Friday (franchise)

The Friday franchise consists of American stoner buddy-comedies created by Ice Cube and DJ Pooh; including three theatrical films and one animated spin-off TV series. The series takes place in South Central Los Angeles and follows the exploits of perpetually unemployed Craig Jones, who, along with his friends and relatives, is thrust into various dilemmas that happen to occur on a Friday.

Three films have been released. The first film, Friday (1995), was a sleeper hit and has garnered a large cult following. The film's success led to two sequels, Next Friday (2000) and Friday After Next (2002), which were also box office successes. Friday: The Animated Series based on the films debuted in 2007 on MTV2 and lasted 8 episodes. Ice Cube and John Witherspoon were the only actors to have appeared in all three films. A fourth installment titled Last Friday is in development.