WWE Teams with Film Roman for Adult Animated Comedy

STAMFORD/BEVERLY HILLS: WWE Studios and Film Roman are going to co-finance and co-produce up to 13 three-minute webisodes of a new adult animated series, Camp WWE.

Film Roman is the animation studio behind The Simpsons and King of the Hill. It will now help to bring to life an animated comedy about what the most outrageous WWE Superstars were like as kids. Mike Benson of Entourage and The Bernie Mac Show will script the series.

"Film Roman has been involved with some of the most well-known and humorous animated series,” said Michael Luisi, the president WWE Studios. “They are the perfect partners for WWE Studios to capture our Superstars in a truly unique and fun way."

"Camp WWE is a new and exciting project with a great creative team for Film Roman to be working on with WWE Studios and we are very bullish on its prospects for success. With a combination of their unique personalities, distinctive characteristics and huge built-in loyal fan base, WWE Superstars make for ideal animation subjects in Camp WWE," added Dana Booton, the general manager of Film Roman. "We are very pleased to be working with WWE Studios and hope that it will begin a mutually beneficial, long-term business relationship."