Elijah Wood calls for reviving the forgotten Lucasfilm franchise "Sam & Max Hit the Road"

Elijah Wood has proposed reviving the long-forgotten Lucasfilm franchise on television, insisting that after nearly thirty years there is still something to explore.

Elijah Wood has championed Sam & Max's TV revival, insisting the Lucasfilm franchise still has huge potential nearly three decades after its debut in games and comics. According to the actor, there are no official plans yet, but he would like to see the duo return in the form of an animated series.

In a conversation with ScreenRant, against the backdrop of his current involvement in the Among Us project, Wood recalled the classic 1993 LucasArts quest Sam & Max Hit the Road and noted that the game literally begs to be animated.

“Sam & Max Hit the Road has a really cool art style, it deserves an animated series.”

It's important to remember that Sam & Max didn't start out as a video game: the comic book was created by Steve Purcell. Then came film adaptations and games that formed the cult status of the brand.

• original black and white comics by Steve Purcell
• cult quest LucasArts Sam & Max Hit the Road (1993)
• episodic revivals from Telltale Games
• late 90s animated series "The Adventures of Sam and Max: Free Police" - one season, but it still has fans (available on Tubi and Pluto TV)

The path to a new series is not so simple: everything is complicated with the rights, and Lucasfilm Games is busy with much larger deals like Star Wars and Indiana Jones. However, the company is not ignoring its classics: it recently greenlit Return to Monkey Island and is overseeing the much-talked-about remake of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

The timing for the relaunch also looks good in terms of trends: TV and film adaptations of games are on the rise, from Arcane and the upcoming Devil May Cry on Netflix to the successful Sonic the Movies and Super Mario Bros. Audiences embrace eccentric worlds, and Sam & Max fits perfectly into that wave.