The Garbage Pail Kids are returning to screens for the first time since the 1987 live-action film based on the grotesque Topps trading cards. Deadline is reporting that a Garbage Pail Kids animated series is in the works at HBO Max.
From co-creators and writers Danny McBride, David Gordon Green and Josh Bycel, the series is inspired by McBride and Green’s affinity for Garbage Pail Kids and Saturday morning cartoons. The animated program is set to be family-friendly for an audience of all ages.
The Garbage Pail Kids made their debut in 1985 as a series of humorous, but gross sticker cards parodying the then popular Cabbage Patch Kids. Each card featured a character in the style of the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls, but had a disgusting habit, or had met an untimely demise. The gross-out characters made their way to the big screen in 1987 with the film “The Garbage Pail Kids Movie,” which brought some of the card characters to life for the film.
