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17-07-2025
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Fans living for 'unhinged' new Netflix movie starring Idris Elba as a dog
The first trailer for a raunchy new cartoon comedy, boasting a hugely A-list cast, has finally dropped. Following the huge success of animated film KPop Demon Hunter, Fixed will be released on Netflix on August 13, and is the latest offering from director Genndy Tartakovsky, known for his work on Dexter's Laboratory, Primal and the Powerpuff Girls. It follows Pitch Perfect star Adam DeVine as Bull, a dog who realizes that he's just hours away from being neutered and rounds up his closest friends to enjoy one final day of wild freedom. Idris Elba, Kathryn Hahn, Fred Armisen Michelle Buteau and Bobby Moynihan also make up the star-studded voice cast. The teaser begins with the pooch humping his 'nanna', leading to his family taking him to the vet to get the problem fixed. Wake up to find news on your TV shows in your inbox every morning with Metro's TV Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your show in the link we'll send you so we can get TV news tailored to you. His pal, Rocco (Idris) doesn't take this lying down, telling him: 'We're going to go out there and suck every bit of fun out of those balls before you lose them.' This leads to the pups going 'dog wild' on one crazy night, including stops at a doggy strip club and a close encounter with a squirrel. Fans couldn't get enough of the trailer and flocked to social media to unpack the bizarre scenes, branding Fixed both 'hilarious' and 'unhinged'. Heading to the comments below the trailer on YouTube, Jayden3639 said: 'This will probably be one of the most unhinged movies of the year.' 'I've been waiting a year for this trailer, it's worth it,' Thiagoguerrero7707 cheered. Nabeelmirza221 quipped: 'This has entered into the list of 'Wtf did I just watch'. Looks hilarious though.' JavierAndrade96 joked: 'I've always wondered what an r-rated Lady and the Tramp would be like!' As added: 'This looks way more unhinged than Strays from 2 years ago.' Fixed has been in the works for over a decade – the movie was produced by Sony Pictures Animation and Genndy initially signed on to direct but it faced a string issues and delays behind the scenes. 'Bull is every man, he is lovable, funny, witty, and confident,' the filmmaker told Tudum about his new project. 'Then at the same time, he is also nervous, shy, neurotic, and anxious. A complete human, as a dog. 'His journey is quite simple. He believes that his powers come from his dangly bits, but he learns that it is what is inside that is important. 'Some of the material is a bit raunchy so we had to find people that were receptive to our sense of humor, and boy, did we.' More Trending The official synopsis reads: 'From visionary director Genndy Tartakovsky comes Fixed, an adult animated comedy about Bull, an average, all-around good dog who discovers he's going to be neutered in the morning! 'As the gravity of this life-altering event sets in, Bull realizes he needs one last adventure with his pack of best friends as these are the last 24 hours with his balls! What could go wrong…?' Fixed is released on Netflix on August 13. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: James Bond legend shares thoughts on new 007 director Denis Villeneuve MORE: Emmy-nominated action film starring new James Bond favourite available to stream on Netflix MORE: Netflix's new crime thriller is the best of 2025 so far for one key reason
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17-07-2025
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Fixed Red Band Teaser Trailer Previews Raunchy Netflix Comedy Movie
Netflix has released a brand new red band teaser trailer for Fixed, showcasing the upcoming raunchy animated film starring Adame Devine, Idris Elba, Kathryn Hahn, and more. What happens in the Fixed teaser trailer? The latest teaser trailer highlights the adult comedy following the story of Bull, a dog who's set to be neutered the next morning. After finding out about it, Bull wants to go on one last adventure with his friends. Fixed is set to release on Netflix on August 13, 2025. Check out the new Fixed trailer below (watch other trailers): The film features a star-studded cast, including Adam Devine, Idris Elba, Kathryn Hahn, Fred Armisen, Bobby Moynihan, Beck Bennett, Michelle Buteau, and River Gallo. Fixed comes from visionary director Genndy Tartakovsky, the creator behind several iconic animated series, including Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Primal, and Star Wars: Clone Wars. 'Bull, an average, all-around good dog, who discovers he's going to be neutered in the morning! As the gravity of this life-altering event sets in, Bull realizes he needs one last adventure with his pack of best friends, as these are the last 24 hours with his balls! What could go wrong…?' reads the film's official synopsis. The post Fixed Red Band Teaser Trailer Previews Raunchy Netflix Comedy Movie appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More. Solve the daily Crossword
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17-07-2025
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‘Fixed' Trailer: Genndy Tartakovsky's Animated Dog Story is Definitely Not For Kids
For two decades, animation auteur Genndy Tartakovsky has been pushing the limits of kids' animation, via beloved shows like 'Dexter's Laboratory' and 'Samurai Jack.' In recent years, he's largely abandoned the constraints of children's media entirely, with his latest projects like the 'Samurai Jack' reboot and 'Primal' airing on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block and indulging in violence and gore befitting the grown ups who grew up watching and loving his old classics. His latest project, feature film 'Fixed,' is mature in a completely different way, telling a dog story with wildly puerile and filthy sexual humor. And that's on full display in the Director's Cut trailer, which Netflix released this Thursday. Directed by Tartakovsky and co-written by him and Jon Vitti (best known for his work on 'The Simpsons'), 'Fixed' focuses on 24 hours in the life of Bull (voiced by Adam DeVine), a good-natured bloodhound with a habit of humping everyone around him. When he discovers that his owners are going to neuter him, he journeys out to the city with other dogs in his neighborhood to embark on one last wild night with his balls while he still has them. The red-band trailer shows what that entails, and it includes: Squirrels getting graphically torn up and eaten, rats chewing on comically large dog genitals, and an extended sequence with female dog 'strippers.' More from IndieWire Why the Emmy Nominations Still Matter 'Shari & Lamb Chop' Review: Shari Lewis and Her Most Famous Puppet Get the Star Treatment They Deserve Tartakovsky's first traditional 2D animated film after directing several 'Hotel Transylvania' movies for Sony Pictures Animation, 'Fixed' comes to Netflix after a lengthy and difficult process to find distribution. Tartakovsky originally conceived of the film in 2009, and it was announced in 2018 after the success of his three 'Hotel Transylvania' films. Produced by Sony, the film was originally set to be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures through their New Line Cinema distribution arm, only to get dropped and have its theatrical release canceled in 2024. Netflix would ultimately save the film, acquiring the rights for it earlier this year. Aside from Devine, 'Fixed' features a large ensemble voice cast that includes Idris Elba, Kathryn Hahn, Fred Armisen, Bobby Moynihan, Beck Bennett, Michelle Buteau, and River Gallo. The movie originally premiered at the 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival on June 11, and will premiere on Netflix August 13. Watch the complete trailer below. Best of IndieWire Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 56 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Song of the South': 14 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie Nicolas Winding Refn's Favorite Films: 37 Movies the Director Wants You to See Solve the daily Crossword
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12-06-2025
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Cartoon Network Studios Icons McCracken, Tartakovsky, Sugar, Quintel, Ward and Muto on The Studio, State of the Industry and What Inspires Them
In an intimate and candid discussion at this year's Annecy Animation Festival, the biggest names behind some of television's most iconic animated series met with Variety to talk legacy, change and the shifting landscape of the medium they helped define. Creators Craig McCracken ('The Powerpuff Girls' 'Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'), Genndy Tartakovsky ('Dexter's Laboratory,' 'Samurai Jack'), Rebecca Sugar ('Steven Universe'), Pendleton Ward ('Adventure Time,' 'The Midnight Gospel') and J.G. Quintel ('Regular Show') and 'Adventure Time' executive producer and showrunner Adam Muto opened up about the origins of their work, a new era of creation and what it means to still be pushing boundaries after decades in the business. More from Variety Taicca and Gobelins Paris Announce Partnership at Annecy to 'Nurture Original Stories from Taiwan': 'Dream Bigger and Reach Further' 'Arcane' Producer Fortiche Teaming With ARTE France on Coming-of-Age Mini-Series 'Miss Saturne' GKIDS Acquires North American Rights to Hong Kong Animated Feature 'Another World,' Premiering at Annecy (EXCLUSIVE) The conversation ranged from nostalgic memories of Cartoon Network Studio's golden era – Annecy hosted a celebratory 25th anniversary panel for the studio on Tuesday afternoon – to bold speculation about the future of animation. At its core was the recognition that while technology, audience behavior and corporate structures have transformed dramatically, the creative spirit that fueled their iconic shows still drives the creators, and likely the next generation, too. 'There are people who are making independent animated shows themselves,' McCracken said, pointing to projects like Vivienne Medrano's hugely popular YouTube pilot-turned-Prime original series 'Hazbin Hotel' as evidence that a new wave is possible, though likely through free online platforms such as YouTube first, not television. 'You almost go the independent route first, get noticed, get an audience, and then the channels and the streamers.' Sugar and Muto were quick to praise Green Street Pictures' 'Scavengers Reign' and 'Common Side Effects' as other examples, the former having started life as a short that gained significant recognition online before resulting in a series greenlight. Tartakovsky wasn't so sure about the scalability or reliability of those models to result in long-term commercial successes, though. 'IP is the only word now,' he proposed, lamenting studios' current focus on rebooting existing franchises. 'It's harder for a new generation to break out like this again when [the studios] are just trying to do things that already exist,' echoing a plea Mudo made during the anniversary panel for studios and broadcasters to 'start greenlighting things, please.' Quintel added a silver lining: while short programs and incubators may be on pause, the mentoring tradition is alive. 'We're hiring people straight out of school. They've never done it, and they're learning on the show how to board, how to do premise-driven animation.' Several of the speakers emphasized that the animation industry has long been subject to cycles, and more original content could break through in the future. A recurring theme during the afternoon's discussion was how arbitrary past constraints now seem in the age of digital distribution. 'The reason our shows are 11 minutes is because that's how you divide 22,' McCracken said. 'But who says a show has to be seven minutes or 11 minutes? Why can't it be two minutes? Or an hour?' When it came to audience impact in the modern distribution ecosystem, the room was somewhat split between creative independence and audience-driven development. 'When you put something online, you can see how the audience reacts and adjust based on the feedback… just sharing with the people viewing,' McCracken mused. Tartakovsky pushed back: 'Maybe this is an antiquated way of thinking, but if we follow the audience, it's really dangerous. I want to give the audience what I think is going to be good. I want to do something original and unique that can stand out.' The assembled artists acknowledged the massive transformation of global collaboration thanks to new tools and technologies as well as the prominence of social media platforms and portfolio sites. McCracken now runs almost his entire show, a preschool 'Foster's spinoff' out of London, working remotely from Los Angeles. 'It's exactly the same job. It's just remote. It's no different than being back at the studio,' he said. Tartakovsky's teams are similarly international. 'I have a running list of Instagram people I want to work with,' he said. 'That's how I found the studio that did 'Primal,'' he explained, surprising some at the table. 'They had a short film based on one of their comic books, and I didn't want to do things the old way, so I contacted them at their very small studio in Paris, and they agreed to do it. And what they did was incredible.' Most of the creators use social media and video platforms to find inspiration and potential collaborators, while Quintal and Sugar said they've made transformative connections at comic conventions. Muto argued that individual portfolio sites, popular in decades past, have been making a comeback, and Ward pointed out that 'the Women in Animation website is a great resource for finding artists.' But for all the changes, some things have stayed the same, especially the camaraderie that has kept this group linked for decades. 'You hook onto talent that you like,' said Tartakovsky. 'My art director from 'Samurai Jack' has done pretty much everything with me. I have a background designer who worked with me all the way back on 'Dexter' who I just started working with again. You love these people.' McCracken agreed. 'It takes a very special, insane brain to do this job… It's bananas that we do this,' he laughed. 'So if any of us pull it off, we're like, 'Great job,' and we want to work with those people again and again.' 'It's so hard to build a crew,' admitted Mudo. 'Every time you have to lay off everybody and completely reconstitute, which is something that is a bigger part of the modern streaming cycle, it feels like you have to make a new show, even if it's just a new season of the same show. That explains a lot about why we end up working with the same people.' Each having varying degrees of experience working on more mature productions, the creators celebrated the freedom that adult animation now offers. Sugar recalled, early in 'Steven Universe's' broadcast run, that she would often be told that smaller fandoms of her show were insignificant to the network, as it was more interested in capturing a wide TV audience of all ages and demographics. With adult animation, she argued, fandoms are now more important than ever, and smaller groups of dedicated viewers can have a much more significant impact on a show's success. 'It seems like now we can start something where that is what matters most,' Sugar said, referring to the specificity and passion of modern fandoms. 'That can matter the most.' Even with a billion-dollar global success like the 'Hotel Transylvania' films under a filmmaker's belt, in the case of Tartakovsky, getting original ideas greenlit remains difficult. 'Three 'Hotel Transylvania' movies, almost $2 billion, and I still have a hard time getting an original greenlit,' Tartakovsky said. 'Every time I pitch, I hear that they love it, but that somehow they also don't love it.' After three decades, these creators aren't just surviving in an ever-shifting industry. They're still experimenting, still mentoring, and still hungry for what's next. Best of Variety 'Harry Potter' TV Show Cast Guide: Who's Who in Hogwarts? 25 Hollywood Legends Who Deserve an Honorary Oscar New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week
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10-06-2025
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‘Dexter's Laboratory' & ‘The Powerpuff Girls' Creators On How They Broke The System At Cartoon Network
If he was starting out today, Dexter's Laboratory creator Genndy Tartakovsky would 'make cartoon after cartoon until something hits.' That was Tartakovsky's pearl of wisdom delivered to a packed Annecy audience as he celebrated 25 years of Cartoon Network Studios with a sextet of creators of some of the biggest American cartoons of all time, including The Powerpuff Girls, Adventure Time and Steven Universe. More from Deadline From Brink Of Bankruptcy, TeamTO Unveils Six New Shows & Adult Animation Push At Annecy Neil Court Joins Coolabi As Chairman Amid 'Warrior Cats' Growth Push And M&A Opportunities "Je Suis Milhouse": Matt Groening Gets Emotional At Annecy As He Reveals The Motivation Behind The 800-Episode Longevity Of 'The Simpsons' Tartakovsky, who is also in Annecy promoting Netflix's Fixed, figures it's easier than ever to get your big break because young cartoonists can flood YouTube with ideas. 'It's partly independent now because you can make it and put it on your own kind of cable channel,' he added. 'That's what I'd do [if I were starting now]. I'd work a day job and then at night I'd make cartoon after cartoon until something hits. It was more difficult when we were coming up.' Tartakovsky is enthused by the new landscape and said he 'feels like when I was younger, I feel like that energy makes me still want to do new things.' He sat next to his old friend and The Powerpuff Girls creator Craig McCracken, who concurred, saying that for his spin-off of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, which he is making with Warner-owned Hanna Barbera Studios Europe, 'the energy is so Cartoon Network' on set. Adam Muto, showrunner of Adventure Time, was slightly more muted on the current state of things. 'We need to make sure people with idiosyncrasies get to have their own voices,' he said. 'But [commissioners] have to greenlight stuff. They have gotta greenlight.' 'We were breaking the system' Tartakovsky and McCracken walked the Annecy audience through how they broke the system at Cartoon Network Studios a quarter century ago when they were first starting out, with Tartakovsky describing the older generation of cartoonists back then as being 'beaten down' when he landed his Dexter's Laboratory greenlight as a young man. McCracken, who worked with Tartakosvky on Dexter's Laboratory, added: 'We were breaking the system and they didn't like that. They were survivalists and we had been given an opportunity they had been working their whole lives for. I felt a bit bad for them but we were given this golden opportunity, this one seven-minute show. And to be fair some of the old guard loved what we were doing.' Tartakosvky set the scene for the early days of Dexter's Lab, which went on to achieve the rare feat of being a primetime Emmy-nominated cartoon. 'Half the crew were high,' he joked. 'I felt like I was saying, 'Guys come on this is our one shot,' and then they wouldn't start working till 2 p.m.' He said he was 'so worried about getting fired' that he 'didn't have a minute to focus on anything apart from what I was doing.' Soon after, McCracken's Powerpuff Girls landed a greenlight, making him into a star of the animation world, but this wasn't plain sailing either. McCracken spoke of experiencing the worst focus group of his life with a group of 11-year-old boys, one of whom even called for the 'creator to be fired.' At the time, Cartoon Network executive Mike Lazzo convinced McCracken that it was better to have people hate the show than be indifferent, and he was told to push ahead. 'I had to get out of my own head and tell myself to stop being so arty,' said McCracken. 'We felt we could make cartoons at the time so we said let's make this the best thing it can be.' The pair were joined on stage by four younger cartoon creators including Muto, Regular Show's JG Quintel, Steven Universe creator Rebecca Sugar and Adventure Time's Pendleton Ward. This quartet, who were termed the 'second generation' of Cartoon Network voices, had an intriguing discussion around fear of failure. 'The first season we thought we'd get canned every moment,' said Muto. 'It was during a transitional moment [for Cartoon Network] and our shows had to be hits.' Quintel said creatives live in fear at the start of their journeys that 'if these are bad, then we're getting in trouble.' For Sugar, who is the first non-binary person to independently create a series for the network, it was 'less about competition and more about protection' at the start of her journey. 'I learned when showrunning that when there is something specific on a board, you have to think how to protect it,' she explained. Sugar was delighted to sit on the same stage as Tartakovsky. She recalled pitching him an early version of Steven Universe. When Tartakosvky said he'd direct an ep, 'I crashed my car into a pole on the way home,' Sugar added. The group were speaking at Annecy on the same day as Matt Groening. Best of Deadline Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds A Full Timeline Of Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni's 'It Ends With Us' Feud In Court, Online & In The Media Where To Watch All The 'John Wick' Movies: Streamers That Have All Four Films
