On Thursday, October 24th we got our first look into the 2025 Reboot of King of The Hill.
The much beloved Fox animated series was first rumored to return to television in 2022 with the addition of a Mike Judge animated movie off the success of the new Beavis and Butthead movie which garnered its own modern-day television series revival. In January of 2023, after the series revival and movie still had yet to come to fruition, Hulu announced that they would be picking up a revival of King of The Hill with the majority of the original voice actors reprinting their roles. However in September of 2023, production was up in the air as while working on the new series, The original voice actor Dale Gribble who reprised his role, Johnny Hardwick, would unexpectedly and tragically pass away at the age of 64. This left many to speculate on how the animated series would deal with this loss moving forward if Dale’s voice would be recast, AI-generated, or potentially even cause production to stop. While we still do not have full clarity on who will be taking up the mantle of Dale Gribble for the King Of The Hill Return, on October 24th, 2024 we got our first glimpse at some of the modern-day character design that will feature in the series!
Bobby Hill
Posted to voice actress Grey DeLisle’s Instagram, we gleamed our first look at Bobby Hill’s adult character design. Along with the character design, a small peak into his current career and development was included.
The inscription reads as follows
ABOUT THE CHEF
Chef Bobby Hill has loved food his whole life. From weeknights around the dinner table eating his mom’s “Spa-Peggy and Meatballs” to overindulging in lutefisk at church potlucks, to celebrations with family and friends at Luby’s Cafeteria, food and the people it’s enjoyed with are the foundation for his best memories. In fact, his career as a robata chef was inspired by his most cherished memory of all-weekends spent grilling with his dad.
A self-taught chef and one of the youngest contestants on King of the Grill, Chef Hill believes “good food can solve any problem.” He draws on the influences of his childhood by combining classic Texas dishes with flavors from around the world. With Robata Chane, Chef Hill hopes to honor the art of Japanese robata and the German heritage of the Texas Hill Country while pushing culinary boundaries through his innovative fusion dishes.
Nancy Hicks Gribble
Following the post, Grey DeLisle also shared a screenshot of what appeared to be a character design board still in development. While this post did not include a detailed bio or even a nameplate, the design is extremely similar to that of Nancy Hicks Gribble.
Article written by Style for WSRR Radio