Bandera Entertainment

Bandera Entertainment (credited on-screen simply as Bandera) is an American animation studio founded by King of the Hill creators, Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, in January 2019, and based in Los Angeles, California. The studio's president is currently Dustin Davis, the former head of YouTube Originals.

History

It was revealed on January 18, 2022 that Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, the two of which previously co-created the adult animated series King of the Hill, had founded an animation studio together known as "Bandera Entertainment", with a revival of King of the Hill being one of several series in development, and partnered with Dustin Davis, the former head of YouTube Originals. Previous reunion panels for the series were also said to have inspired the duo to create the studio. Daniels stated that the studio is trying to "get us in more of a supervisory goal" as well as "and trying to help other people achieve their visions", with Judge also noting that while he may co-create some of the programming, he reiterated that the studio's main focus is to mentor others.

Asked if some of his pet peeves played a part in his decision to form Bandera in an interview with The New Yorker, Judge replied that he had seen animation "done wrong so many times", as for instance, there were "many failed versions" in which they have a "celebrity doing a voice, combined with a good animation company", but "they don’t really fit together."