Bento Box Entertainment


TBI Scripted Hot Picks: Grimsburg

Producer: Bento Box Entertainment | Distributor: Fox Entertainment Global | Broadcaster: Fox (US) Coming straight out of the gate with an early season two renewal, this new adult animation stars and is executive produced by Mad Men actor Jon Hamm. He voices Marvin Flute, who may be the greatest detective ever to catch a cannibal […]

Prime Video makes two-season commitment to adult animation ‘Hazbin Hotel’

Amazon’s SVOD Prime Video has handed a two-season order to adult animated musical comedy series Hazbin Hotel. Created by Vivienne Medrano, the series is produced by by A24 and Fox Entertainment’s animation studio Bento Box Entertainment. Hazbin Hotel is based on Medrano’s animated pilot released on YouTube in 2019, which gained more than 89 million […]

Bento Box Entertainment CEO Scott Greenberg to exit Fox’s animation firm

Bento Box Entertainment CEO Scott Greenberg is leaving the Fox-owned animation studio. Greenberg, who co-founded Bento Box in 2009 prior to its acquisition by Fox in 2019, will be replaced by COO Brett Coker. He reports into Michael Thorn, president of scripted programming at Fox Entertainment. The latter’s SVP of animation, Daniel Weidenfeld, will also […]

Fox Alternative Entertainment lands new head in Maverick TV USA alum John Hesling

John Hesling, former president of Maverick TV USA, has been appointed as EVP and head of Fox Alternative Entertainment. Based in Los Angeles and reporting to Allison Wallach, president of unscripted programming, for Fox Entertainment, the veteran exec and producer will oversee the in-house unscripted studio. He will take charge of development and production of […]

Hulu & 20th TV pair with Fox’s Bento Box on Dan Levy’s animation ‘Standing By’

Disney and NBCUniveral-owned streamer Hulu has ordered an animated comedy from Schitt’s Creek’s Dan Levy and Ally Pankiw. Standing By is being produced by Disney-owned 20th Television Animation and “is about the hilarity, embarrassment and melodrama of everyday life as observed by a team of judgmental, gossip-starved guardian angels,” Pankiw and Levy said. 20th Television […]

News round-up: Fox renews ‘Krapopolis’; Vieira & Federation team for racism doc

Fox renews ‘Krapopolis’ Fox Entertainment has renewed animated comedy Krapopolis ahead of the series premiere next year. The series, from Rick & Morty co-creator Dan Harmon, is produced by Bento Box Entertainment and set in mythical ancient Greece. It tells the story of a dysfunctional family of humans, gods and monsters that try their hand […]

Fox & ‘Rick And Morty’ creator Dan Harmon launch ‘Krapopolis’ NFT’s

Rick And Morty creator Dan Harmon has partnered with Fox in the US to launch a series of NFT’s ahead of the launch of the network’s animated series Krapopolis. The show is set to premiere on Fox in 2023 and has been created by Harmon, with Fox-owned animation studio Bento Box Entertainment producing. Fox’s Blockchain Creative […]

Exclusive: NFT’s are ‘future of content distribution & financing’, says Fox

Fox Entertainment is preparing for a world in which non-fungible tokens (NFT’s) dominate the way content is both distributed and financed. The Rupert Murdoch-led outfit made its first moves into NFT’s last year with the formation of both the Blockchain Creative Labs (BCL) and a $100m ‘creator fund’ to identify growth opportunities in the space. […]

Fox’s Bento Box partners with Princess Pictures for new Australian animation division

Fox Entertainment’s LA-based animation studio Bento Box Entertainment has linked up with Aussie production company Princess Pictures to launch a new division down under. Princess Bento Studio will be based out of Melbourne, Australia, and will be overseen by the Bento Box and Princess management teams, although details have not yet been confirmed. Bento Box, which […]

Fox greenlights Ancient Greek adult animation from ‘Rick & Morty’ creator Dan Harmon

Fox has given a straight-to-series order to a new adult animated comedy from Rick & Morty creator Dan Harmon. The order comes as the first series under Harmon’s broadcast network-only excusive animation deal with Fox. As part of the arrangement, Fox Entertainment will fully finance and own the series, with Fox-owned studio Bento Box Entertainment providing […]