Garbage Pail Kids: animated show coming from Danny McBride

May 27th 2021, 5:16pm

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

Oh no. THR reports that "HBO Max is teaming with Topps, Tornante and Danny McBride’s Rough House Pictures to bring the beloved 1980s trading cards to life as an animated TV series.

The article goes on to say that:

The project, which is currently in development at the WarnerMedia-backed streamer, is inspired by McBride and his Rough House partner David Gordon Green’s love for Garbage Pail Kids and Saturday morning cartoons. The expectation is that the animated series will be family-friendly and appeal to audiences of all ages.

McBride, Green and Josh Bycel (Hulu’s Solar Opposites) will write and co-create the HBO Max series. Tornante TV’s Noel Bright and Steven A. Cohen will exec produce alongside Rough House’s Brandon James (The Righteous Gemstones) alongside McBride, Green and Bycel. It’s yet to be determined if McBride will lend his voice to any of the characters in the potential series.

I don't know about you guys, but Garbage Pail Kids was way before my time, but coming at it now – with no prior nostalgia – I don't really see the appeal. As the 1987 movie I think proved, maybe these characters should just stay as cards to look at once for a reserved chuckle, and then leave 'em at that. But who knows? Maybe this project will be brilliant! Weirder things have happened.

But what do you guys think? Fans of the property? If so, looking forward to the show from McBride? Either way, sound off below!