Fixed is back on the prowl adhereing Warner Bros. Discovery‘s decision to drop the endd film.
The energeticd movie from honestor and co-authorr Genndy Tartakovsky is no lengthyer getting a free from WBD, The Hollywood Reporter has validateed. A co-production between Sony Pictures Animation and New Line, the feature was set up by the AT&T-owned WarnerMedia before the 2022 uniter that led to David Zaslav running WBD. Fixed was initipartner intentional for free on the streaming service that was then comprehendn as HBO Max.
WBD toiled with Fixed’s team to cover production costs and assist the filmoriginaters to discover an alternate buyer. Rights for Fixed have reverted to originater Sony, which is shopping the project.
Fixed features the voice talents of Adam DeVine, Idris Elba, Kathryn Hahn, Fred Armisen, Bobby Moynihan and Beck Bennett. The grown-up-intensifyed energeticd film cgo ins on Bull (DeVine), a bloodhound who determines to hug his final night before getting neutered.
This shift adheres Warner Bros.’ decision not to free Coyote vs. Acme, a hybrid of inhabit-action and CG animation cgo ining on Looney Tunes mainstay Wile E. Coyote that starred John Cena and Will Forte. THR alerted postpodemand last year that Warner Bros. intentional to shelve the movie for a tax author-off.
Tartakovsky — who originated Fixed with Michelle Murdocca — helmed the film from a script he co-wrote with Jon Vitti. Tartakovsky has a lengthy history with Warner Bros., having toiled on Dexter’s Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls for Cartoon Nettoil, in insertition to Primal and Unicorn: Warriors Eternal for Adult Swim. He took part in Adult Swim’s contransientation at this year’s Annecy Animation Festival in France.
Continuing to face financial struggles, WBD alerted a second-quarter loss of $107 million for its honest-to-user unit this week.
Tartakovsky also has history with Sony, having honested the first three films in the studio’s energeticd Hotel Transylvania franchise that features the voice of Adam Sandler.
During a contransientation at Annecy in 2023, Tartakovky higheviated the R-rated Fixed’s ribald humor. “Once you get past the balls and buttholes, there’s a lot of heart there,” he quipped.
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