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Electric Theatre Collective’s Ambitious Amphibian Adventure

Posted on Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Working with Iconoclast directors Vania & Muggia, the VFX crew at ETC in London transform an axolotl (aquatic salamander native to Mexico City) into a Bridgerton-binging hero as part of a new Netflix campaign thru Mother.

Nick Hallbery, ECD, Mother London: A brand platform for Netflix had to represent the quality and craft that goes into every piece of entertainment featured on the service.

‘Find The Thing You Never Knew You Needed’ gave us permission to make three films that feel completely different – different worlds, different genres, different kinds of obsession – but all deliver that same feeling of finding something you weren’t looking for and suddenly not being able to let it go.

Images

A rectangular fish tank from an Amphibian Adventure featuring three fish, a castle ornament, and aquatic plants. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

An axolotl from the Ambitious Amphibian Adventure swims in an aquarium alongside a large pufferfish, a dark eel, and several goldfish, in a scene created by Electric Theatre Collective. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

A pink axolotl from the Ambitious Amphibian Adventure swims in a tank with a pufferfish in the background. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

A pale pink axolotl from the Electric Theatre Collective resting its front legs on the edge of an aquarium. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

A pale axolotl from the Amphibian Adventure animation rests on a wooden table in front of a sofa and fish tank. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Credits

Client: Netflix
Team: Netflix Brand Creative Studio

Agency: Mother

Production: Iconoclast
Director: Vania & Muggia
DOP: Mathias Boucard
Managing Director: Guy Rolfe
EP: Kaiya Taffel
Producer: Joseph Taussig
PM: Sam Jackson & Alice Pitt-Carter
Production Designer: Mark Connell

VFX/Post: Electric Theatre Collective
Colorist: Jason Wallis
CD: Dean Robinson
VFX Shoot Supervisors: Joel Savage, Thiago Dantas
VFX 3D Supervisor: Joel Savage
3D Lead: Jack Powell
Animation Director: David Bryan
VFX 2D Supervisors: Thiago Dantas, Scott Ryan
2D Lead: Adam Woolrich
EP: Vic Lovejoy
Producer: Rosie Corbett
PA: Marta Matuszewska

Edit: Trim Editing
Editor: Paul Hardcastle, Liv Ay
Assistant Editor: Keira Hay
EP: Sophie Honour, Noreen Khan
Senior Producer: Polly Kemp

Sound Design: King Lear
Sound Engineer: Jack Sedgwick
Head of Production: Natalie Curran

Stephen Price

Stephen is the co-founder/CD of Stash Media Inc. and the executive editor of Stash Magazine and the Stash Permanent Collection.
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