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The hand-drawn animated feature Ember from Klaus filmmaker Sergio Pablos is not moving forward at Netflix, Deadline can confirm. We hear that the decision had to do with creative rather than financials, and is the sort that is par for the course in animation, where projects come together over a…

In 2004, Sergio Pablo founded The SPA Studios—a boutique animation studio in Madrid—with the goal of transforming the service operation into a production facility, all its own. "We've developed some properties that got acquired and produced elsewhere, like Despicable Me or Smallfoot," Pablos tells Deadline, "but the…

EXCLUSIVE: This year, Christmas is coming early, courtesy of Sergio Pablos’ Netflix film Klaus, the first original animated feature to emerge from the streaming service. Scripted by Despicable Me co-creator Pablos, Zach Lewis and Jim Mahoney, Klaus centers on Jesper (Jason Schwartzman), a failing student at a postal…