HBO Max Adapting DC Comic 'Cover', Among Other New Animated Series

HBO Max has announced the streaming service will be adapting the acclaimed DC comic book series COVER, by Brian Michael Bendis and David Mack. Bendis will write the series and Mack has signed on to direct.

The DC comic book series COVER is an animated espionage thriller and conspiratorial love letter to the comic book industry. The series has been nominated for multiple Eisner Awards.

The series will be produced by Rooster Teeth Studios.

Besides the announcement for COVER, HBO Max announced series orders for three new adult animated series including a two-season order for CLONE HIGH, a modern refresh of the hit series from Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Bill Lawrence that was set at a high school for clones of historical figures: a ten-episode series order for Warner Bros. Animation’s VELMA, a new comedic origin story starring the unsung and underappreciated brains of the Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc. gang, Velma Dinkley, voiced by executive producer Mindy Kaling; FIRED ON MARS, an existential workplace comedy set five minutes in the future, voiced by Pete Davidson (“Saturday Night Live”); plus a season two and three pick-up for JG Quintel’s adult-animated comedy CLOSE ENOUGH, from Cartoon Network Studios. Season two of CLOSE ENOUGH premieres THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25.