The plot involves a dog who learns that he is going to be neutered. “I think it’s a great opportunity and they’re the biggest with content and with viewers. For this little movie to then be on the biggest stage is fantastic. And hopefully it would grow and open up the opportunity to do more and different material, perhaps R-rated animated films,” Tartakovsky said. In the west, animation is still in “a tight little box.” Hopefully “Fixed” can help explode that notion.

  • For this little movie to then be on the biggest stage is fantastic.
  • An adult animated comedy about Bull (Adam Devine), an average, all-around good dog who really loves old lady legs…for obvious reasons.
  • As Bull decides to return home and face his impending neutering, Rocco convinces him to have one last wild night on the town to make sure his last night of being intact will be one to remember.
  • He wanted to capture the goofy camaraderie of Tartakovsky and his group of really close friends.
  • Now, with Fixed, he’s embracing a nostalgic animation style, crude humor, and man’s best friend.

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  • It’s a risk worth taking as a viewer, and one that at the very least can be appreciated for consistently pushing animation boundaries.
  • Tartakovsky had worked with Warner Bros. for years; all of his television series, including the Emmy-winning adult animated series “Primal,” have been released through TV divisions of Warner Bros.
  • Meanwhile, Bull is seduced by Molasses, an attractive red Borzoi, who reminds him of Honey.
  • But it’s also bold and exciting in a way few animated features are these days, with a solid emotional center and wildly funny set pieces.

It’s a risk worth taking as a viewer, and one that at the very least can be appreciated for consistently pushing animation boundaries. Tartakovsky had worked with Warner Bros. for years; all of his television series, including the Emmy-winning adult animated series “Primal,” have been released through TV divisions of Warner Bros. But New Line Cinema had a change of heart and instead of orphaning the movie altogether, the rights reverted to Sony. And now, fixed assets turnover ratio formula almost two years later, it’s finally coming out. “There’s so much craft in it from the backgrounds to the character animation to the designs to everything, it’s a cartoon, which used to be a dirty word in features,” Tartakovsky said.

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Maybe he could replicate that dynamic in an animated feature. The film was first conceived in 2009, and development began in 2018. Pictures was originally set to distribute the film, but had dropped the film by August 2024 as part of cost-saving measures by Warner Bros. Netflix later acquired the distribution rights to the film, and it had its world premiere on June 11, 2025, at the 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, before releasing on Netflix on August 13 to mixed reviews from critics. The art style immediately calls back to the days of Ren & Stimpy, and it works exceptionally well.

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Netflix’s Animation Series team, led by John Derderian, got involved. Derderian oversees adult animation for Netflix, which made more sense for his team. Fixed is directed by Tartakovsky, written by Tartakovsky, Jon Vitti, Steve Greenberg, and Rich Lufrano, and earns every bit of its R-rating. An adult animated comedy about Bull (Adam Devine), an average, all-around good dog who really loves old lady legs…for obvious reasons.

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Later on, Honey and her own pack of friends visit the strip club from earlier to watch a grizzly bear twerk, to the delight of the audience and to Bull, Rocco, Fetch and Lucky’s astonishment. Devine’s voice work is jarring throughout the film, and always puts me in surprise when it comes out of Bull. But then again, as Bull spends the last day with his balls (which also get anthropomorphically animated for close-ups), everything is jarring, so maybe it just fits. While it’s at its worst when we’re relentlessly pingponged between new jokes, all with the same theme, it gets hard to focus on where there could be any real semblance of a spark.

The group soon visits “The Humphouse”, a dog version of a strip club, where Lucky falls for the intersex Dobermann bouncer, Frankie. Meanwhile, Bull is seduced by Molasses, an attractive red Borzoi, who reminds him of Honey. Molasses gets Bull to knot her, just as Honey, who abandoned the dog show for Bull, stumbles upon the scene and angrily confronts him.

“I have a lot of high hopes and big dreams and aspirations for success, but I’m just happy it’s coming out,” Tartakovsky said. On that strength alone and performances around the main character, Fixed gets to go to heaven. It may not be the best animated film of the year, or the funniest. Still, it’s a risk worth taking as a viewer, and one that at the very least can be appreciated for consistently pushing animation boundaries. Still, it does continue to raise the bar for visual expectations and ultimately makes Netflix’s animation slate for 2025 the most holistic in approach to demographics and visual styles.

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The project started, Tartakovsky said, with a concept he developed at Sony in 2009. He wanted to capture the goofy camaraderie of Tartakovsky and his group of really close friends. They’ve been friends since high school and are always able to make each other laugh.

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But his life is shattered when he discovers he’s going to be neutered in the morning. Terrified and angry, the gravity of this life-altering event sets in, and Bull realizes he needs one last adventure with his pack of best friends. Fixed is a 2025 American adult animated comedy film directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and written by Tartakovsky and Jon Vitti. Produced by Sony Pictures Animation, it is their first traditionally animated film. The film features the voices of Adam DeVine, Idris Elba, Kathryn Hahn, Fred Armisen, Beck Bennett, and Bobby Moynihan.

We spoke with Tartakovsky exclusively about what happened with “Fixed” now that it has finally been adopted. NEXON has announced the return of the ‘2025 Icons Match,’ a live event that brings a full roster of legendary players to the pitch. Black women are some of anime’s most iconic characters, and that has a big impact on Black anime fans. Fraser is due to appear at Kingston Crown Court on Thursday, when a date for his sentencing is expected to be fixed. Bull manages to physically intervene between Honey and Sterling as they’re about to breed, going unnoticed by Sterling. However, an oblivious Sterling unknowingly sodomizes Bull, believing to be breeding with Honey.

For now, though, he’s just thrilled that people will get to see “Fixed,” which has a voice cast that includes Adam Devine, Idris Elba, Fred Armisen, Kathryn Hahn and Bobby Moynihan and is, we cannot stress this enough, extremely hilarious. When the movie premieres on Netflix he wants two things – one, for audiences to laugh; and two, he wants the to appreciate how great hand-drawn animation is (again). He said that he is currently trying to get two original animated movies made, including his long-in-development “Black Knight.” And maybe this relationship with Netflix will open up some doors previously thought shut? He teases that he is in development on a series for the streamer as well. “Fixed” had an interesting production and distribution set-up, where it was technically a Sony Pictures Animation film, but it was to be released by New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Bros. The animation was done by Renegade Animation and Lightstar Studios.