The Nimona movie is finally coming in 2023

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The animated adaptation of Nimona might end up being stuck in production hell, but Annapurna Pictures and Netflix are stepping in to make sure that doesn't happen.

Disney gained ownership of Blue Sky Studios, the animation house behind the Ice Age movies, when it acquired 21st Century Fox. While Disney could have decided to complete Blue Sky Studios, the larger company decided to shutter the studio, leaving 450 employees without jobs and the movie in jeopardy.

After a few setbacks, Nimona is back on track and will debut on the streaming service in 2023.

Nimona’s always been a spunky little story that just wouldn’t stop. She’s a fighter…but she’s also got some really awesome people fighting for her. I am excited out of my mind to announce that THE NIMONA MOVIE IS ALIVE…coming at you in 2023 from Annapurna and Netflix pic.twitter.com/wEZuM2sXTt

— ND Stevenson (@Gingerhazing) April 11, 2022

Nimona tells the story of how shapeshifting teen Nimona becomes the one person who can save the life of a knight named Blackheart after he is wrongly accused. Nimona was poised to become Disney's first animated movie featuring multiple queer lead characters and a same-sex kiss when it was still under Blue Sky Studios. Nimona would have been a historic Disney production, but the studio pressured the animators to remove the kiss from internal presentations in order to make it into the final cut.

It is likely that this version of the movie is going to be more in line with the source material of the movie.