The Fox-owned free, ad-supported streamer has acquired rights to “,” a stoner comedy series starring Woody Harrelson, Pete Davidson, John Goodman and Tiffany Haddish. Tubi will premiere the first two episodes on Sunday, Nov. 14.
“The Freak Brothers” follows four cannabis-loving characters — Freewheelin’ Franklin Freek , the paranoid Phineas T. Freakers , man-child Fat Freddy Freekowtski and their cat Kitty — who wake up from a 50-year nap after smoking a magical strain of weed in 1969. In the show, they must learn to adjust to life with a new family in present-day San Francisco.
“The Freak Brothers” is “the perfect complement to [Fox’s] Animation Domination [brand] and provides the ideal opportunity to not only grow Tubi’s audience, but take the animation genre to the next level in AVOD,” Michael Thorn, Fox Entertainment’s president of entertainment.
The original comic books were outstanding and it looks like they are going to use the same artwork which is great!