Netflix Signs Coco Producer Darla Anderson to Overall Deal

Netflix has entered into a multiyear overall deal with award-winning producer Darla Anderson (Coco, Cars, Toy Story 3) to develop a slate of projects targeting family audiences.

The Academy Award-, Golden Globe- and BAFTA-winning producer will develop and produce new animated and live-action projects, both feature films and series, for Netflix. Anderson produced Disney/Pixar’s Coco, which won the 2018 Academy Award for best animated feature film. Her credits also include A Bug’s Life and Monsters, Inc.

“Darla is one of the most successful and accomplished producers in the entire film industry and her creative instincts for championing and shepherding films that transcend borders is truly unmatched,” said Melissa Cobb, VP of kids and family at Netflix. “Together with Darla, we will seek to bring more unique and diverse voices and entirely new mediums of storytelling to our global audience on Netflix.”

“I’ve been fortunate enough to have spent the entirety of my career working with art to try to change the world, and I can think of no more thrilling place than Netflix to continue down that path as Melissa Cobb and her team are building their next-generation animation studio and ambitious slate of programming from the ground up,” commented Anderson.