Good news for everyone! The beloved but animated animated comedy series Clone High it’s being reimagined for MTV, and the original creators are on board. You may or may not know that Phil Lord and Chris Miller – the tremendously successful (and Oscar-winning) filmmakers behind films like The lego movie and 21 Jump Street – They started co-creating Clone High in the early 2000s. The show only had 13 episodes on MTV in the US and on Teletoon in Canada, but it spawned a cult following for its tremendous sense of humor and unique premise.
Like the original, “Clone High” will follow prominent historical figures who have been cloned and placed in high school, including Abraham Lincoln, Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, John F. Kennedy, and more as they face the trials and tribulations of normal teenage life
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Lord and Miller will “reimagine” Clone High with co-creator Bill Lawrence for MTV Studios, although it is unclear exactly where this could be broadcast. Since MTV Studios is owned by Viacom CBS, it could be part of the reimagined version of the CBS All Access streaming service that is in the works.
Erica Rivinoja, who was a writer on the original series, will serve as a showrunner and will co-write the pilot with Lord and Miller.
This news comes shortly after MTV Studios announced that Beavis and Butthead creator Mike Judge He’s reviewing that iconic MTV animated series for two new seasons, so it looks like MTV is making a concerted effort to create content for young viewers that is edgy and creative, just as they did in the early 2000s.
Lord and Miller are very busy right now, but I am delighted to hear that they will step in. Clone High back. The two are preparing their next feature film, an astronaut movie starring Ryan Gosling based on a book by Andy Weir, and they’re also working on an Apple live-action series called The after party that Miller will show up. They are both producers of the upcoming Sony Pictures Animation movie. Connected, and are re-producing the highly anticipated next Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse continuation.
Lawrence, meanwhile, is currently working on the Apple series. Ted’s Tie protagonist Jason Sudeikis.
