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[09/06/22 - 11:19 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, September 6
Updates include: Jodie Turner-Smith joins "The Acolyte" at Disney+; Zazie Beetz first to board HBO Max's "Full Circle"; and Freevee orders "Clean Slate" to series.

[02/15/22 - 10:30 AM]
Berkeley Breathed's Iconic Comic Strip, "Bloom County," To Be Developed as Animated Comedy by FOX Entertainment, Bento Box Entertainment, Miramax, Spyglass Media Group and Project X Entertainment
The series centers on a collapsed lawyer, a lobotomized cat and a penguin in briefs and fruit headwear living in the world's last boarding house in the world's most forgotten place deep in the dandelion wilds of FlyWayWayOver country.







BLOOM COUNTY (FOX)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
2/15/22 - 9/6/22
STATUS:
previously in development (2023-2024 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script
DESCRIPTION:
(from FOX's press release, February 2022) Acclaimed comic strip "Bloom County," created and written by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, screenwriter, producer and children's book author Berkeley Breathed, is being developed as an animated series by FOX Entertainment, its Emmy Award-winning animation studio, Bento Box Entertainment, Miramax, Spyglass Media Group and Project X Entertainment. Co-written and executive-produced by Breathed, BLOOM COUNTY centers on a collapsed lawyer, a lobotomized cat and a penguin in briefs and fruit headwear living in the world's last boarding house in the world's most forgotten place deep in the dandelion wilds of FlyWayWayOver country. To wit, today's America at a glance. Bento Box will serve as the animation studio on the project. Miramax, Spyglass and Project X will also executive-produce.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Berkeley Breathed as BOOK/CRTR/EP
· Tim Long as CRTR/EP
GENRE(S):
· based on a comic book
· comedy (all)
· comedy (animated)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Bento Box Entertainment
· FOX Entertainment
· Miramax Television
· Project X Entertainment
· Spyglass Media Group