Genndy Tartakovsky’s R-Rated Animated Comedy FIXED Reportedly Shelved By Warner Bros.
Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack, Primal, Hotel Transylvania, Star Wars: Clone Wars) has finished his R-rated animated film project titled Fixed, and its a movie that I’ve been looking forward to watching, but that might not happen, now.
The movie follows a dog who finds out he's gonna get neutered in the morning, and the story follows what he does with his next 24 hours. Tartakovsky was inspired by films like The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up when developing this project.
Well, according to a Puck’s Matt Belloni, Fixed is another film project that’s been “shelved” by Warner Bros. Tartakovsky finished the movie early last year, and it features a voice cast that includes Adam Devine and Kathryn Hahn.
For some reason, Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav hates some of the movies the studio has made and Fixed now joins the Batgirl and Coyote vs ACME club.
It’s said that Fixed has been given back to Sony Pictures, which is now trying to sell it to any streamer or distributor that would bite. Without a buyer, Fixed may never see the light of day, which is a shame.
I’m not a fan of Warner Bros. for so many reasons and they continue to make it hard for me to like them with the stupid decisions they continue to make.
The main character in the film is named Bull, just an average dog who discovers he’s going to be neutered in the morning. But, “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.”
Tartakovsky previously talked about the movie, saying: “Some people might get uncomfortable.” But, the goal for him isn’t to shock audiences, the goal for him is to make “a classic movie. Like Lady and the Tramp or 101 Dalmatians, but rated R. If you can look past the balls and the buttholes, you will find a very sweet, charming, sincere story of friendship and romance.”
Devine played Bull, and Idris Elba played his buddy Rocco. Joining them are Bobby Moynihan as Lucky, Fred Armisen as Fetch, Beck Bennett as Sterling, River Gallo as Frankie and Michelle Buteau as Molasses. Hahn will play Bull’s love interest Honey.
Tartakovsky talked about the casting, saying: “I have been doing this for 30 years and when you find someone who knows comedic timing as a voice actor, it’s everything. It makes our job so much easier.”
He went on to say: “Also, I like the voices to disappear. When Idris is doing Rocco, you may recognize him, but then you just settle in.”
The movie was made using traditional 2D hand-drawn animation, and in regards to that Tartakovsky said: “It has become a lost art. These days, everything is computer-generated. It was my dream to do this.” He went on to call it a love letter to Bugs Bunny or Tex Avery, or even 1950s Disney.
Murdocca added: “It became this homage. We were able to secure animators we never thought we would be able to get. That’s when it became very exciting.”
Tartakovsky went on to say: “Comedy is the hardest thing, always, but in animation, you create it from nothing. It’s why I got into it. I could draw a little stick figure running, my friends would look over my shoulder and laugh. It’s such an amazing illusion.”
He added: “We have four layers of humor here: The raunchy stuff, the physicality, some character humor and dog owner humor. We don’t talk about pop culture; we don’t make fun of the Kardashians. It’s only within this one world.”
That world includes a place called “The Hump House,” which is where Bull and his friends end up in the story. But, Tartakovsky teased that it’s “nothing compared to the film’s explosive ending, which is raunchy, very sexual but also very heartfelt.”
Hopefully, one day we get to see this movie, it would be a shame for a Genndy Tartakivsky project to never be released.