‘Fixed’ Animator Halts Posts After Threats as Tartakovsky’s R-Rated Feature Streams on Netflix
The online abuse follows a years-long effort to release the hand-drawn feature after studios dropped it before Netflix acquired it.
Overview
- Animator Uli Meyer said he received threats and harassment over his work on Fixed and announced on Instagram that he will stop sharing remaining clips.
- Meyer noted he had blocked “strangely angry” users and emphasized that the film’s crude style is not to everyone’s taste.
- Fixed is now available on Netflix after Warner Bros. abandoned a planned 2024 theatrical release during cost-cutting.
- Genndy Tartakovsky said Netflix initially passed in 2024 but reversed course in January after executive John Derderian championed the completed film.
- Tartakovsky described the hand-drawn, R-rated comedy as a push for adult animated features, saying screenings have gone well while acknowledging it is not for everyone.