The comic “Nimona” will be adapted for an animated film on Netflix

April 11 2022

Fantasy comic fanatics, rejoice! Netflix threw down the gauntlet today, stating that an animated adaptation of Nimona is underway! The film is produced in collaboration with Annapurna Pictures (Missing Link, Sausage Party), with animation by DNEG. Nimona is expected to premiere on streamer in 2023; production began early last year.

The vocal cast will be led by Chloë Grace Moretz as Nimona, Riz Ahmed as Ballister Boldheart and Eugene Lee Yang as Ambrosius Goldenloin.

Adapted from the New York Times bestselling graphic novel by author ND Stevenson (Lumberjanes, She-Ra, and the Princesses of Power), which broke the news this morning on their Twitter account, Nimona is directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane (Spies in Disguise); produced by Roy Lee, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary; and executive producers are Robert L. Baird, Megan Ellison and Andrew Millstein.

Plot: A knight is framed for a crime he didn't commit and the only person who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona, a shape-shifting teenager who could also be a monster he swore to kill. Set in a techno-medieval world unlike anything animation has ever faced before, this is a story about the labels we assign to people and the shapeshifter that refuses to be defined by anyone.

Stevenson also unveiled a first image from the film, showing the CGI makeover for our shape-shifting hero:

Nimona still looks at first sight

The original story garnered critical acclaim in both its original webcomic and graphic novel form, earning an Eisner Award nomination for Best Digital / Web Comic in 2015 and winning Best Graphic Album reissued the following year.

Nimona was previously cast in the adaptation by Fox Animation in 2015, to be produced by Blue Sky Studios with Patrick Osborne and Marc Haimes as director and screenwriter. After the acquisition of Fox in 2019 by the Walt Disney Company, the film was delayed twice before Disney announced that Blue Sky would be closed in February 2021 and the project was canceled.

Recently, in the midst of the #DisneySayGay controversy, former anonymous Blue Sky staffers revealed that Nimona was "75% complete" when Disney shut it down and that the directors had received rejections from Disney top management on positive LGBT issues. in the movie. Comic creator Stevenson identifies as non-binary, and the original comics have been known for exploring queerness and gender identity. Netflix seems like a fitting home for Nimona's story after this pushback, having brought LGBT star Katie from The Mitchells vs. the Machines.

Go to the source of the article on www.animationmagazine.net