Diehard fans and followers of the Hill family (and their various antics in the fictional town of Arlen, Texas) have been eagerly awaiting any news of a revival or even a hint that the series will continue to exist in some capacity ever since King of the Hill concluded with its final episodes in 2010. Even though the co-creators of the original series Mike Judge and Greg Daniels have been speculating about a remake programme since 2017, it wasn’t until the beginning of last year that King of the Hill writer Brent Forrester revealed that the two were in “heated negotiations” to formally revive the show. Responses were overwhelmingly positive when it was revealed earlier this month that Judge and Daniels’ new animation studio Bandera Entertainment had several projects in the works, including a King of the Hill revival. Collider was able to speak with Daniels shortly after the news broke about the status of additional Hill stories.
Daniels confirmed that the status of King of the Hill’s revival could still be considered as being in development in an interview with Collider for the upcoming Season 2 of the Netflix series Space Force, but there are many moving parts that need to be worked out first: “The strange thing about how that article was written is that nothing has changed as of yet. To do it, we don’t have a deal. It’s still not quite clear to me if we stated it incorrectly, but I don’t know for sure.”
The idea of reintroducing viewers to a King of the Hill series that takes place 15 years after the finale, with characters having aged up since we last saw them, is still the goal, according to Daniels, who added, “The idea is a time jump, absolutely, so the characters are a bit older.”
