Oscar Winning Animated Short HAIR LOVE to Get Spin-Off Series on HBO Max

Hair Love is an adorable animated short that won an Oscar earlier this year. The short was written and directed by Matthew A. Cherry and features an African American father helping his daughter style her hair. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend that you do. Well, HBO Max has recently put in an order for a 12-episode series based on the short. The series is set to be called Young Love, and the showrunners will be Cherry and Carl Jones. The showrunners will also be teaming up with Dayna Lynne North to write the series.

Like Cherry's best-selling book of the same name, Hair Love follows an African American father who has to learn to do his daughter Zuri's hair. Young Love, the 2D animated series, will explore family dynamics through this young Black millennial family — Stephen and Angela, their daughter, Zuri, and her pet cat, Rocky — as they juggle their careers, marriage, parenthood, social issues and multigenerational dynamics, all while striving to make a better life for themselves.

When talking about Young Love, Cherry released the following statement:

I am beyond excited to continue telling the story of Stephen, Angela and Zuri and further explore the dynamics of a young Black millennial family we established in our short film Hair Love as an animated series. Couldn't ask for better partners in Sony Pictures Animation and HBO Max in helping us get Young Love out into the world.

Billy Wee of HBO Max said:

Hair Love struck a chord that is still resonating deeply with audiences of all ages. Matthew and Sony Animation’s creative voices are a welcomed addition to the HBO Max family and we can’t wait to bring this joyous story to the world.

I’m excited to see this new series.

Via: THR