The Boondock Saints III is actually happening.

https://youtu.be/ZfaprMUfL_o Listen / download here: Fifteen years ago, The Boondocks changed the course of modern animation by not only featuring Black characters as the leads, but by being absolutely unapologetic in its content. That boundary-pushing show gained its own following along with a fair share of backlash, all of which is now par for the course for executive producer Carl Jones and producer Brian Ash. They've had celebrities like Oprah and Tyler Perry take issue with (and aim at) The Boondocks, just as they've had Adult Swim axe an episode before it was ever animated …

Earlier this year, we reported that a re-imagining of the fan-favorite and critically acclaimed animated series The Boondocks was in the works. A few short months later and we can now report that HBO Max is ordering two re-imagined seasons, with 24 new episodes on the way. The series from creator Aaron McGruder will launch in Fall 2020 with a 50-minute special. All 55 episodes of the original The Boondocks series will also be available on the direct-to-consumer offering at launch. Based on the comic strip created by McGruder, The Boondocks both depicted and …

HBO Max orders two re-imagined seasons and a special of The Boondocks, with the property's creator, Aaron McGruder, returning as showrunner.

Back when The Boondocks hit the late-night airwaves on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim showcase in 2005, Facebook was still just for college kids, Twitter had yet to be founded, and Instagram wasn't even a twinkle in the Internet's heavily filtered eye. Simpler times. But since the topics that Aaron McGruder's razor-sharp satirical series tackled--political critiques, parodies and celebrations of Black cultural icons, and modern living in America through an African American lens--were as relevant then as they are now (and perhaps more so now), The Boondocks remains a worthy watch nearly 15 …