A new series titled "Sawyer and Huck" is coming to CBS with a different take on the classic characters created by writer Mark Twain in the late 19th century.

The characters were classically known as mischievous boys who got in all different kinds of situations that lead them to trouble, but according to Deadline, the new CBS show will reimagine the two characters as adults in modern day America.  

The two come back together after spending years estranged, following a murder that takes place in St. Louis. Sawyer is a one-man law practice, and he hires his boyhood friend Huck Finn to come in and help him solve a case that harkens back to the days of civil unrest and racial strife.

The dynamic duo will take on a vibe of charity, which will see them forced to take cases that help people who have no means to help themselves otherwise.

The show will focus on the racial and class divides that currently trouble America, and in some way, the protagonists will be heroes to the working class and underprivileged. They will reportedly transcend the boundaries of race and class to find a peaceful existence for the less fortunate.

The theme that was so critical to the original Twain novels was that of racial turmoil. It weighed heavily in the follow up novel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," and has caused quite a lot of controversy, especially in educational institutions nationwide for the use of the derogatory terms demeaning to African-Americans.

Although the novels used particularly harsh slurs quite often, they were used in the context of the secondary characters and never used in a derogatory manner by the book's young heroes.

CBS has ordered a pilot episode for the series, and there has been no word yet on a release date.