The swan song of Ice Age studio Blue Sky, Nimona became a phoenix. TaraDBennett has the story on the queer life, death, and rebirth of Blue Sky's last (and possibly best) film:
Nick Bruno and Troy Quane, who inherited the film from exiting director Patrick Osborne , they were coming off a disappointing experience trying to finishin the wake of the acquisition. Quane likened that process to being “kidney punched,” but they moved onto“When you’ve got new overlords and they’re looking at all line items, you want to make sure that those line items are as good as possible,” Quane explains. “The surprise came because we all felt like we had accomplished the task.
Baird says it was through his co-president Andrew Millstein’s long career and strong relationships within Disney Animation that the conversations were even had about potentially rescuing“There was definitely a sense of regret from within Disney that the studio was being shut down,” he assesses in hindsight. “And so I think there was emotion that was involved with the decision to say, ‘We understand how close you were to the finish line.
Millstein, Baird and the directors then sent the reels out to anyone who showed interest. The animation industry was very aware of the project and the strength of the work Blue Sky had already produced. “We had to restart everything,” Baird explains. “We had to start a new, small production company, and then rework everyone’s deals and bring them back into the fold. We lost people because they got scooped up by all these other studios. And through all of that, we tried not to raise false hopes. Even when we got the yes, there’s still all of the business that has to be worked out and the negotiations with Disney. We’re trying to say to the people, ‘We think this is good.
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