Me and My Shadow tells the story of Shadow Stan, an extremely frustrated shadow who yearns for a dynamic life but happens to be stuck with Stanley Grubb, the world’s most boring human. Finally pushed to the brink, Shadow Stan breaks the singular rule of the Shadow World – They lead, we follow – and takes control of Stanley.
The film features the world’s most boring person, Stanley Grubb, and his Shadow Stan. When a crime in the Shadow World puts both their lives in danger, Stan is forced to take control of Stanley, and stand up to a shadowy villain, who intends to lead a rebellion to take over the human world.
Revealed in December 2010, Mark Dindal was set to direct the film, with a schedule to be released in March 2013. In March 2011, the film was pushed to November 2013, and in June 2012, to March 14, 2014, replacing another DreamWorks Animation’s film, Mr. Peabody & Sherman.
In January 2012, it was announced that Josh Gad, Bill Hader and Kate Hudson have joined the cast, and that Alessandro Carloni, a head of story of How to Train Your Dragon, has replaced Dindal. It will be the first DreamWorks movie (aside from the 2D / flash scenes in The Croods and the Kung Fu Panda movies) to feature traditional animation since Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas in 2003. In February 2013, the film returned to development, with Mr. Peabody & Sherman taking its release date.
Me and My Shadow
Directed by: Alessandro Carloni
Starring: Kate Hudson, Josh Gad, Bill Hader
Screenplay by: Tom J. Astle, Matt Ember, Ron J. Friedman, Steve Bencich
Art Department: Guy Bar’ely, Brett Nystul, Elaine Bogan
Production Management: Jason Bertsch, Philip M. Cohen
MPAA Rating: None.
Studio: DreamWorks Animation
Release Date: March 14, 2014
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