It might seem as though DreamWorks Animation is all about the sequels to its big hits like Kung Fu Panda and How To Train Your Dragon, but the company is still keeping the fires of originality burning, announcing that it’ll release Me and My Shadow in March 2013.
According to Variety, the movie will blend CG and hand-drawn animation, which will mark the first time that the company has attempted to mix the two. "The way **Who Framed Roger Rabbit **combined hand-drawn and live-action, this does the same, but with CG and hand-drawn," DreamWorks’ Bill Damaschke.
Shadow will follow Shadow Stan, the frustrated dark half of Stanley Grubb, who happens to be the world’s dullest human being. Pushed too far by the boredom, Stan shatters the only rule of the Shadow World and takes over control of Stanley. The hand-drawn animation will be used for the Shadow World, while the CG will represent our world.
Steve Bencich and Ron Friedman penned the original script, which is now getting a makeover from Get Smart writers Tom Astle and Matt Ember. Director Mark Dindal, who worked in 2D for Disney’s underrated **The Emperor’s New Groove **and in 3D on Chicken Little, will oversee the movie.
“It will combine the time-honoured tradition of hand-drawn animation with the magical sophistication of CG characters and worlds in ways that have never been experienced by audiences before," blabs Damaschke. “It will be super-challenging but very cool.”
Yep, hand-crafted and computer-generated in one ‘toon – a revelation! Quick, everyone hide copies of Pixar’s Day & Night short from Bill, or he might be upset... Still, colour us intrigued to see it pushed to this level and feature-length.