The offbeat ensemble consists of a veritable round-table of knights: Ballister’s dreamy love interest Ambrosius Goldenloin (Eugene Lee Yang), Thoddeus “Todd” Sureblade (Beck Bennett), Nate Knight (RuPaul) and bumbling squire Diego (Julio Torres).īruno and Quake’s team embrace a rather unique graphic style, weaving a sense of cartoonishness through its textures while lovingly adapting Stevenson’s compelling mixture of sci-fi and medieval fantasy. Ballister’s new reputation as a villain brings him into contact with Nimona (Chloë Grace Moretz), a shapeshifting teenager made an outcast by her powers, who now wants to be his sidekick. The film-set in a fantasy kingdom-follows Ballister Boldheart (Riz Ahmed), a knight who becomes public enemy number one after being framed for a crime he didn’t commit. Early reactions have been rather emphatic, with Letterboxd members like Jaime Rebanal highlighting how “it isn’t afraid to present itself as an allegory for how queerness is treated, especially among young audiences, by the ruling adults.” However, Nimona was rescued through a collaboration between Annapurna Pictures and Netflix, with Blue Sky veterans and Spies in Disguise directors Nick Bruno and Troy Quane taking over the helm.
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