Game of Zones Creators Sells ‘Universal Basic Guys/The Hoagie Bros’ To FOX

Who says FOX isn’t still looking at co-prods? The year 2024 will play host to a brand-new animated comedy series from Game of Zones creators/brothers Craig and Adam Malamut that features the working title Universal Basic Guys/The Hoagie Bros that is being produced by Bento Box, FOX Entertainment, and Sony TV. The series has been ordered by FOX and will be part of the AniDom lineup.

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.

Adam and Craig Malamut are brothers from South Jersey who have been making animated cartoons together since 2012. The Malamut brothers are self-taught animators who write, direct, voice act, sound edit, compose music and everything in between. Adam and Craig’s first animated show together was Sports Friends, which ran for two seasons on Yahoo Screen. This led to an exclusive in-house role at Bleacher Report, where they created seven seasons of Game of Zones. Throughout its run, Game of Zones received multiple Sports Emmy Award nominations and won numerous awards, including a Grand Clio, the highest honor at The Clio Sports Awards. During their time at B/R, Adam and Craig grew the animation department from just the two of them to a 25-person animation production team, allowing them to develop other hit series and focus on the creative parts of the process they do best. The Malamut Brothers were the major creative force behind Bleacher Report’s other hit shows such as The Champions, Gridiron Heights and many other cartoons that became viral sensations shared by sports fans across the world. After six years at B/R, Adam and Craig decided it was time to move beyond sports and pursue their dream of creating an original animated series for television.

The series joins other brand-new arrivals that have yet to premiere on FOX just yet including Krapopolis and Grimsburg, both series slated to premiere May 2023. The news also follows today’s news about AniDom’s 2023 return to FOX in January.