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[11/07/22 - 04:30 PM]
FOX Orders Animated Series "Universal Basic Guys/The Hoagie Bros." (wt) for 2024
The series will be co-produced by FOX Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television, with FOX Entertainment's Emmy Award-winning Bento Box Entertainment serving as animation studio.







UNIVERSAL BASIC GUYS/THE HOAGIE BROS. (FOX)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
11/7/22
STATUS:
previously in development (2023-2024 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to series
DESCRIPTION:
(from FOX's press release, November 2022) FOX has formally ordered the all-new animated comedy Universal Basic Guys/The Hoagie Bros. (wt) from creators Adam and Craig Malamut (Sports Friends, Game of Zones, The Champions) for 2024. The series will be co-produced by FOX Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television, with FOX Entertainment's Emmy Award-winning Bento Box Entertainment serving as animation studio, it was announced today by Michael Thorn, President of Entertainment, of FOX Entertainment. In Universal Basic Guys/The Hoagie Bros., brothers Mark and Hank Hoagies suddenly find themselves with no jobs when the Glantontown Hot Dog factory switches over to automation. Lucky for them, the town started a radical Universal Basic Income pilot program, giving all residents of Glantontown $3,000 per month with no strings attached. Now, Mark, Hank and the rest of their local buddies are once again kids in the summertime, overflowing with the perilous combo of free time and stupid ideas. This is a show about men trying to find purpose in a world where they're no longer needed.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Adam Malamut as CRTR/EP
· Craig Malamut as CRTR/EP
GENRE(S):
· comedy (all)
· comedy (animated)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Bento Box Entertainment
· FOX Entertainment
· Sony Pictures Television