Bento Box Entertainment
 | |
| Type | Division |
|---|---|
| Industry | Television production |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Founder | Scott Greenberg Joel Kuwahara Mark McJimsey |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California , United States |
Key people | |
| Products | Television animation |
| Parent | Fox Entertainment (Foxcorp Holdings, LLC)[1] |
| Website | www.bentoboxent.com |
Bento Box Entertainment (also known as Bento Box Animation) is an American animation studio located in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.[2] It was founded in 2009 by executive producers Scott Greenberg, Joel Kuwahara, and Mark McJimsey. It is a subsidiary of Fox Corporation and operates under the Fox Entertainment division. The studio is best known for producing Bob's Burgers for Fox prior to its acquisition in August 2019.
Bento Box Entertainment has four animation studios - in North Hollywood, Burbank, Bento Box Animation Studio Atlanta, in Atlanta, Georgia, and Bento Box Canada in Toronto, Ontario.[3][4][5] The company also operates Princess Bento Studio, formerly Princess Pictures, in Melbourne, Victoria.
History[]
On October 11, 2016, Bento Box launched a children's division called Sutikki.[6] Sutikki opened an office in the United Kingdom on March 23, 2017.[7]
On August 6, 2019, it was announced that Fox Corporation would acquire Bento Box, while still allowing it to operate as an independent production house; Sutikki was not part of the acquisition.[8]
On April 8, 2020, it formed a pact with Australian film company Princess Pictures called Princess Bento Studio.[9][10] Their first series Smiling Friends started airing on Adult Swim on January 10, 2022.[11]
Productions[]
Television series[]
| Title | First air date | Last air date | No. of seasons |
Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neighbors from Hell | June 7, 2010 | July 26, 2010 | 1 | TBS | co-production with 20th Century Fox Television, Wounded Poodle and MoonBoy Animation |
| Bob's Burgers | January 9, 2011 | Present | 12 | Fox | co-production with 20th Television Animation, Wilo Productions (Season 2-present) and Buck & Millie Productions (Seasons 2-10) |
| Allen Gregory | October 30, 2011 | December 18, 2011 | 1 | co-production with 20th Television, Jonah Hill Films, a J. Paul/A. Mogel/D. Goodman Piece of Business and Chernin Entertainment | |
| Brickleberry | September 25, 2012 | April 14, 2015 | 3 | Comedy Central | co-production with Fox 21 Television Studios, Damn! Show Productions and Black Heart Productions |
| Out There | February 22, 2013 | April 19, 2013 | 1 | IFC | co-production with 20th Century Fox Television and Quincy Productions |
| The Awesomes | August 1, 2013 | November 3, 2015 | 3 | Hulu | co-production with Broadway Video and Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions |
| Perfect Hair Forever | April 1, 2014 | 1 | Adult Swim | co-production with Williams Street; episodes 8 and 9 only | |
| Future-Worm! | May 27, 2015 | June 11, 2015 | Disney XD | co-production with Disney Television Animation and Quincy Productions; shorts only | |
| Bordertown | January 3, 2016 | May 22, 2016 | Fox | co-production with 20th Century Fox Television, Fuzzy Door Productions and Hentemann Films | |
| Legends of Chamberlain Heights | September 14, 2016 | August 20, 2017 | 2 | Comedy Central | |
| The Who Was? Show[12] | May 11, 2018 | 1 | Netflix | co-production with Penguin Random House, FremantleMedia and Matador Content | |
| Paradise PD | August 31, 2018 | Present | 3 | co-production with Damn! Show Productions and Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment | |
| The Masked Singer | January 2, 2019 | Present | 5 | Fox | animated sequences (season 4) |
| Alien News Desk | February 27, 2019 | May 4, 2019 | 1 | Syfy | co-production with Broadway Video |
| Lazor Wulf | April 8, 2019 | January 11, 2021 | 2 | Adult Swim | co-production with Williams Street; season 1 only; season 2 by Six Point Harness |
| Moon and Me[13] | February 3, 2019 | Present | CBeebies | First Sutikki series | |
| Duncanville | February 16, 2020 | Present | Fox | co-production with Paper Kite Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment, 20th Television Animation, Fox Entertainment and Universal Television | |
| Central Park | May 29, 2020 | Present | Apple TV+ | co-production with 20th Television Animation, Angry Child Productions, Wilo Productions and Brillstein Entertainment Partners | |
| Hoops | August 21, 2020 | 1 | Netflix | co-production with 20th Television and Lord Miller Productions | |
| The Great North | January 3, 2021 | Present | 2 | Fox | co-production with 20th Television Animation, Double Molyneux Sister Sheux, Wilo Productions and Fox Entertainment |
| HouseBroken | May 31, 2021 | 1 | co-production with Kapital Entertainment, Merman and AllanDen | ||
| The Prince[14] | July 29, 2021 | HBO Max | co-production with 20th Television Animation | ||
| Wolfboy and the Everything Factory | September 24, 2021 | Apple TV+ | co-production with HitRecord | ||
| Saturday Morning All Star Hits! | December 10, 2021 | Netflix | Live-action/animated series; co-production with Broadway Video and Universal Television[15] | ||
| Smiling Friends | January 9, 2022 | Adult Swim | First Princess Bento Productions series | ||
| Krapopolis | 2022 | Fox | co-production with Fox Entertainment and Harmonious Claptrap | ||
| Grimsburg | 2023 | co-production with Fox Entertainment | |||
| Bananaman | TBA | co-production with Fox Entertainment[16] | |||
| The Blues Brothers[17] | TBA | ||||
| Clue | TBA | Fox | co-production with Fox Entertainment, Hasbro and Entertainment One[18] | ||
| Cocky | TBA | co-production with Fox Entertainment[19] | |||
| Colony 2 | TBA | Peacock | co-production with Universal Television and Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions[20] | ||
| Crag Banyon P.I. | TBA | Fox | co-production with Fox Entertainment[21] | ||
| Dirt Girls | TBA | Fox | co-production with Fox Entertainment[22] | ||
| Farzar | TBA | Netflix | co-production with Damn! Show Productions and Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment[23] | ||
| Hawkmaster | TBA | Fox | co-production with Fox Entertainment[24] | ||
| Koala Man | TBA | Hulu | co-production with 20th Television Animation, Justin Roiland's Solo Vanity Card Productions! and Princess Pictures[25] | ||
| Mulligan | TBA | Netflix | co-production with Little Stranger, Inc., 3 Arts Entertainment and Universal Television | ||
| Ocean Village | TBA | Fox | co-production with Fox Entertainment[26] | ||
| The Post Guard | TBA | co-production with Fox Entertainment[27] | |||
| Shell Beach | TBA | co-production with Fox Entertainment[28] | |||
| The X-Files: Albuquerque | TBA | co-production with Fox Entertainment and 20th Television Animation[29] | |||
| Harold & Kumar[30] | Unreleased | Adult Swim | pilot; co-production with Lionsgate Television | ||
| Murder Police | Unreleased | co-production with 20th Television; Ordered by Fox but pulled from schedule | |||
| The Pandas | Unreleased | co-production with Wumo | |||
Short form series[]
| Title | Years | Site | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glove and Boots | 2010–2018 | YouTube | Show originally a local production in New York from 2004 until 2006. |
| Kuroba | 2018–present | YouTube | co-production with WildBrain[31] |
| Dogs Playing Poker | 2021–present | Fox | co-production with Fox Entertainment[32] |
| Best Fiends Shorts | 2021–present | YouTube | co-production with Seriously[33] |
Direct-to-video animated films[]
| Release Date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| March 18, 2014 | Achmed Saves America | co-production with Levity Entertainment Group |
| January 20, 2015 | Madea's Tough Love | co-production with Tyler Perry Studios |
Specials[]
| Release Date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| October 28, 2017 | The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special | co-production with Universal Television, SNL Studios and Broadway Video |
Theatrical films[]
| Release Date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2022 | The Bob's Burgers Movie | co-production with 20th Century Animation |
Bento Box Interactive[]
Bento Box Interactive is an entertainment-based technology company launched in 2012 by Bento Box Entertainment. In October 2012, Bento Box Interactive partnered with Alicia Keys to create an education mobile application entitled "The Journals of Mama Mae and LeeLee" for iOS devices.[34] The application tells the story of the relationship between a young New York City girl and her wise grandmother and features two original songs by Keys, "Follow the Moon" and "Unlock Yourself".[35]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ California Secretary of State business registration
- ^ "Bento Box Entertainment". bentoboxent.
- ^ "New Animation Studio Opens in Atlanta". ajc.com. 2012-09-28.
- ^ "Bento Box Canada launches in cahoots with Corus Entertainment". Retrieved May 27, 2021.
- ^ "About Bento Box Entertainment". bentoboxent.
- ^ "Ex-Nelvana execs helm Bento Box's new kids division". Retrieved May 27, 2021.
- ^ "Bento Box's Sutikki opens UK office". Retrieved May 27, 2021.
- ^ Flint, Joe (6 August 2019). "Fox to Buy Bento Box, the Animation House Behind 'Bob's Burgers'". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (Apr 8, 2020). "Bento Box & Princess Pictures Form First-Look Animation Pact". Retrieved May 27, 2021.
- ^ Drummond, Catriona. "Catriona Drummond - Head of Design - Yolo Crystal Fantasy - Princess Bento Studio". LinkedIn. LinkedIn. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Trailer: 'Smiling Friends' Deliver Happiness to Adult Swim". 14 December 2021.
- ^ "Penguin's Who Was? books inspire Netflix series". Retrieved May 27, 2021.
- ^ "Andrew Davenport, Sutikki score CBeebies order". Retrieved May 27, 2021.
- ^ "Another exciting announcement! Congrats to @garyjanetti and team!