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- After Disney dropped 'Nimona,' Megan Ellison's Annapurna Animation rescued the LGBTQ+ Netflix animated film.
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Feb 22, 2024 · Nimona — which has LGBTQ themes that Disney executives wanted to downplay — seemed destined to become a tax write-off before Ellison scooped it up. Now the movie, which Netflix released last ...
Feb 29, 2024 · According to Annapurna Pictures founder, Megan Ellison, Nimona, which premiered on Netflix in June of last year, hit almost every single roadblock imaginable (and then some) on its journey to the streaming giant. Ellison discovered the partially finished animated feature in 2021, as it was about to be canned by Blue Sky, an animation studio ...
Feb 22, 2024 · “I had never seen a character like Nimona in a film, let alone an animated family movie,” Megan Ellison, Annapurna Pictures’ founder, told the Hollywood Reporter about her first reaction to ...
Why Megan Ellison Saved ‘Nimona’: “I Needed This Movie” In January of 2021, Megan Ellison got a call from Erik Lomis , the former head of distribution at her company, Annapurna Pictures , asking if she’d like to take a look at a movie whose filmmakers needed a lifeline.
Nov 15, 2023 · Quane says they shopped the movie around until Annapurna‘s Megan Ellison told them, “It’s crazy because I know you didn’t, but I feel like this movie was literally written for me.” It ...
Jan 19, 2024 · 'Nimona' directors discuss how they brought the film back to life after it was ... and shopped it until it caught the attention of Megan Ellison. It was revived at Ellison’s Annapurna with ...
