Netflix resurrects “Nimona” and will release the LGBTI fantasy film in 2023
Netflix has regained the rights to release the animated film «Nimona» on your platform. Less than a year after its release date, the film was canceled due to Disney after the closing of Blue sky studios. The acquisition of 20th Century Fox by Disney in 2019 it meant the cancellation of many projects. This was the case of «Nimonadue to its content LGBTQ Disney made the decision to cancel it.
«Nimona» has found a new home thanks to Netflix, who has acquired the rights to launch the film on the streaming platform. The film is based on the graphic novel by N. D. Stevenson, responsible for the series of Netflix «She-Ra and the princesses of power» who has two Einser awards.
On March 31, 2021, the International Day of Trans Visibility, Stevenson made a tweet in which he identified as trans masculine non-binary. He also used the same social network to confirm the revival of the project: «Nimona it's always been a brave little story that just wouldn't stop. She is a fighter… but she also has some amazing people fighting for her. I am so excited to announce that THE NIMONA MOVIE IS ALIVE… available in 2023 from Annapurna and Netflix«.
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The film focuses on the character of Nimona, a shape-shifting teenager. She is the only person who can help a gentleman who is framed for a crime that she did not commit. Set in a techno-medieval world unlike anything animation has tackled before, this is a story about the labels we assign to people and the mutant self that refuses to be defined by anyone. A story full of adventure and humor that has been praised for its sensitivity to the community LGTBI for its inclusion, something that in fact has already generated some disagreement with Disney.
Nick Bruno and Troy Quane are directing Nimona, while DNEG Animation handles the animation. As originally planned, Nimona will have Chloë Grace Moretz in the lead role, with Rice Ahmed y Eugene Lee Young in supporting roles. The film will be released in Netflix in 2023.
