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Me and My Shadow

2/1/12 - Josh Gad, Bill Hader and Kate Hudson have signed to star as the voice cast of Me & My Shadow, the animated fantasy from DreamWorks Animation, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  Alessandro Carloni will make his directorial debut on the movie, which is being produced by Melissa Cobb.  Conceived in-house as an original film, Shadow centers on Stan, a shadow (Hader) who yearns for a more exciting life than being attached to a timid human named Stanley Grubb (Gad). When a crime in the shadow community puts both of their lives in danger, Stan is forced to take control of Stanley, thrusting both of them into an adventure featuring a shadowy villain, who intends to lead a rebellion to take over the human world. Hudson will voice Grubb’s potential love interest in the real world.  The movie will mix up CG and traditional animation (the shadow world will be handrawn while the human world will be CG), which the studio hopes will be pioneering and create an experience not seen before.  Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember are writing the screenplay. Steve Bencich and Ron J. Friedman wrote the initial draft. Jeff Hermann is co-producing.  The studio has set a November 13, 2013 release date for the movie.

12/10/10 – Variety reported that DreamWorks Animation has set a March 2013 release date for Me and My Shadow. The original 3D toon will seamlessly combine CG and traditional animation, marking a first for the company.  Shadow tells the story of Shadow Stan, an incredibly frustrated shadow that yearns for a more dynamic life but happens to be stuck with Stanley Grubb, the world's most boring human.  Eventually pushed to the brink, Shadow Stan breaks the singular rule of the Shadow World -- "they lead, we follow" -- and takes control of Stanley.  Steve Bencich and Ron Friedman's original screenplay is being revised by the writing team of Tom Astle and Matt Ember.  Mark Dindal will direct.  Producers are Teresa Cheng and Melissa Cobb.  In the toon, the Shadow and everything in the Shadow World will be hand-drawn, while the human character and human world will be CG. The movie will alternate between the two worlds.

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