“Couldn’t ask for better partners in Sony Pictures Animation and HBO Max in helping us get Young Love out to the world.” “I am beyond excited to continue telling the story of Stephen, Angela, and Zuri and further explore the family dynamics of a young Black millennial family we established in our short film ‘Hair Love’ as an animated series,” Cherry in a statement.

‘Star Wars: Visions’: Volume 2 Expands Beyond Anime The upcoming “Young Love” animated series expands on the family introduced in “Hair Love.” Filled with comedy and heart, Young Love is an honest look into the world of the Young family – including millennial parents Stephen and Angela, their daughter Zuri, and her pet cat Rocky - as they juggle their careers, marriage, parenthood, social issues, and multi-generational dynamics all while striving to make a better life for themselves. Per WarnerMedia, “Hair Love” centered around the relationship between an African American father, his daughter Zuri, and the most daunting task a father could ever come across: doing his daughter’s hair for the first time. The upcoming series promises to expand upon the characters that made the original short an instant hit. Dayna Lynne North (“Insecure”) will also serve as an executive producer and writer. Young (producer of “Hair Love”) along with Lion Forge Animation’s David Steward II and Carl Reed. The series will be executive produced by Blue Key Entertainment’s Monica A.

Cherry will serve as showrunner alongside animation veteran Carl Jones (“The Boondocks,” “Black Dynamite”). Cherry’s Academy Award winning “ Hair Love” short is getting adapted into an animated television series for HBO Max.Ĭherry’s upcoming 12-episode show, titled “ Young Love,” will be based on the characters from his short film.

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