{"id":47194,"date":"2022-12-14T22:39:58","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T03:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=47194"},"modified":"2022-12-14T22:39:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T03:39:58","slug":"oscar-and-bafta-award-winner-rodney-rothman-closes-broadcast-direct-deal-with-fox-entertainment-to-develop-animated-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/14\/oscar-and-bafta-award-winner-rodney-rothman-closes-broadcast-direct-deal-with-fox-entertainment-to-develop-animated-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar and BAFTA Award Winner Rodney Rothman Closes Broadcast Direct Deal with FOX Entertainment to Develop Animated Content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47195\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Modern-Magic.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Modern-Magic.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Modern-Magic-300x141.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>Pact with Emmy Nominee and his Company, Modern Magic, Further Expands FOX Entertainment&#8217;s Roster of Creative Partners<\/p>\n<p>FOX Entertainment and Modern Magic, an innovation-focused media company founded by Academy Award\u00ae-winning filmmaker Rodney Rothman (<em>Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse<\/em>) and producing partner, Adam Rosenberg, have entered into a broadcast direct agreement to develop animated programming for FOX Network. The announcement was made today by FOX Entertainment&#8217;s President of Entertainment, Michael Thorn.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2208804470\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Under their recently launched company, Modern Magic, will develop and produce a new wave of half-hour and hour-long animated series for FOX. Content created under the broadcast direct deal will be fully owned and distributed by FOX Entertainment and produced by its Emmy\u00ae Award-winning animation studio, Bento Box Entertainment. Modern Magic will also look to partner on a variety of projects with additional animation production studios under its deal with FOX and Bento Box as the studio.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What I love about Rodney is there are no limits to his creative, comedic genius, whether it&#8217;s reimagining iconic franchises, shaping instant cult classics, or writing laughs for Letterman,&#8221; said Thorn. &#8220;This direct deal with Rodney and Adam greatly expands our fast-growing Animation Domination slate, which is a key pillar to our growth strategy here in the U.S. and abroad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Michael and his team at FOX Entertainment are undisputed all-time champions of broadcast animation; their record speaks for itself. 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