
‘Young Love’: HBO Greenlights Animated Series Based on the Oscar-Winning Short Film ‘Hair Love’
Posted on Tuesday, July 7th, 2020 by Ben Pearson
Matthew A. Cherry is expanding the Hair Love cinematic universe with a new HBO series.
The premium cable channel has ordered Young Love, a 12-episode animated series which will follow the characters introduced in Cherry’s 2019 short film Hair Love, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Cherry will serve as the co-showrunner of this new series along with Carl Jones, whose previous credits include shows like The Boondocks and Black Dynamite. Check out the original short film and get details about the new show below. Read More »