From the world of underground comix and based on Gilbert Shelton’s most popular creation, the adult animated series “The Freak Brothers: Season 1” arrives on Digital on April 17th from Lionsgate. Animated by Starburns Industries (TV’s “Rick and Morty”) and Pure Imagination Studios (TV’s “The Simpsons”), “The Freak Brothers: Season 1” is written and produced by “Silicon Valley” alums Dave Krinsky and John Altschuler, and “Highly Gifted”’s Daniel and Jeremy Lehrer. “The Freak Brothers: Season 1” will be available for the suggested retail price of $9.99 for Digital.
OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS
Based on Gilbert Shelton’s acclaimed comics “The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers” and animated by award-winning Starburns Industries (“Rick and Morty”), the series is set in modern-day San Francisco. It features four cannabis-loving, time-traveling “Freaks” from the late 1960s – Freewheelin’ Franklin Freek (Woody Harrelson), Phineas T. Phreakears (Pete Davidson), Fat Freddy Freekowtski (John Goodman), and Fat Freddy’s cat aka Kitty (Tiffany Haddish).
Starring Academy Award® nominee Woody Harrelson (TV’s “True Detective,” “The People vs. Larry Flynt,” “Triangle of Sadness,” “Zombieland”), Primetime Emmy® Award winner John Goodman (TV’s “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,” “Roseanne,” “Argo,” “10 Cloverfield Lane”), Primetime Emmy® Award winner Tiffany Haddish (“Like a Boss,” “Girls Trip,” TV’s “Tuca & Bertie” “The Afterparty”), and Pete Davidson (TV’s “Saturday Night Live,” “The King of Staten Island,” “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” “The Dirt”).
Available on Digital HD April 17th
