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Guillermo Del Toro, Netflix, And Gobelins Team On Paris Stop-Motion Studio
Netflix is teaming with Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and France’s prestigious Gobelins Paris on a new partnership to build a stop-motion studio aimed at developing the next generation of animation storytellers and propelling the medium forward.
Located on the Gobelins campus in Paris, the studio — co-funded by Netflix and del Toro — will function as a creative laboratory for research, education, and collaboration between students, mentors, and master filmmakers.
The initiative, which will enter a planning phase during the 2025–2026 academic year, is envisioned as a training ground and a hub for innovation. It will serve as a tribute to the late Mark Gustafson, a stop-motion legend whose work shaped the art form. Over his career, he collaborated on iconic projects such as The California Raisins with Will Vinton, Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.
Though based in France, the project shares the spirit of El Taller del Chucho in Guadalajara, a stop-motion studio co-founded by del Toro, the University of Guadalajara, and the Guadalajara International Film Festival. Since its 2019 founding, El Taller del Chucho has become a cornerstone of Latin American stop-motion, with multiple production stages supporting up to 25 animation units.
For Netflix, the Paris partnership builds on a growing global investment in animation, following collaborations with studios such as Fortiche (Arcane), TAT (Astérix: Le Combat des Chefs) and Blue Spirit (Blue Eye Samurai).
UPDATE: On Bluesky, Guillermo del Toro further clarified:
This workshop will initiate with people from Mexico, Latin America and Europe to strengthen the ties of stop motion and collaboration and, in exchange, education will be provided for free for one Mexican / Latinamerican student for the first ten years also.
This workshop will initiate with people from Mexico, Latin America and Europe to strengthen the ties of stop motion and collaboration and, in exchange, education will be provided for free for one Mexican / Latinamerican student for the first ten years also.
— Guillermo del Toro (@realgdt.bsky.social) October 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
