FOX Buys Animation Studio Bento Box

FOX Entertainment has landed animation production studios Bento Box Entertainment, the studio behind FOX’s hit series “Bob’s Burgers” and upcoming series “Duncanville,” and “The Great North.”

Bento Box will operate as a stand-alone entity under the FOX Entertainment banner and produce content for all platforms. Its leadership team will remain in place, including co-founders Scott Greenberg (CEO) and Joel Kuwahara (President of Production), and senior executives Brett Coker (COO), Ben Jones (Creative Director), Craig Hartin (GM of Bento Box Atlanta), Janelle Momary (Supervising Producer) and Andi Raab (Supervising Producer).

“You can’t walk around the FOX lot without noticing a decades-long passion for animation.  It is in the FOX DNA and has served legions of fans, partners and investors,” said Collier. “As we grow FOX for the next generation, it only makes sense we would expand our animation capabilities by bringing on board the best in the business: Bento Box. The Bento-FOX combination brings FOX front-door access to the next wave of the genre’s creative leaders, while still maintaining Bento Box’s focus on all that makes them a terrific partner for outside producers. We’re thrilled to work with Scott, Joel, Brett and their amazing team to take all they’ve so capably built to new heights.”

This fall, FOX will fortify its powerful ANIMATION DOMINATION lineup with the all-new animated comedy BLESS THE HARTS, created by Emmy winner Emily Spivey, executive-produced by Academy Award® winners Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, and featuring the voices of Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Jillian Bell, and Ike Barinholtz.  It will air Sundays, alongside FOX’s flagship animated hits, THE SIMPSONS, FAMILY GUY and BOB’S BURGERS. Bento Box produces the animation for BOB’S BURGERS, for 20th Century Fox Television.

Actors participating in the previous series include Amy Poehler, Mike and Julie Scully, Ty Burrell, Riki Lindhome, Betsy Sodaro, Zach Cherry and Yassir Lester, as well as guest voices Rashida Jones and Wiz Khalifa, Jenny Slate, Megan Mullally, Paul Rust, Aparna Nancherla, Will Forte and Dulcé Sloan and more.