A year after the project stalled with seemingly no hope of revival, Nimona is again.
Netflix introduced Monday early morning that it will release the animated adaptation of author ND Stevenson’s acclaimed graphic novel in 2023, placing the venture back again on monitor just one 12 months after its authentic animation house was shuttered in the wake of the Disney/Fox merger. The movie version of the fantasy/sci-fi hybrid tale will be directed by Spies in Disguise helmers Nick Bruno and Troy Quane, and will star Chloë Grace Moretz and Riz Ahmed.
Initially appearing as a webcomic starting again in 2012, Nimona follows the adventures of the title character, a shapeshifting creature who most typically appears as a younger woman, who teams up with a disgraced knight as he takes on the Establishment he was once part of, uncovering a conspiracy in the system. The comic was unveiled as a graphic novel in 2015 and went on to gain an Eisner Award, a Cybils Award, a Cartoonists Studio Prize, and other honors. Here’s how Netflix clarifies its version of the tale in an formal synopsis:
“A Knight [Ahmed] is framed for a criminal offense he did not commit and the only person who can enable him demonstrate his innocence is Nimona [Moretz], a shape-shifting teen who may also be a monster he’s sworn to eliminate. Set in a techno-medieval globe contrary to nearly anything animation has tackled just before, this is a tale about the labels we assign to people and the shapeshifter who refuses to be described by anyone.”
The streamer also introduced a first-appear picture from the movie, which you can see underneath:
Picture: Netflix
Advancement of a Nimona characteristic movie dates all the way again to 2015, when Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios took on adaptation duties beneath the way of Patrick Osborne. The movie continued to make development over the subsequent four several years, right up until scheduling delays commenced to mount amid Disney’s efforts to get Fox. In February of past 12 months, following many launch day pushbacks, Disney declared that it would shutter Blue Sky Studios as part of its restructuring of Fox’s enjoyment assets, leaving Nimona cancelled.
Now, Netflix and Annapurna Photographs have swooped in to make the film a reality together with DNEG Animation and Stevenson, who introduced the news this way: “Nimona’s always been a spunky minor tale that just would not end. She’s a fighter…but she’s also acquired some genuinely great individuals combating for her. I am excited out of my thoughts to announce that THE NIMONA Movie IS ALIVE…coming at you in 2023 from Annapurna and Netflix.”
Nimona comes up coming calendar year, soon after a virtually decade-extensive journey to the screen.
