Everybody Still Hates Chris Cast and Creator Discuss Animated Revival Series at Comic-Con
22Everybody Hates Chris, the 2000s sitcom loosely based on the childhood experiences of Chris Rock, left a formative impact on a generation of kids, teenagers, and adults. Now, a new reboot series, Everybody Still Hates Chris, will tell Chris' story for a new generation and revive the glory of the original show in a whole new format. Showrunner and executive producer Sanjay Shah (Fresh Off the Boat) is bringing back some familiar faces and a few newcomers in hopes of honoring and continuing the popular series' legacy.
The original show, which tackled coming-of-age, parenting, and class/social status, was simultaneously hilarious and wholesome. In the show, the young Chris, played by Abbott Elementary's Tyler James Williams, grows up in the Bronx neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant. He lives with his two siblings and his parents, played by Terry Crews and Tichina Arnold, and struggles with adolescence, surviving his dysfunctional family, and the burden of attending his all-white school in the 1980s.
At this year's San Diego Comic-Con, Shah, Crews, Arnold, and the rest of the new core cast, Tim Johnson Jr., who's taking over the mantle of young Chris; Ozioma Akagha, who will play Tonya; Terrence Little Gardenhigh, who voices Drew; and Gunnar Sizemore, who voices Greg all stopped by Collider's media studio to speak with Meredith Loftus. They discuss the importance of joining this revival series, what the show means to them, and what they hope to bring to the OG audience and new viewers. Johnson Jr. also shares what it was like getting the call to play a young Chris Rock and his experience meeting Williams at SDCC!
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