Hannah Minghella was named head of Netflix Animation Studios in an effort by the streaming big to streamline all issues animated.
Minghella, who began at Netflix in 2024 as the pinnacle of function animation and live-action household movies, will focus her purview solely on animation. In her new function, she’ll lead a movie slate that features “Kpop Demon Hunters 2,” “Ray Gunn” and “The Mitchells vs the Machines 2,” in addition to run the studio’s three animation services in Burbank, Vancouver and Sydney, which have over 1,000 workers. Minghella may also concentrate on constructing out franchises throughout companies together with dwell occasions and shopper merchandise.
Amid the transition, Minghella will proceed to supervise live-action household initiatives in course of together with Greta Gerwig’s “Narnia” and the “Eloise” adaptation. In any other case, Netflix’s live-action household division will probably be run by movie VP Kira Goldberg, working carefully with the streamer’s chairman of movie Dan Lin. Goldberg has labored at Netflix since 2018 and is at the moment in control of thrillers, dramas and faith-based movies, together with “Apex,” “Remarkably Bright Creatures” and “The Life List.”
Netflix’s largest success by far within the animation house has been “Kpop Demon Hunters,” a fantasy journey a few fictional Ok-pop lady group who shield the world from demons with their music. It turned a full-blown phenomenon and now ranks because the streamer’s hottest film of all time. “KPop Demon Hunters” even turned a box office hit when Netflix introduced a sing-along model to theaters for fan occasions final fall. Naturally, a sequel is within the works, with filmmakers Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans returning to direct and write the musical follow-up.
