![]() “We consider the team at Bento Box to be like family, and we’re so excited to expand the possibilities for adult animation with this new collaboration.”Ī FOX Entertainment company, Bento Box Entertainment is an award-winning animation production company with studios in Los Angeles and Atlanta. Not only have we been able to promote some of the best animation talent in the country, we’ve also been able to create a pipeline for new combinations of artists, comedians and underrepresented writing talent to develop uniquely Australian stories,” added Waters. “Working with Bento Box has been one of the most creatively rewarding experiences in the history of Princess Pictures. “With growing demand for animated content, a shared passion for the type of programming we want to make and a short-hand that perfectly complements our individual strengths, it was clear to us joining forces to set up shop in talent-rich Australia with Princess Bento will take our partnership to the next level and bring strategic benefits to both companies and, most importantly, creators and buyers around the world.” “While closely working with everyone at Princess Pictures over the past year, my team and I immediately saw a natural fit between our two companies,” said Greenberg. The formation of Princess Bento Studio is an outgrowth of the first-look development deal the two companies entered last year to jointly develop animated content from Australian-based, multi-hyphenate creators, including writer/director/actor Michael Cusack (“YOLO: Crystal Fantasy,” “Smiling Friends”).Īs Bento Box continues to expand its international reach for production and content distribution, the company will continue to independently operate its studios in Los Angeles and Atlanta. The studio will be overseen by the Bento Box and Princess management teams, with the appointment of dedicated management forthcoming. Princess Bento Studio will produce content for platforms in the United States, Australia, Australian co-production treaty countries and across the globe. Attracted by the Victorian Government and supported through Film Victoria’s recently announced Victorian Screen Incentive, the deal was announced today by Scott Greenberg, Co-Founder and CEO of Bento Box, and Laura Waters, Founder of Princess Pictures. All Rights Reserved.Bento Box Entertainment, FOX Entertainment’s award-winning animation studio, and television and film production company Princess Pictures have formed Princess Bento Studio, an all-new animation studio that will produce animated content out of its headquarters in Melbourne, Australia. Source: © 2018 Syfy, a division of NBC Universal, Inc. “Tackling news, politics and entertainment from the perspective of alien newscasters completely puzzled by our human ways, ALIEN NEWS DESK is a fun, irreverent way to put a uniquely ‘SYFY’ spin on the late night current affairs genre.” “The expansion into original animation and late night marks the next step in the evolution of SYFY, and builds on the successes we’ve had bringing new, younger viewers to the network,” said Chris McCumber, President, Entertainment Networks for NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. From Broadway Video, Andrew Singer serves as executive producer, with Katy Jenson as co-executive producer. Joel Kuwahara and Scott Greenberg from Bento Box Entertainment serve as executive producers. “Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update” head writer Dennis McNicholas serves as executive producer and showrunner, with Scott Gairdner (“Moonbeam City”) as co-executive producer. “Saturday Night Live” creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels serves as executive producer alongside “Saturday Night Live” producer Erik Kenward, also executive producing. ![]() ![]() Will Forte voices alien news anchor “Drexx Drudlarr” and Heidi Gardner voices alien co-anchor “Tuva Van Void.”ĪLIEN NEWS DESK is produced by Broadway Video and Bento Box Entertainment.
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