From the world of underground comix and primarily based on Gilbert Shelton’s hottest creation, the grownup animated sequence The Freak Brothers Season 1 arrives on Digital on April 17 from Lionsgate. The eight-episode assortment might be out there for the SRP of $9.99.
Synopsis: Primarily based on Shelton’s The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, the Tubi unique sequence chronicles the escapades of three cannabis-loving, time-traveling “Freaks” from the late Nineteen Sixties who get up from a 50-year nap after smoking a magical pressure of weed in 1969, and should regulate to life with a brand new household in present-day San Francisco.
The Freak Brothers options the voices of Academy Award nominee Woody Harrelson (True Detective, Zombieland) as Freewheelin’ Franklin Freek, Pete Davidson (SNL, The King of Staten Island) as Phineas T. Phreakears, Primetime Emmy Award winner John Goodman (Studio 60 on the Sundown Strip, The Righteous Gems) as Fats Freddy Freekowtski and Primetime Emmy Award winner Tiffany Haddish (Like a Boss, Tuca & Bertie) as Fats Freddy’s cat, Kitty.
Extra voices embrace Liza Del Mundo, Andrea Savage, La La Anthony, Phil LaMarr, Adam Devine, Blake Anderson and Schoolboy Q.
Animated by Starburns Industries (Rick and Morty) and Pure Creativeness Studios (The Simpsons), The Freak Brothers Season 1 is written and produced by Silicon Valley alums Dave Krinsky and John Altschuler, and Extremely Gifted‘s Daniel and Jeremy Lehrer. Tubi introduced a Season 2 renewal in Could 2022; a launch date is TBA.
