Chris Rock’s life story is returning to television, though this time it’s going to be animated.
Comedy Central revealed on Aug. 26 that its new adult animated series, Everybody Still Hates Chris, will premiere next month.
The “reimagined series” is based on the original UPN/CW comedy Everybody Hates Chris, which ran for four seasons from 2005 to 2009.
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The network also shared a first-look photo from the new series.
The image shows Chris’ family sitting down for a meal at a restaurant and all does not appear to be okay.
Like the original series, the remake will feature Chris Rock narrating stories inspired by his experiences growing up in the late 1980s with his working-class family in Brooklyn.
Terry Crews who played Chris’ hardworking and thrifty father, Julius in the original series, and Tichina Arnold who played Chris’ strong-willed mother Rochelle, are returning to voice their characters.
Former Disney and Nickelodeon star Tim Johnson Jr. will be voicing Young Chris, while Deliah’s Ozioma Akagha will voice Rock’s little sister and the baby of the family Tonya.
Former Henry Danger star Terrence Little Gardenhigh will voice Rock’s “cooler” brother Drew and Rock’s “only friend in school” Greg is voiced by Kung Fu Panda’s Gunnar Sizemore.
Rock will serve as an executive producer along with Ali LeRoi, showrunner Sanjay Shah, and 3 Arts Entertainment’s Michael Rotenberg and Dave Becky.
CBS Eye Animation Productions, the animation division of CBS Studios is producing. The animation studio behind Everybody Still Hates Chris is Titmouse.
Titmouse is the same company behind popular adult animated shows like Netflix’s Big Mouth and Adult Swim’s The Venture Bros and Metalocalypse.
Everybody Still Hates Chris is set to premiere on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 10 ET/PT on Comedy Central.
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