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Netflix is pushing the boundaries of adult animation with Fixed, a R-rated comedy directed by five-time Emmy winner Genndy Tartakovsky. Arriving globally on August 13, Fixed tells the story of Bull, voiced by Adam Devine. The street-smart dog embarks on a wild all-nighter after learning he’s scheduled to be neutered the next day.

Produced by Sony Pictures, the movie had long been in creative limbo. Now, with Netflix taking over, it’s finally ready to bark up all the right trees. Packed with raunchy humor and Tartovsky’s signature 2D animation style, Fixed brings something fresh to the world of animated storytelling.

When is Fixed Releasing on Netflix? Fixed | Credit: Netflix

Fixed premieres on Netflix on August 13, 2025. It had its world debut at the Annecy International Animation Festival in June. And it served as the closing movie at the Fantasia Festival on August 3.

Originally planned for a theatrical release under Warner Bros.’ New Line Cinema,...

Animator Genndy Tartakovsky made a name for himself with Cartoon Network shows like Dexter’s Laboratory and Samurai Jack, establishing him as one of the voices to watch in animation in the ‘90s and early aughts. Because of this, animation fans won’t dismiss his latest work as just another raunchy adult animated movie — although it doesn’t lack the raunchy fun — Fixed is a genuinely artistic, well-made picture with the unmistakable touch of its creator.

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Fixed follows a horny mutt who discovers that his humans are going to take him to the vet in the morning to be neutered, causing him to go out on the town for one last night of debauchery before losing his manhood. The best way to describe this film is like The Hangover if it were made for Adult Swim, and it’s just as crazy as that sounds.

Fixed (L to R) Beck Bennett as Sterling,...

When we last heard from decorated creator Genndy Tartakovsky in October, he and his team had passed the halfway mark on animating Season 3 of Primal with two episodes fully completed and ready for television. The anachronistic Emmy-winner set during prehistoric times has been off the air for nearly three years as the Samurai Jack helmer has looked to continue from the bittersweet finale that brought Spear (Aaron Laplante) and Fang's story to an end. However, nearly halfway into the year, there hasn't been a word about a potential release date beyond his previous assurance that a premiere this year wasn't out of the realm of possibility. In an exclusive interview with Collider's Steve Weintraub at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, he offered a new update on how the season is shaping up and when fans can expect to learn more.

Primal was renewed for Season 3 back at...

"Primal" is many things. For starters, it's a thoughtful look at the unifying experiences of loss and grief, as well as one of the most accurate (and sensitive) depictions of what it's like to live with an animal companion put to screen. It's also the gnarliest animated "Conan the Barbarian" adaptation that's never been made and often plays like a Robert E. Howard fever dream. 

Case in point: Over the course of Genndy Tartakovsky's rip-roaring blend of prehistoric fantasy, action-adventure, and horror, the show's heroes are forced to survive scraps with flash floods of blood-thirsty snakes, colossal bats, and even a dinosaur infected with what seems to be a nastier strain of the Rage virus from "28 Days Later." And that's before they cross paths with the human tribes residing in this extremely anachronistic (not to mention gleefully pulpy) vision of Earth's very distant past.

To put it another way,...

Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War: The Conflict opens with a bang. While the end of part 2 shows the Quincy on the back foot, that doesn't last for very long at all. This reversal of circumstances isn't going to go unchallenged as Ichigo Kurosaki and his friends have swiftly arrived at the scene. While things are no longer looking great for the Soul Reapers, they still have plenty of ways to fight back, despite the losses they have suffered.

Among the characters who can still fight back is the last of the Royal Guard Squad, Ichibe Hyosube. Though Yhwach managed to best him, Ichibe is still alive and able to regain his strength. Ichibe hasn't been around in the series for very long, but he's incredibly important to this world. No one in the world is quite as close to the Soul King. No one else knows the exact circumstances of...

Animation fans might not have to wait long for the return of Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal.

In an exclusive interview with Collider, Tartakovsky revealed that his Adult Swim series will likely come out sometime in 2025, though he didn't reveal an exact date. When asked how far along the new season is right now, he said, "I'm finishing up the tenth episode right now, and so we got 10 more half-hours. We're in production, and it's gonna blow everybody's socks off, I think."

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Warner Bros. cancels yet another project, this time axing the release of Genndy Tartakovsky's adult animated film.

Taratakovsky also described Primal's animation process as "complex" depending on which shots his team focused on per episode, explaining, "I'll try to keep the camera on the action for a long time, so those scenes get to be really hard.

October will be dominated by Bleach once again because of the return of the Thousand-Year Blood War Arc. The arc has been a massive success thus far. It has received a great deal of praise for its animation and action. The first two seasons of the Thousand-Year Blood War showcased incredible fights that manga readers had been eagerly awaiting for over a decade. Part 3 will continue this trend with several highly anticipated battles.

Part 3's most anticipated fights will see Captain-level Soul Reapers taking on Yhwach's elite Quincy, but some of the fights will be between two Quincy. Yhwach will fight more than once in Part 3, but he will be far more powerful this time around. Most of these fights will stand out because they include new Bankai and stunning character moments. Certain fights will end quicker than others, but they will all be bloody affairs.

Yhwach Vs. Ichibe Ends...

"I can't fight it!" Adult Swim has revealed the official trailer for an upcoming anime series titled Uzumaki, based on an acclaimed supernatural horror manga series of the same name. This has been in the works for a while - it was first announced in 2019 at the Crunchyroll Expo, but then took them 5 full years to finish it up and get it ready to premiere. A town full of people slowly go insane over increasing obsessions with spiral shapes: patterns in the clouds, everyday objects, hair, insects, skin, and everywhere. Based on the hit manga written & illustrated by Ito. "As a huge fan of Junji Ito, I'm thrilled to be able to tackle one of his signature works, with a team of amazing creators who are all equally devoted to doing justice to this monumental work of horror manga," said Jason DeMarco, Adult Swim / Toonami's creative director. Featuring English-language voices as well: Robbie Daymond,...

The English voice cast for Adult Swim’s upcoming adaptation of Junji Ito’s horror manga “Uzumaki” was announced at Anime Expo over the weekend. Created in partnership with Production Ig USA, the animated TV series is currently in production.

The Japanese and English voice actors, respectively, for the series include:

Kirie Goshima – Uki Satake / Abby Trott Shuichi Saito – Shin-ichiro Miki / Robbie Daymond Azami Kurotani – Mariya Ise / Cristina Vee Kirie’s Dad – Toshio Furukawa / Doug Stone Shuichi’s Dad – Takashi Matsuyama / Aaron Laplante Shuichi’s Mom – Mika Doi / Mona Marshall Katayama – Katsutoshi Matsuzaki / Max Mittleman

Written and illustrated by Ito, the original manga series told the story of the citizens of Kurōzu-cho, a fictional city that is plagued by a supernatural curse involving spirals.

“Let’s leave this town together,” asks Shuichi Saito, a former classmate of Kirie Goshima, a high school girl who was born and grew up in Kurouzu-cho.

It’s official, a third season of Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal is coming to Adult Swim, it was announced at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, June 16. Genndy Tartakovsky will return to helm the action-packed animated series, which has won five Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Animated Program. Produced by Cartoon Network Studios, the third season is currently in production. “It’s happening!! Primal has become a contagious disease that I don’t ever want to cure. Every episode flows out like an unstoppable force beyond my control. Prepare yourselves Primal fans for Season 3 is coming!!!” Tartakovsky said in a statement. The first two seasons follow caveman Spear (Aaron Laplante) at the dawn of evolution as he forms an unlikely friendship with an almost-extinct dinosaur, Fang. The pair bond over unfortunate tragedies, becoming each other’s only hope of survival until a final standoff turns fatal. Season 2 ended with the death of Spear.

How do you be an artist in these trying times? Some of the year's best animated TV shows and movies asked this question, and it's not hard to figure out why. In 2022, animators continued fighting for respect from an industry that doesn't often love them back. Animation helped keep the entertainment industry afloat during the worst of the pandemic, and the people who bring these creations to life deserve more than seeing their projects canceled prematurely, having their work scrubbed from streaming services, and inadequate wages.

After all, while it can be crass, bloody, or just too intense for younger viewers, animation can also provide a break from a stressful world — sometimes simply by reflecting back exaggerated versions of our adult concerns. Some of the best animated productions of 2022 explored identity crises, the difficulty of letting go, the struggle to make art, and the absurdities of everyday living. Here are our favorites.

Bloody Disgusting has learned today that Scripts Gone Wild returns to El Cid on November 30 at 7pm for a Christmas-centric reading of the Bob Clark horror classic, Black Christmas.

“Seeing as how a key plot point of the film revolves around an unwanted pregnancy, the charity for this read is the Center for Reproductive Rights, an organization doing all it can to combat the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade and support the rights of women everywhere.”

Headlining the read are horror scream queen Tiffany Shepis, actress and genre host Clarke Wolfe (Fear HQ), actor and comedian Edward Hong (Please

Stand By), and special guests to be announced. Rounding out the cast are Sgw favorites Aaron Laplante, Tristan Cunningham, Natalie Nicole Dressel, Rico E. Anderson, Chad Addison,

Alexis Iacono, and Frank Dietz. More casting to be announced soon.

“Black Christmas is my favorite horror film of all-time,” said Scripts Gone...

Had “Primal” decided to remain what the show was for most of its first season, it would still be one of TV’s best. It solidified itself as a fascinating spin on the adventure show, a Genndy Tartakovsky-created journey through some of the more ruthless corners of Nature. Burly man Spear (voiced in grunts and screams by Aaron Laplante) and upright-walking dinosaur Fang made for an on-screen team-up that went from anachronistic to undeniable over the course of its first ten episodes. That bond forged over Season 1 in spite of the show having next to no spoken dialogue (or maybe because of it). Instead of words exchanged between the two, they united in action, fighting off massive spiders, zombie sauropods, chimps hopped up on Neolithic steroids, and a bevy of other foes lurking in forests and jungles.

Even with the late-Season 1 arrival of Mira (Laëtitia Eïdo), who put a...

Director/Tfh Guru Allan Arkush discusses his favorite year in film, 1975, with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Rules of the Game (1939)

Le Boucher (1970)

Last Year At Marienbad (1961)

Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982)

Topaz (1969)

Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)

Hollywood Boulevard (1976) – Jon Davison’s trailer commentary

The Innocents (1961) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary

The Earrings of Madame De… (1953)

Rope (1948) – Darren Bousman’s trailer commentary

Make Way For Tomorrow (1937)

The Awful Truth (1937) – Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray review

Duck Soup (1933) – John Landis’s trailer commentary

Going My Way (1944)

Nashville (1975) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary, Dan Perri’s trailer commentary

M*A*S*H (1970)

Shampoo (1975) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review

Bonnie And Clyde (1967) – John Landis’s trailer commentary

The Nada Gang (1975)

Get Crazy (1983) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary

Night Moves (1975) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review

Dog Day Afternoon (1975) – Katt Shea’s trailer...

Genndy Tartakovsky's "Primal," a devastating and bone-crunching prehistoric cartoon saga of the Neanderthal caveman (Aaron Laplante) and his Tyrannosaur companion, has come to a bloody and bittersweet end — or so it appears for now. Season 2 of "Primal" saw the final battle roars of the cavemen and T-Rex (called Spear and Fang respectively in credits) in its rousing finale, "Echoes of Eternity." Though it might not be the end for "Primal" itself.

All seems to be peaceful when Spear, Fang, Fang's two hatchlings, and their new homo sapien companion Mira (Laëtitia Eïdo) reach Mira's populated homeland after escaping slavery. But then they are besieged by supernaturally fired-up Viking Chieftain (Fred Tatasciore), a past adversary. So Spear performs his last act of violence by hurling himself at the blazing inferno of the Viking's body and defeats him. But the brawl leaves Spear with mortal burns. Like Mira and Fang, we observe the caveman's mortality with sorrow.

Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal indulges in the ludicrously pulp appeal of a caveman riding atop a tyrannosaurus rex into battle against a veritable animal kingdom of prehistoric monstrosities and sword-clad conquerors. The series is built entirely on the relationship between neanderthal Spear (Aaron Laplante) and reptilian apex-predator Fang as they have each other's backs and survive the savage world around them. Primal is a story about survival and the persevering strength of loyalty, in doing so perfecting the archetypal man-and-beast friendship demonstrated by Spear and Fang.

When "England 1890" flashes crosses the thunderstorm in season 2, episode five of Genndy Tartakovsky's "Primal," any devoted viewer will find themselves scratching their heads before re-orientating themselves. Numerous speaking roles in English? Brandy-drinking Englishmen in tailored suits? How did we land in a world of dialogue? Or rather, why the time skip from the prehistoric age to the English Victorian age? The episode, titled "Primal Theory," throws the audience for a loop.

The previous episode ended in a jaw-dropping bloodbath, with the vengeful scorpion-marked Vikings on the trail of our main cast: the caveman Spear (Aaron Laplante), T-rex Fang, and escaped slave Mira (Laëtitia Eïdo). The cliffhanger leaves you on the edge of your seat wondering how they will survive the next threat. So why pivot to a time period where Spear, Fang, and Mira have receded into fossils, their final fates unknown?

"Primal" is hardly the first animated series...

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Genndy Tartakovsky gets more ambitious in Season 2 of his Emmy-winning, prehistoric animation series, “Primal,” proving why he’s such a revered animation auteur. (The first two episodes stream July 21 on Adult Swim and July 22 on HBO Max). The buddy story between Neanderthal Spear (Aaron Laplante) and his T-Rex companion, Fang, gets more complex, while the world building grows more epic in scope, as they encounter civilized European cultures during the Bronze Age.

Picking up where Tartakovsky left off in the Season 1 cliffhanger, Spear and Fang set out to look for Mira (Laetitia Eido-Mollon), the enslaved Homo sapien who was abducted. In the first two episodes (“Sea of Despair” and “Shadow of Fate”), they survive an attack at sea and make their way to an island, where they go on separate journeys that test their loyalty.

“That whole [first] episode thematically is about going into a new world, so in the middle...

Get ready for another season of Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal. The second season of the adult animated series is coming to Adult Swim later this month and episodes will be released on the next day. The series revolves around a caveman and his unlikely friendship with a dinosaur. The voice cast includes Aaron Laplante, Tom Kenny, Jon Olsen, Amanda Troop, and Laëtitia Eïdo.

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Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal returns Thursday, July 21 at Midnight on Adult Swim, and the next day on HBO Max. Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal follows the tale of Spear (Aaron Laplante), a caveman at the dawn of evolution, as he forms an unlikely friendship with Fang, a nearly extinct dinosaur. In the second season, Spear and Fang […]

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Where to Watch “Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal”: HBO Max (the show originally aired on Adult Swim)

There’s nothing on TV that will rattle your insides quite like the victory roars in “Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal.” They come from a prehistoric man, Spear (voiced by Aaron Laplante), his unexpected dinosaur companion, Fang, or any of the handful of vicious predators that the two encounter on their travels across a pre-civilization Earth.

The Emmy-winning animated series doesn’t need much more of a premise than that. As Spear and Fang fend off their attackers, they also gradually shed their animus toward each other. In 20-minute episodes, the pair alternate between working together and saving each other from an increasingly complex hoard of creatures also doing what they need to survive. “Primal” is the perfect word for it, an ongoing battle of strength and wits...

Adult Swim’s animated series Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal from won two Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday including Best Animated Program for the second half of season 1 consisting of 3 episodes and Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation.

The competition was tough for the Best Animated title, Primal beat out Big Mouth, Bob’s Burgers, The Simpsons, and South Park.

“I’m beside myself right now,” said lead voice actor Aaron Laplante in a statement to Deadline. “I love this show so much, being a part of it, and working with Genndy Tartakovsky. Congrats to everyone who makes this art happen.”

Primal features a caveman at the dawn of evolution. A dinosaur on the brink of extinction. Bonded by tragedy, this unlikely friendship becomes the only hope of survival in a violent, primordial world.

Emmys Scorecard: Wins By Network & Program After Creative Arts Ceremonies

Tartakovsky is the Emmy-winning creator of the hit animated...

Primal Season 1 Blu-ray Contest — FilmBook is running a Primal: Season 1 contest for one copy of Cartoon Network TV series. Primal: Season 1 was released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 1, 2021. Cast and crew Primal: Season 1 stars Aaron Laplante and Tom Kenny. Plot Synopsis Primal: Season 1’s plot synopsis: [...]

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The characters in Genndy Tartakovsky’s latest animated series “Primal” don’t have dialogue. But as the creator and director explains, there’s something else missing from “Primal” that sets it apart.

“We definitely didn’t want to do a main villain. In this subject matter, it goes cliche super fast,” Tartakovsky told IndieWire. “In my first, early iteration, I thought, ‘Well, maybe halfway through the season when you need to introduce something besides just nature or normal world danger.’ And so I had this Pharaoh character. But it was like instantly ‘10,000 BC’ or ‘Stargate’ or you can name five movies that have done stuff like that. I really tried to go against the grain as far as what’s been done in this genre, and try to find original takes on it.”

So instead, “Primal” takes the traditional antagonist role and spreads it out over all that nature has to offer.

Once again, John Mulaney's Spider-Ham is here to delight. The stand-out character from Sony's Oscar-winning movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is back in an animated short that reveals what the super pig had been up to before he was pulled into a portal to meet Miles Morales and his assortment of spider-people. Spoiler alert: he was eating a hotdog.

Although you can catch it in the blu-ray special features of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, it's now been released on the Marvel HQ Youtube channel as well. Titled Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham, the animated short is written by Miguel Jiron and directed by David Schulenburg, two of the men behind the animation of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. It features the voices of the hilarious John Mulaney as the Spider-Ham himself, Peter Porker, and Aaron Laplante as his adversary Doctor Crawdaddy. The video's synopsis reads:

"It's another normal day for Peter Porker,...

Of the many, many reasons Sony's Oscar-winning animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is objectively The Best, the introduction of John Mulaney's Spider-Ham stands as the most delightful. If you haven't scooped up the Blu-ray yet, an extremely charming extra feature just hit the Marvel HQ Youtube page: Spider-Ham: Caught In a Ham, an animated short directed by Miguel Jiron and written by David Schulenburg that catches you up on the title porker's battle with Doctor Crawdaddy (Aaron Laplante) right before the events of Spider-Verse. Here's the short'…...

Primal Trailers and Clip Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal (2019) TV show trailers and TV show clip have been released and stars Aaron Laplante. Plot Synopsis Primal‘s plot synopsis: “Primal features a caveman at the dawn of evolution. A dinosaur on the brink of extinction. Bonded by tragedy, this unlikely friendship becomes the only hope of survival in [...]

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