HBO Max Orders Animated ‘Young Love”‘

Streamer HBO Max has ordered a 12-episode season of thenew, 2D animated series, “Young Love,” based on the characters introduced in the Academy Award-winning short film, “Hair Love,” from Oscar winner Matthew A. Cherry and Sony Pictures Animation. The new series for HBO Max is created by Cherry, who will showrun with long-time animation creative Carl Jones (“The Boondocks”) executive produced by Blue Key Entertainment’s Monica A. Young (“Hair Love”) along with Lion Forge Animation’s David Steward II and Carl Reed.

“Hair Love” centers 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 short resonated with people everywhere, especially fathers who found themselves in similar situations. Upcoming “Young Love” expands on the family introduced in “Hair Love,” which is described as 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.