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The ‘NIMONA’ film is actually happening and will be released in 2023 on Netflix from Annapurna
- Thread starter Shard Shinjuku
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Huh. No article yet? The Netflix tweet gives a tiny bit more info, which confirms it's definitely the same movie:
I had hoped this would happen, so this is great to see.
I had hoped this would happen, so this is great to see.
A movie based on a comic by ND Stevenson (creator of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power).
One of the first webcomics I read back in the early 2010s... I'm so happy the movie gets to live.
Great!
Hope someone saves Mouse Guard too
Project cancelled by Disney when FOX got bought
Hope someone saves Mouse Guard too
Project cancelled by Disney when FOX got bought
No joke, I literally mused to myself a few days ago about Blue Sky's fate, wondering if Nimona's production would actually be rescued by another company; and I figured given their heavy push with animation as of late, Netflix would be the most likely candidate. Wish I posted it somewhere for posterity, but what can you do.
Also entertained the thought that Netflix would go the extra mile and even acquire Blue Sky (or at the very least, acquire its staff and facilities for the purpose of a new internal animation studio), but I'm arguably pushing my luck at this point. Still, I'll gladly take this news for sure!
Also entertained the thought that Netflix would go the extra mile and even acquire Blue Sky (or at the very least, acquire its staff and facilities for the purpose of a new internal animation studio), but I'm arguably pushing my luck at this point. Still, I'll gladly take this news for sure!
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Animated adaptation of a fairly popular webcomic, it was supposed to be Blue Sky Studios' (Ice Age series, The Peanuts Movie, Horton Hears a Who!, etc.) next film after Spies in Disguise (2019), originally slated for release this year. Disney shut the studio down last year under the argument of pandemic restrictions making it too costly to run three animation studios and cancelled Nimona's production, despite the film being 75% complete at the time.
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This news is mainly interesting to me because it shows Annapurna is functional enough to produce a decent sized movie. I thought they'd been a shell for a couple of years now.
Annapurna is functioning but man, A24 has took their hype and got all the smoke. Also what happened to NEON?
After hitting the jackpot with Parasite, Neon seems to be focused on international films. Which is an important niche if they can make it work.
Neon is still doing stuff. Didn't they just release Titane last year? And they released The Worst Person in the World recently.
Ok, I remember seeing they did I Tonya and thought they haven't done much aside from the Nat Geo COVID doc.
NEON are doing really well. Also, A24's distribution in UK can be really annoying unlike Neon and other indie distributors (Mubi, Curzon, Film 4).
According to The Hollywood Reporter:
Film started production earlier this year.
Directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quanne. (Both of them directed Blue Sky's final film, Spies in Disguise. Patrick Osborne was the director of the Blue Sky production.)
Produced by Roy Lee, Karen Ryan, and Julie Zackary.
Executive produced by Robert L. Baird, Megan Ellison, and Andrew Millstein.
Animation produced by DNEG Animation.
Truth be told, there's honestly not much I can find from the details regarding the Blue Sky production, so I honestly don't know about how much is being carried over beyond the voice actors (Moretz and Ahmed were supposed to be announced for the Blue Sky production at the time it was scrapped.) Kinda odd we don't even have have any credits for a story/screenplay for a film that has undergone significant development at the time it was binned.
Film started production earlier this year.
Directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quanne. (Both of them directed Blue Sky's final film, Spies in Disguise. Patrick Osborne was the director of the Blue Sky production.)
Produced by Roy Lee, Karen Ryan, and Julie Zackary.
Executive produced by Robert L. Baird, Megan Ellison, and Andrew Millstein.
Animation produced by DNEG Animation.
Truth be told, there's honestly not much I can find from the details regarding the Blue Sky production, so I honestly don't know about how much is being carried over beyond the voice actors (Moretz and Ahmed were supposed to be announced for the Blue Sky production at the time it was scrapped.) Kinda odd we don't even have have any credits for a story/screenplay for a film that has undergone significant development at the time it was binned.
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I'm deathly curious is this just using Blue Sky's work so far or if it's starting over from scratch.
I'm glad that Nimona was able to be saved. ND Stevenson, and the comic, deserved better. I'm thrilled.
I don't dare hope for a similar Mouse Guard revival but if there are angels out there watching over axed 20th Century projects I'd love another miracle :)
I don't dare hope for a similar Mouse Guard revival but if there are angels out there watching over axed 20th Century projects I'd love another miracle :)
They had Pig and Spencer last year in regards to just English language films.
I imagine they'd have to be reusing a ton of work? I think Bad Batch started production before Mandalorian Season 1 and premiered after Season 2 and that's a TV show, not a full movie. The Turning Red documentary had animation start pre-pandemic and it just got released two years into the pandemic, too.
I wonder how the licensing and reusing assets works for this. I assumed that Disney legally owned all of that.
I'm just here to join the chorus of fuck you Disney; glad this managed to be salvaged elsewhere after they were too cowardly to release it.
You'd have to be intentionally oblivious to not see the correlation between this, the cancellation of New Warriors and their refusal to renew The Owl House for a full third season. Disney can talk all they want after being busted for their financial backing of the Don't Say Gay bill, but actions sure do speak!
You'd have to be intentionally oblivious to not see the correlation between this, the cancellation of New Warriors and their refusal to renew The Owl House for a full third season. Disney can talk all they want after being busted for their financial backing of the Don't Say Gay bill, but actions sure do speak!
Seriously ): especially given their/the CEO's history
Also I cannot imagine they're starting from scratch if this is going to release next year. Animated feature films typically take 3-4 years to make, even if they kept the script and all the visdev work and only started animation over from scratch that would be a Toy Story 2 level undertaking to push it out in 12-18 months. I really hope they're picking up where they left off and it'll still be theatrical Blue Sky-esque quality.
