Netflix Wants You In “The House” For New Animated Comedy

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Netflix has ordered to series Nexus Studios’ (This Way Up) dark animated comedy The House from the same Belgian producers as This Magnificent Cake! aka Emma de Swaef and Marc James Roels. The stop-frame animated series centers on a house and the surreal tales of three generations of families who made it their home.

“The House is a collection of cinematic stories that are intelligent, witty, inquisitive, warm and yet packed with offbeat humour. For this project, Nexus are bringing together, for the very first time, three of the most unique and multi-awarded voices in independent stop motion animation today in Niki, Marc & Emma and Paloma. This production is an organic collaboration between brilliant and like-minded storytellers. We’re thrilled to have found in Netflix such a perfect home for The House,” said Charlotte Bavasso, Co-Founder and Producer, Nexus Studios.

Swedish director and animator Niki Lindroth von Bahr will direct one chapter.  Her 2017 short film The Burden received top prizes at Annecy and the Toronto International Film Festival among others.  Von Bahr was named one of the Top 10 Animators to watch by Variety in 2018.

Paloma Baeza will direct one chapter. The creator behind BAFTA and Annie award winning short film Poles Apart.   She was named one of the Top 10 Animators to watch by Variety in 2018.

Our Take
Netflix is shepherding a bunch of the success they saw with the likes of Love, Death + Robots, I Lost My Body, and probably anime and taking more chances on international content. To date, UK has been destitute to original adult animation, this pickup could potentially be the unclogging of a whole new windfall of original films and TV the likes of which we haven’t seen before.

 

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