Veteran animation executives Scott Greenberg, Joel Kuwahara and Mark McJimsey have struck out on their own to form the new production company Bento Box Entertainment.
The company’s founders bring years of animation experience to the company. Greenberg is former president and COO of Film Roman, Kuwahara is a veteran producer on The Simpsons and McJimsey was a longtime producer on the now-concluded series King of the Hill.
Bento Box’s first project is to produce the upcoming animated series Neighbors from Hell for Twentieth Century Fox TV and DreamWorks Animation. The series is set to premier on cable output TBS in the summer of 2010.
The company, based in Burbank, plans to develop and produce both live-action and animated TV series and films, as well as do work in interactive media.
‘Our expertise in animation, visual effects and the digital landscape make us both a uniquely qualified colleague for our studio partners and a logical incubator for original concepts and properties that have multi-platform potential,’ says McJimsey. ‘The animation world in particular has enormous timeline pressure and quality control standards that only a handful of production entities can meet. Our ability to surpass those standards has distinguished our past work and we’re excited to utilize that experience to reach an even wider audience with Bento Box Entertainment.’
