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Del Toro, Netflix Launch Stop-Motion Studio in Paris

10/12/2025

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Guillermo del Toro, filmmaker, and Netflix plan to launch a stop-motion animation studio at the Gobelins school in Paris to train upcoming animators.
The studio honors the late animator Mark Gustafson by promoting stop-motion as an AI-free medium.
It will foster collaboration between master filmmakers and students, including a Kazuo Ishiguro adaptation of The Buried Giant, according to Netflix's Ted Sarandos.

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Story summary

Guillermo del Toro, filmmaker, and Netflix plan to launch a stop-motion animation studio at the Gobelins school in Paris to train upcoming animators.
The studio honors the late animator Mark Gustafson by promoting stop-motion as an AI-free medium.
It will foster collaboration between master filmmakers and students, including a Kazuo Ishiguro adaptation of The Buried Giant, according to Netflix's Ted Sarandos.