Clone High is returning to TV after two decades off of the air.

HBO Max announced a slew of animation pickups today, including a two-season order for a "modern refresh" of Clone High. The return of the show will also see the return of creators Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who will write and executive produce the series once again. Co-creator Bill Lawrence will also be back as an executive producer, as will original series writer Erica Rivinoja, who's since written for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and South Park. In addition to writing, Rivinoja will serve as the showrunner of the revived series.

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Along with the Clone High revival, HBO Max ordered a Scooby-Doo series from Mindy Kaling centering on Velma, picked up two more seasons of Close Enough, greenlit a comedy series from Saturday Night Live's Pete Davidson and will bring the Brian Michael Bendis and David Mack DC comic series Cover to TV.

Developed by Lord, Miller and Lawrence in the '90s while they attended college together, Clone High ran for 13 episodes on MTV from 2002 to 2003. The animated series took place in a high school populated by teenage clones of various historical figures, including Joan of Arc, Cleopatra, John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln and Gandhi. It was the latter depiction that ultimately led to the show's cancellation ahead of a planned Season 2.

When the head of Viacom visited MTV India in 2003 during the 55th anniversary of Gandhi's assassination, around 150 people, including members of parliament and Gandhi's great-grandson, held a hunger strike over the show's depiction of the real-life figure as a rude party animal. They blocked the building, preventing escape, and even threatened to revoke the company's broadcast license. Lord and Miller tried pitching versions of the show without Gandhi or with a retcon about his identity, but MTV ultimately decided to cancel the series.

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The show became a cult hit in the years after its cancellation, and Lord and Miller have gone on to success as writers, director and producers with projects including The LEGO MovieSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and the Jump Street movies. News of Clone High's return was first announced last year, with Viacom excited about the prospect of bringing back the series. The show will be produced by MTV Entertainment Studios but does not yet have a release date on HBO Max. As for the role of Gandhi, there's been no word on how the show will handle his character, though it seems unlikely that he will appear.

Source: HBO Max