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.”
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.
