Draft:Breaking Bear
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| Breaking Bear | |
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| Genre | |
| Created by | Julien Nitzberg |
| Showrunner | Julien Nitzberg |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Executive producers |
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| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Tubi |
Breaking Bear is an upcoming adult animated comedy television series created by Julien Nitzberg for Fox's ad-supported streaming service Tubi as the second animated original series on the platform after The Freak Brothers.
The series is co-produced by Cartel Entertainment, To the Stars Media and 9 Story Media Group, the latter marks the second adult-oriented project by 9 Story Media Group, the first being Fugget About It. Julien Nitzberg serves as an executive producer and showrunner, along with Tom DeLonge, Jeff Holland, Stan Spry, Eric Scott Woods and Bradford Bricken.
Breaking Bear will consist of eight episodes. The running time of the series will be 22 minutes long.
Plot
[edit]Breaking Bear takes place in a world where animals and humans live together, and follows the adventures of a trio of bear siblings (a mom, his dad and her brother) who are forced to enter the criminal world of drug selling. The bears decided as they need to start to sell them in order to raise money to save them home after the gas companies starts fracking next to the cave. They soon enlist other forest animals, they will pit them against oil companies, the Russian mafia, local Hell's angels, and polar bears who hate everything that isn't white.
Production
[edit]Development
[edit]Following the success of the first animated original series The Freak Brothers, on August 15, 2022, it was announced that Tubi has given a green light to another adult animated series, titled Breaking Bear. The series is created by Julien Nitzberg, who had previously served as a director on the documentary, The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia and acts as a writer and consulting producer on the Cinemax animated original series Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus. Nitzberg serves as an executive producer and showrunner, along with Tom DeLonge, Jeff Holland, Stan Spry, Eric Scott Woods and Bradford Bricken, which are the executive producers of the show.[1] [2] Currently in pre-production, the series comes from Cartel Entertainment and To the Stars Media. The series is a parody of various mobster dramas, and it is described as Yogi Bear meets The Sopranos with a mix of adult animation, and three bears selling drugs.
In February 2024, 9 Story Media Group announced that it will take over production on the series.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tubi Greenlights Original Adult Toon 'Breaking Bear'". Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ Schwarz, John (August 16, 2022). "Tubi Gets Adult Animated Series Breaking Bear". Bubbleblabber. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ "9 Story Media Group acquires Portfolio Entertainment". Retrieved May 16, 2024.