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AegisP Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#176: Aug 4th 2023 at 4:53:26 PM

We will. It's the most successful film of theirs that actually lends itself to a sequel

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#177: Aug 4th 2023 at 4:57:54 PM

I think a sequel is super unlikely right now

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#178: Aug 4th 2023 at 4:57:55 PM

[up][up] Nimona is the most successful film?

[up]Because of the strikes?

Edited by BigBadShadow25 on Aug 4th 2023 at 7:58:31 AM

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AegisP Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#179: Aug 4th 2023 at 5:01:50 PM

[up][up] Nothing ever happens immediately anyway. I dont know where you got the idea that it would happen right away. I said it would happen, not that it would RIGHT NOW.

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#180: Aug 4th 2023 at 5:03:03 PM

Fingers remain crossed. Keep supporting the film and keep an eye on the news.

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#181: Aug 4th 2023 at 5:17:12 PM

> [up]Because of the strikes?

Not because of the strikes,I just don't see another movie or series being made,I see it as a one off like Wendal and Wild

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#182: Aug 4th 2023 at 5:17:34 PM

You never know! It’ll be up to Netflix and the filmmakers.

Edited by BigBadShadow25 on Aug 4th 2023 at 8:18:11 AM

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Khoshekh6 Since: May, 2022
#183: Aug 4th 2023 at 5:35:13 PM

I don't think nimona will get a sequel. What makes nimona nimona is very tied up in its explorations of its themes, they've already explored those themes pretty thoroughly, so im not sure where they could go for a sequel. And I can't really think of an antagonist that would fit the world as its left at the end of the movie.

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#184: Aug 4th 2023 at 5:36:01 PM

prequel series exploring early Nimona's life maybe?

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#185: Aug 4th 2023 at 5:49:10 PM

There’s plenty to explore. Her back story and the outside world…

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#186: Aug 5th 2023 at 2:31:07 PM

I'm thinking this won't get a sequel, mostly because the original graphic novel this was based off of didn't have a sequel. But then again, movie studios are known to make sequels to source materials that didn't have one for years.

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TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#187: Oct 12th 2023 at 2:28:23 PM

[up] ND Stevenson did say they were cool with them doing new stuff with Nimona, so hey, the sky's the limit.

Anyway, look! They released a 100% free digital art book for Nimona! (I guess to butter it up for awards season?) Cool! grin

The foreword by ND Stevenson is a must-read:

I didn't know what Nimona was going to be when I started it.

Nimona was pink because I could only find a pink pen the day I started sketching her. She lived in a medieval future because I liked drawing knights but not horses, laser cannons but not spaceships. Her first transformation was going to be into a T. rex, but sharks were easier to draw; and the shark had boobs because it was 5 a.m. and my life was falling apart and that meant it was objectively the funniest joke in the world. Even her name just kind of...happened, a result of writing down the first syllables that came to mind and telling myself I’d come up with a real name later.

Years later, I would find myself in the front row of a Blue Sky screening room surrounded by some of the greatest artists in animation as a gorgeously rendered 20-foot-tall concept painting of Shark-Nimona loomed over me, and all I could think was: how in the absolute **** did I get here?!

I’ve never stopped asking myself that question, even though I know perfectly well the answer is "a bunch of really smart, really talented, really metal people refused to stop fighting for this movie even as the world seemed to be actively plotting to make sure it never saw the light of day."

There are so many fingerprints on this movie. So many people around the world brought a piece of themselves to Nimona’s story, and their love and passion shines through in every frame. I am so, so glad that you’re about to appreciate their work in this book the way it deserves.

Nimona sprang into existence when I needed her most — a scream into the void, and a hope for a happier ending.

I think we got there in the end.

Bla-bla-bla, victoire!

- ND Stevenson

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Oct 12th 2023 at 5:28:46 AM

Snicka Since: Jun, 2011
#188: Oct 12th 2023 at 3:19:31 PM

Even though it would have been more book-faithful, the tiny Black Bead Eyes would have looked strange in 3D CGI (though I know Peanuts and Captain Underpants managed to pull it off); the big Disneyesque eyes just allow for more expressive animation.

Edited by Snicka on Oct 12th 2023 at 12:19:55 PM

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#189: Oct 12th 2023 at 4:20:58 PM

It’s how we got Ballister looking like a wet sad dog. [lol]

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#190: Oct 12th 2023 at 8:27:26 PM

And now someone went and made The Art of Nimona into a handy dandy PDF!

(...which might have been something Netflix probably should've done themselves, but I guess they couldn't be bothered to do that.)

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#191: Jan 23rd 2024 at 5:56:36 AM

Reviving this forum with news. Nimona has been nominated for best animated feature at the Oscars. Source is Deadline:

https://deadline.com/2024/01/2024-oscar-nominations-list-1235801088/

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#192: Jan 23rd 2024 at 6:09:30 AM

[up] Just dropped DiscussingFilm announcing it at the Oscars thread, but AWWWWWW YEAH, NIMONA!

This movie's journey feels like one for the animation history books! From web comic to graphic novel to Blue Sky movie to getting canceled in the wake of the Disney/Fox buyout to getting revived by Annapurna and Netflix to getting awards left and right and now the fracking Academy Awards!

If it wins (because even though Disney's Wish got snubbed, there's still major competition with Ghibli's The Boy and the Heron, Pixar's Elemental, and Sony's Across the Spider-Verse), then it'll be an even bigger case of poetic justice to see the movie Disney tried to axe going this far when their 100th anniversary movie just fell flat on its face!

All that said, AWWWWWW YEAH! grin

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Jan 23rd 2024 at 9:11:17 AM

FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#193: Jan 23rd 2024 at 9:16:37 AM

Yay, I was afraid they'd drop it since there were six major animated films this year (I do feel bad for TMNT though).

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#194: Jan 23rd 2024 at 9:43:23 AM

Well, the ones to beat will be Spider-Verse and the Boy and the Heron. But imagine if this wins…

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PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
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#195: Jan 23rd 2024 at 9:58:19 AM

I honestly think it'll be an Award Snub if The Boy and the Heron wins. It's beautiful but really disjointed and weird and I wouldn't put it at the top of Miyazaki's movies (but hey, True Art Is Incomprehensible I guess).

I really liked Nimona but I don't know if it's strong enough to win against Across the Spider-Verse. In any other year though, Nimona would probably get my vote. Shame, though at least it walloped Wish's ass.

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Khoshekh6 Since: May, 2022
#196: Jan 23rd 2024 at 10:14:17 AM

Yeah I think spiderverse is tge one that should win, we'll see how it goes though

FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#197: Jan 23rd 2024 at 10:17:04 AM

[up][up][up] Correct, it's between those two. But Nimona did win one minor award, so I'm happy.

Edited by FernandoLemon on Jan 23rd 2024 at 3:17:22 PM

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#198: Jan 23rd 2024 at 2:10:32 PM

I'm cheering for Nimona out of personal favouritism, but also: I haven't seen The Boy and the Heron, but Miyazaki is not exactly short on awards even if they don't include an Oscar, and Across' story is incomplete which reduces its ability to be fairly ranked and also means there'll be another opportunity to celebrate the Spiderverse anyway when Beyond comes out.

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Khoshekh6 Since: May, 2022
#199: Jan 23rd 2024 at 3:58:02 PM

Ive seen a few people say that across is "incomplete" and that that will harm it somehow but I really don't understand that view

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#200: Jan 23rd 2024 at 4:06:11 PM

It did end on a cliffhanger, and is clearly a two part conclusion to a trilogy, but that never seems to be an issue.

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