David Farnor | On 25, Feb 2024

Netflix has released its animated film Nimona for free on YouTube.

Directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane, the film is an epic tale about finding friendship in the most surprising situations and accepting yourself and others for who they are. Based on the National Book Award-nominated, New York Times best-selling graphic novel by ND Stevenson, the film follows Ballister Boldheart (Riz Ahmed), a knight in a futuristic medieval world who is framed for a crime he didn’t commit.

The only one who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona (Chloë Grace Moretz), a mischievous teen with a taste for mayhem — who also happens to be a shapeshifting creature Ballister has been trained to destroy. But with the entire kingdom out to get him, Nimona’s the best (or technically the only) sidekick Ballister can hope for. And as the lines between heroes, villains, and monsters start to blur, the two of them set out to wreak serious havoc — for Ballister to clear his name once and for all, and for Nimona to… just wreak serious havoc.

The film began life at Blue Sky Studios, before it was shut down by new owners Disney. Since then, though, the project found life again, with Netflix partnering Annapurna Pictures to bring it do audiences. After its release last year, the film has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film. With voting for the 2024 Academy Awards closing on 27th February – ahead of the ceremony on 10th March – Netflix has made the full film available for free on YouTube for a limited period of time. Which means everyone, not just Academy voters, can enjoy it for themselves.

 

Netflix picks up Nimona, starring Chloë Grace Moretz and Riz Ahmed

14th April 2022

Netflix has picked up new animated film Nimona ready for release next year.

The film is adapted from the New York Times bestselling graphic novel by author ND Stevenson. It follows a Knight who is framed for a crime he didn’t commit. The only person who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona, a shape-shifting teen who might also be a monster he’s sworn to kill. Set in a techno-medieval world unlike anything animation has tackled before, this is a story about the labels we assign to people and refusing to be defined by anyone.

Chloë Grace Moretz will star in the film as Nimona, alongside Riz Ahmed as Ballister Boldheart and Eugene Lee Yang as Ambrosius Goldenloin. It is directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane, with animation by DNEG Animation and the producers including Roy Lee, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary. The exec-producers include Robert L Baird, Megan Ellison and Andrew Millstein.

The film began life at Blue Sky Studios, before it was shut down by new owners Disney due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, though, the project has found life again, with Netflix partnering Annapurna Pictures when production began early last year. Netflix will release the film in 2023.

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