behind the comix counterculture adaptation of the 60s. Based on Gilbert Shelton's The fabulous furry brothers Freak, the new animated series for adults has been added I'm sorry creator and protagonist Andrea Savage and La La Anthony (Energy) to the impressive list of voice casts.

Coming from creators / executive producers Courtney Solomon and Mark Canton, The Freak Brothers follows the misadventures of Freewheelin 'Franklin Freek (voiced by Woody Harrelson), Fat Freddy Freekowtski (John Goodman), Phineas T. Phreakers (Pete Davidson) and their fluffy, foul-mouthed cat, Kitty (Tiffany Haddish) as they are transported from 1969 to 2020 from a mutated strain of marijuana. Together, they struggle to navigate a very different San Francisco, where, luckily for them, at least weed is legal.

The voice cast also includes Adam Devine and Blake Anderson as weed experts Chuck and Charlie, rapper ScHoolboy Q as an animated version of himself, and award-winning VO star Phil LaMarr (Futurama, Young Justice, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Samurai Jack).

Savage will voice a no-nonsense tech named Harper, while Anthony plays his younger, more idealistic and compassionate sister: Gretchen, a social advocate.

"I've been passionate about cartoons and animation forever and dreamed of having the opportunity to voice an animated series," said Anthony. Expiration date. “And sharing the screen with some of the greatest comedians of our time is fantastic. I'm thrilled to be a part of this project and can't wait for the fans to see the show. "

Solomon and Canton executives produce for WTG Enterprises, the owner of the intellectual property, along with writer-showrunners Alan Cohen and Alan FreedlandKing of the Hill, American father!). Harrelson, Haddish, Davidson, Devine, Anderson, Shelton and Manfred Mroczkowski are also executive producers. The eight-episode first season animation was made by Starburns Industries (Rick and Morty) and Pure Imagination (The Simpsons). The show, which finished production on S1, doesn't have a broadcast partner yet. Lionsgate is in charge of global distribution.

The Freak Brothers was announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, and the first of a quartet of minisodes came out online about a year ago as a prelude to the full series.

[Source: Deadline]



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