The CANCELLED DreamWorks Masterpiece...

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I'm genuinely surprised I've never heard of this film, but it's DreamWorks most famous unfinished project ever - Me & My Shadow. Bridging the gap between 3D animation and 2D animation, and even having a run with Edgar Wright at a time!
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...It's funny. The concept of this film seems to have such a broad appeal that everyone I mention this too also seems to get on board with the idea. What a shame it was never made... But maybe one day...

[@MadMango_69]

"This isn't the 200 million dollar movie we want." "But it's still a 200 million dollar movie."

[@DIVINE_WEAP0N]

sad that they’re focused on what’s gonna bring them more money instead of being passionate about the project anyhow

[@MadMango_69]

@@DIVINE_WEAP0N that's why their called passion projects

[@nyandoesthings]

it made me really sad when that was followed by mr. peabody and sherman flopping.

[@ZER-cr4dm]

@@DIVINE_WEAP0N you see everything in this world is created for the purpose of money

[@dingle2987]

@@nyandoesthings I liked Mr. Peabody and Sherman but it flopping just added to the lack of funding for other movies and the layoffs that happened after. From a friend of mind, they didn’t want to make Croods 2 and were planning 3 more Madagascar movies because of too many flops.

[@Sammy_The_Umbreon]

I just learned about this movie and honestly, now i'm sad it's cancelled.

[@CocatGaming]

We all are

[@karachoto]

@@CocatGaming Indeed..

[@bonedude1286]

Y Same

[@nyaknak]

Same tho

[@bawhabmw]

I had the privilege of working on this project as a 3d animator. I'm amazed that you have as much footage as you do from it! We animated a good 25% or so of it before production stopped. It was the kind of film and story that could ONLY be told in animation. So happy to see that many people love the art and the concept! Matt Williames (Pronounced Will-ah-mees, btw) did such great work as did all of the animators on the show. Alessandro constructed such a heartfelt story that was intimate and fantastical. One thing to add to the history was the "failure" of Rise of the Guardians. That put a lot of pressure DreamWorks, who at the time didn't have the backing of a major company, to choose what they thought would make them money. DW's revenue was super dependent on B.O. revenue. New properties are a risky bet, especially since Shadows was going to cost DW a lot because of the new tech invented to get the look of the film.

[@blk9365]

Here before this comment blows up

[@AnOceanOnFire]

Such a shame to see an amazing project go under. If only movies weren't so limited by business models and "potential revenues"

[@HarleyWithJoker]

sometimes I wish movies actually movied and were about the potential concept and imagination of originality instead of just simply worrying about the profit only such.

[@syedaabidi7838]

samee

[@davidmoak1219]

Hey bud if you're able to can you give a hug to whoever animated the fire spinning yeti on Rise of the Guardians? As a fire performer the fire spinning yeti were the best damn thing ever I hooted and cheered at em lol. Just whoever was like 'yeah lets throw some fire spinning yeti in there' is my friend.

[@kiwikenobi]

I never heard of this movie before. I'm impressed by how charismatic the shadow is, even in the unpolished, unvoiced, out-of-context shots we can see here. That's just how good the animation is. I already like him. Too bad we never got to know him.

[@strifeandharmony6472]

I haven't heard his voice but if you show this to me in a week I'll immediately recognize him as Stan the Shadow. I only know the names of Peabody and Sherman because of the title.

[@Pikminio]

Owl city had the whole soundtrack done and ready to go but we'll never hear it because of the cancelation.

[@420mar5]

damn that is unfortunate

[@connorbeith3232]

It's a shame when something being lost leads to other stuff associated with it being lost as well.

[@mystman1210]

Is there a source for this? All I can find is a track listing that credits Adam Young for all the songs. I can't find anything that confirms whether or not the tracks were ever produced. If they were though, man I hope they can eventually be released somehow.

[@Jenny-tm3cm]

We need this to be released I would pay money for that album

[@YokaiDisorder]

WHY I NEED THAT NOW

[@michaelstrong5383]

Out of all the cancelled animated films, I was more sad to see this be one of them. An animated film about a shadow? With a mix between 2D and CGI? And Edgar Wright making it himself? This could have been a really great film!

[@dumpydude5073]

Actually, Edgar Wright was brought on to tackle a different version of the film that was going to be made years after this film was cancelled. The writers of this were supposed to be Steve Bencich, Ron J. Friedman, Matt Ember and Tom Astle, whose track records I would say isn't the greatest.

[@mrnobody2018]

Computer animated movies such as Disney, Pixar and DreamWorks aren't even classic nowadays

[@Jenny-tm3cm]

The “shadow” world probably seemed too scary for kids but I think it’s a wonderful idea! And the animation shown in this video is very satisfying to watch

[@JK-yj7cg]

@@mrnobody2018 especially since half of them are sequels/prequels

[@YokaiDisorder]

I WANT THE OWL CITY SOUNDTRACK

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Almost anyone would agree that this would've been the better film than Peabody and Sherman

[@LuisGonzalez-rj3xw]

Hi Just Some Guy without a Mustache, nice to see you again 👋

[@childebrainrot3418]

early squad LESS GOOOO

[@xmistiimoon]

im earlyyyy

[@squishytoyfish]

This is the only comment that this guy has made on a video that hasn’t gotten at least two thousand likes.

[@SashsPotato]

Every other video, I understand, but to find you here is ridiculous.

[@HarleyWithJoker]

I literally ignored the “CANCELLED” part of the title and was like: “ooo this looks like a really good movie I should watch it after the video” ..... 🙂

[@MillyKKitty]

Pain

[@shoeskode136]

life is pain

[@elysp940]

depressian

[@bananabanana2109]

Yea right

[@bananabanana2109]

He literally wrote it in full caps, and there’s FOUR words in the title! U have dyslexia?

[@courtneywoodbury5198]

Gotta love copyright laws: "We have no plans to ever do anything further with this, we will not be making this movie. But don't you DARE steal the footage we have no use for!" And I'm sure if anyone else tried to make something like this they'd get sued.

[@kaitlando636]

Ikr

[@Voidlingstudiosofficial]

Here is somthing that should be put in place inside the copyright law “If something isn’t going to ever be used, it should not be Able to be copyrighted”

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@@Voidlingstudiosofficial Or just abolish it entirely

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@@Voidlingstudiosofficial Companies would probably make it just to keep the rights then

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

Capitalism

[@superneird3255]

I hope DreamWorks revisits this someday. The concept alone is really interesting.

[@bob837]

this would trump the penguins of madagascar as my favorite as long as it stay how it seems

[@redacted9146]

And I actually adore the animation! It just really makes me happy seeing this style of animation.

[@cjsantiago4035]

Yes

[@InvalidUser_]

I'm not sure if it would work now because they would dumb it down more and make it childish.

[@actuallymichealafton8372]

Probably they won’t but hopefully ^

[@Sexyfine3000]

First thing that comes to mind is how adorable the shadow & protagonist looks! I love how there are only small differences between the two but you can notice how different the personality's are through the animation.

[@destiny6478]

I worked on this movie as an inbetweener on the rough 2D animation. I even animated some of the CG cat because I was trying to learn CG. I was extremely sad when we were let go because I enjoyed working on it so much and loved the crew.

[@shadis3786]

hello? Mrs. Destiny, may I ask if you have any shots or stuff from your time on 'Me and My Shadow' as there is a fanbase that loves the movie and we are looking for more things from it. plus you are no longer employed at DreamWorks Animation and we would really like to see the work you did if you could share it online. 🙏

[@CrapZackGames]

​@@shadis3786 oo yea!

[@DeletedDevilDeletedAngel]

@@shadis3786 is this still an option @destiny6478?

[@SuperWiiBros08]

I really hope this film can still happen with the most attention it got

[@dreamguardian8320]

I hope Disney's Gigantic can still happen.

[@ub3rfr3nzy94]

@@BreaddShell REEEEE VERIFIED BAD

[@dreamguardian8320]

@Mexican Joker Hopefully, fans could do the same for Disney's Gigantic.

[@secretcommenter5720]

@@ub3rfr3nzy94 bro, huh?

[@wornishwasstolen]

@Mexican Joker if there ever is a petition I’d totally join :)

[@evansclanspencer]

I don't think I've ever been more depressed to hear about a cancelled project before.

[@sonicroachdoggjrraven3263]

Same 😔😢

[@coolguyx14]

They canceled Popeye the sailor man for the emoji movie

[@quincy9908]

Sad not depressed. Please using the word depressed for sad, their not interchangeable.

[@movienerd9362]

@@coolguyx14 Did anything good come out of the emoji move?

[@tones75675]

@@movienerd9362 Other than some memes, nope

[@kris6635]

I’ve never been so upset about a movie cancellation in my entire life, this is such an amazing concept and I know I would’ve rewatched the movie multiple times

[@cjhope7688]

I know right! We were robbed of our childhoods...

[@cockatoo6944]

Same 😭😭

[@NotSoLegendaryGreen]

The future of Dreamworks could've been saved if they decided to go with a more risky movie like this instead of having to bend to the will of an adaptation. Like, a direct challenge to Pixar in terms of creativity monopoly? It would've completely changed the animation world. I wish I'd won the coin toss and lived in that universe.

[@Commenter26]

Man, this movie really exists in the shadows. Thanks for bringing it to light.

[@echoes28]

Take my like and leave.

[@eiko1]

Wouldn't that... Take my like and leave.

[@iknowyoursearchhistory]

Take my like. Just take it. (And than leave)

[@xlemzy]

That sounded very shady and too dark for me

[@alanlowstuter9698]

Puns

[@ma3mc3mu-X]

DreamWorks better revive this, like how they did the the sequels for "The Croods" and later "Puss in Boots". Don't let Disney steal this concept!

[@drunkencel4091]

IKR I just *hate* disney now for owning most of my favourite industries IPs

[@zackthewolf8898]

@@drunkencel4091 I just hate disney

[@spicyshark9202]

I hate Disney to

[@ticoliro3392]

@@zackthewolf8898 why you hate them?

[@sophiaa.8544]

@@ticoliro3392 bc capitalism lol

[@user-N20]

Maybe we should petition them to bring this back into the works (if they'd even listen). This is so awesome and creative! I'd go to see this in theaters for sure and buy the blu-ray release.

[@thelivingliver6715]

at the very least it can be an indie project if theres any dreamworks peeps still wanting to make it a reality, if not, us lil screenwriters can take it into our own hands or just make something inspired by it. we dont have to JUST rely on hoping dreamworks will someday make it

[@aquatiger8]

you started explaining this movie and I loved it. then you said Tom Hiddleston would have voiced the villain and I sobbed. the love of my life in an animated movie that is exciting and stunning? reality is too cruel

[@animaticfanatic7516]

Same here 😭 Let's just cry together over what could've been! 😖😢

[@davidcisneros2008]

I can just imagine that in a alternate universe people are talking about how good the movie was

[@SuperRamtin2]

Lol yeah

[@hilariouskiyu6105]

You too huh?

[@ItsYaBoiDJDJ]

Do you think in that alternate universe they wish Peabody and Sherman was produced instead of Me and My Shadow? Nah probably not.

[@davidcisneros2008]

@@ItsYaBoiDJDJ yeah same

[@funnyvideoguy3216]

I want reality shifting to be a thing now

[@TeamBlueToad]

Not gonna lie, this idea of a movie about a guy with a living shadow is actually a really nice idea and i really wish it had become a movie.

[@PussInBootsTheLastWishFan2003]

It can still happen

[@apollyon6855]

is like the shadow Of The vudu man from The Princess and the Frog

[@paulmcpoopiface1389]

@@PussInBootsTheLastWishFan2003 chances are slim but I’m still counting on it.

[@DanJD]

literally just peter pan

[@ne3856]

Yeah.

[@JackiedudeQQ]

Yeah. I'm one of those die hard 2D animation fans. Flowing and natural 2D animations are just so charming and lovable, I would've loved to see a mix of the two. Even just those few clips of this project makes me wish they'd put it back in production. Sad times.

[@ConversationswithRei]

I would’ve loved to hear Tom Hiddleston as a villain in this movie. This project had, and still has so much potential!

[@ChrisStuart911]

This is like “Into the Spiderverse” meets “Princess and the Frog” and honestly it’s a shame this wasn’t actually produced

[@pattappat]

Into the spider verse was released

[@benyourfriend3428]

@@pattappat yeah.. they said it's like those two movies combined. They didnt say those movies didn't release

[@pattappat]

@@benyourfriend3428 OOOOOH

[@3lectr1x]

@@pattappat bruh lol

[@ArcadiasPlanet]

Looks like soul

[@quitequeerquesadilla]

I don’t see enough people talking about how PHENOMENAL the animation on the shadow is. Like holy shit is that incredible. I couldn’t animate with that much emotion or liveliness in my wildest dreams

[@jordanez6441]

I KNOW RIGHT Like the bouncy hair and exaggerated movements!? Dam.

[@caldw615]

The animation is very lively and smooth. It's a shame this never became an actual movie.

[@ltb1345]

What's with all the communist profile pictures I've been seeing??? I hope it's an ironic joke or something.

[@justinraphael]

@@ltb1345 its just a meme dw lmao. im surprised someone actually thoight they were genuine. btw the communist flag in their pfp is kind of shaded across pained meme so you know

[@kendrasewell7489]

It's smoother than the butter I spread on my biscuits this morning

[@potrenia]

When Stan finally escaped the dang Narrator's Office, gets back blending into reality society, *just to find himself yet another problem...projecting from himself*

[@slopmaster570i]

the stanley parable!

[@KingPopinLockin]

It's really disappointing every time I hear of a project like a movie being cancelled because the studio was also producing another movie. Like, why did one have to die for the other to be made? Why were they even working on two films if they were going to scrap one of them, never to see the light of day? Why can they not finish one and go back to the other? "Hey guys! I spent a shitload of money of the Peabody and Sherman movie rights! Why? Because REMAKES! That's why. BTW the project your team has been working on and very excited about is going in the trash so we can fling this flaming turd on the big screen."

[@heirtothemonado5083]

I think companies do this so they have options. If Dreamworks had put all their eggs into one basket, say, invested all their animation budget into Me and My Shadow, and something went wrong, or the movie didn't perform as well as they would like, or the market shifts in such a way so this project doesn't look too profitable anymore, they would be stuck. Remember, initially, Me and My Shadow was only pushed back, not canceled entirely. But when PB&S started having delays, Dreamworks went with the project they sunk the most time and money into at that point. Was choosing to make PB&S first the right choice? Perhaps not, but once they sunk more money into it they couldn't exactly scrap it completely and decide to start something over. Not without losing a shitton of money

[@jumpinboa]

every remake deserves to die in a ditch

[@HandleThatIsNotTaken]

I hope someday Dreamworks brings this back. I mean, if we get this popular enough, there’s a very slim chance they might.

[@StellarSaturn7440]

I need this idea to get off the ground. Imagine the massive fandom that will come from it! Thousands of Shadow OC's, and lovely fanart.

[@kirklundberg2503]

@@StellarSaturn7440 yes

[@variantgamer9885]

We could start a small movement.

[@microzoftvamiraculousash1663]

@Epidermal Cheese don’t shatter our hopes

[@lordofthefreshwater]

@Epidermal Cheese That is a different case though, and wasn’t a total loss.

[@dr3amwalker888]

These companies would be successful if they valued originality over repetitive reboots.

[@eiko1]

The thing is, it's easier to make reboots, since most of the plot and writing is mostly already made, therefore faster to make, THEREFORE, even more movies. They value quantity over quality, and in the movie world, that's not a very bright idea.

[@Juanmaligno]

Not really the market has a constant grow grow grow idea so it needs to be able to make money and while sad reboots do well because already established franchises make bank compared to new ides or projects

[@MidgarMerc]

It's because original ideas don't make as much money as existing properties.

[@MidgarMerc]

@@juggernautdave5912 All of them do it

[@cdubsb3831]

Don't see why when audiences are far more willing to spend money on known products.

[@AyaOwenn]

This made me think of "Shadow pupeteer", a videogame where the right part of the controller controls your character, and the left one controls your shadow. The gravity of the character is in 3d, but your shadow has lightsources as gravity points. You have to find and fight the shadow pupeteer, an evil guy who steals shadows and control them to attack you and your shadow. It's a simple and short, but really effective game.

[@YOLOnline]

Owl City on a song for this film a tad strange? Consider all the stuff he's done for Disney since Wreck It Ralph (He's apparently also done stuff for parades and such in disneyland) and movies like the owl guardians thing. Also given his love for instrumental music and film scoring even back then, it probably would have been really cool.

[@hyperbolicparaboloid154]

Imagine all the meme templates if this project was finished.

[@thekodex1186]

A film too powerful for meme culture

[@baquini]

Or the odd tumblr “ship” art

[@wilburfoot9888]

@ トリ〜tori oh GOD NO

[@baquini]

@@wilburfoot9888 yOU KNOW IM NOT WRONG LMAOO

[@jeremy-tp5pu]

I woulve tell boomers that new humor is better and say OK BOOMER

[@bonedude1286]

I wouldn't be surprised if DreamWorks eventually caught wind of this movie's popularity and decided to revisit this movie. If that's the case, then let's hope they don't change the plot.

[@cjhope7688]

Absolutely! I would be completely heartbroken if they changed a lot of it!😖

[@AngelEmfrbl]

Considering the project leaders are gone, I doubt it. Most of the staff are either in different roles within the company or at different studios.

[@volcanojumperxdcyberspace8415]

@@AngelEmfrbl Well that's just depressing.

[@AngelEmfrbl]

@@volcanojumperxdcyberspace8415 a canned project often doesn't go on to see the light of day ever again. Its just the way it is. Even with most of the project finished, they'd have to restart it. After 2016, the 3D engine was improved that DreamWorks uses, meaning pre-2016 movies such as Megamind, Trolls, etc now have to be imported into the newer version and adjusted. Its not that easy of a task.

[@CertifiedJWalker]

i would be very surprised

[@bbluekyanite]

My god that lamp scene looks amazing! Seriously mind blowing. The concept is so original, I really wish it got off the ground. Here's hoping it's still being considered

[@ValliW]

The Princess and the Frog (2009) was Disney's last hand drawn animated *theatrical* release. Their last hand drawn animated film was Winnie the Pooh in 2011.

[@drag0nerd]

Finally, someone is bringing this movie up again! I miss 2D animation a lot, so I'm glad to hear you talk about it

[@barbtheunicorn5516]

Me too

[@ghj743tf]

What movie is it??? So Nichee

[@seal8092]

2D animation is timeless.

[@ghj743tf]

@@seal8092 What Is it called "2d Animation is Timeless" or your saying that 2d Animation is Timeless

[@recapnerd2657]

Those of you that miss 2D animation, watch anime that’s still around and it’s as strong as ever!

[@jevilstail]

I love how fluid the 2d animation was. and the angles of the lights affecting the shadow's proportions are so mesmerizing.

[@lasercraft32]

The sad thing is, if they had chosen this over Peabody and Sherman they probably would have made A LOT of money. Like, its one of the most _actually interesting_ movies concepts I've seen.

[@MicroxYT]

I honestly don't understand why this was cancelled, I mean, they came up with this idea around the 2010s? That was amazing! The story could've been great, and the animation as well! Sadly we never got to see it, hope Dreamworks puts it back on track, even though it might not be. The idea was pretty creative, and the animation was astonishing.

[@Mythical_Paws]

@@YolandaMovieCorner kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKjRlHSHqtefp80

[@gabriellacet1172]

I honestly think that just might be the thief and the cobbler of 3d animation

[@ethribin4188]

Reason os simple. It was a riskier movie. Who knows how popular a more art oriented (shadow in 3d word) movie is going to be, compaired to something simple like a child with its dog adventure movie for children.

[@helenae3174]

I really hope that movies like “Me and My Shadow” and “Popeye” are brought back someday. Even if it takes a while, they deserve to be picked up again.

[@helenae3174]

No way! Really?

[@helenae3174]

@Thell Wow, that’s crazy, then! Thanks for letting me know! I hope that whoever is trying to revive it is able to complete it all and get some news out about it. I’m fairly certain that it will get a lot of love, especially considering the fact that so many people were upset about its original cancelation.

[@marsrambles7569]

@@skully5771 where, can i sign it?

[@SmolNev]

@@skully5771 Gimme the link to the frickin petition cause i will pour my heart and soul into getting this project revived

[@SmolNev]

@@skully5771 Alright hol on ima go storm youtube headquarters for them bein stupid

[@chocov1233]

I want this movie to exist and to be a quality film because everything I have seen so far is legitimately astonishing, like no joke, that animation is AMAZING, and the possibilities are almost endless when it comes to the concpet.

[@Ashlego]

If we think about it we have: A awesome sounding dynamic duo A very interesting sounding villain A plot that makes so much sense(based on what I’ve heard) So much potential for toys So much potential for books And yet they’d rather have A movie about a boss baby and a movie about a talking dog and the weird kid?!? This had potential to be as good as How to train your Dragon. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON!!

[@PhantomSavage]

They canned this to produce "Peabody and Sherman"... let that sink in for a minute. They had one of the most insanely original concepts for a movie that is universally relatable to everyone's childhood (we all played with our shadows at one point) since Toy Story, and they canned it to produce... a Peabody and Sherman movie, two characters that no modern child even know exists and, even for adults, hasn't been watched as part of the mainstream since 1962... If that isn't a prime example of a corporate leadership failing to fundamentally understand their audience because of their age gap, I don't know what is.

[@reiseclark4908]

Might be Bc the idea of time travel and all the crazy stuff ab Peabody and Sherman is more interest to kids than a movie ab a shadow

[@fdmy_1017]

@@reiseclark4908 I'd beg to differ, kids always see their shadows and get pretty creative playing with them, but time travel is not that big of an idea with kids

[@reiseclark4908]

@@fdmy_1017 as a kid I’d damn sure rather watch a time travel movie with mummies and shit then a movie ab a damn shadow

[@fdmy_1017]

@@reiseclark4908 to each their own I guess

[@thegallivanter9636]

@@reiseclark4908 As a kid I really loved time travel (still do) Then again, as a kid, I still didnt like the peabody and sherman movie.

[@fluxcapacitorproductions2064]

Honestly how is it that this movie got canceled, but the boss baby didn’t Edit: damm I did not expect this comment to become popular

[@lathanfitzpatrick3531]

Same situation with the popeye and emoji movie one MONIE

[@dumpydude5073]

@@lathanfitzpatrick3531 Popeye was never cancelled for The Emoji Movie. Also, Popeye is coming back anyways.

[@PussInBootsTheLastWishFan2003]

The emoji movie is cute

[@lucapeyrefitte6899]

Oh the fact that Mr. Peebody and Sherman made this movie not come out

[@elmono6299]

DreamWorks doesn't care about quality anymore. Now they only care about quantity by hamfisting garbage that only children now and these days like, such as cheap pop and rap music along with low brow jokes.

[@keb6601]

If this movie ever becomes a thing we need Danny Elfman on the score. And Neil Cicierega.

[@goldenkingyo]

I actually remember teasers and stuff for this movie and ultimately forgot about it simply because it got cancelled and disappeared. I was actually excited for this movie as a kid.

[@cjhope7688]

Do you know if we can still find those teasers today?

[@goldenkingyo]

@@cjhope7688 honestly I’ve no idea. Your best bet would be to scour google under its original name. I originally saw the teasers on tv, so idk where they’d be at now

[@maicey_t.]

I have a cousin that works at DreamWorks, and anytime we get together we talk about this project and how sad it is it never got to move forward. I always ask him for updates in the vain hope that maybe something will have changed.

[@MuertaRara]

ask him about Larrikins

[@Crimsonier]

You should show him this video

[@maicey_t.]

I'm at a family reunion with him right now. Any questions for him before we go home tomorrow? Edit: I can't promise any in-depth answers, he's not allowed to talk about a lot of productions unless they're already completed. But I can still ask. :)

[@Nate_Animates]

@@maicey_t. did anything ever happen?

[@happypika3]

@@maicey_t. Update or?

[@chronicallyconflictedwalru3661]

What's with big companies always cancelling the best ideas, this is honestly one of the coolest ideas I've seen for a movie it's such a shame that we'll probly never see it

[@thejohnquixote]

Not just cancelling them. Cancelling them in favor of the worse of the two options since they think it will be the "easy money", and end up failing because of it. And then using that as an excuse to cancel the better of the two ideas since "if the easy money idea that I understood failed, this one I personally didn't care for too much doesn't stand a chance."

[@tamiwu0346]

It doesn’t appeal to the target demographic of solely toddlers

[@pheonixrises11]

@@tamiwu0346 and the people with money and power think they know what they’re doing when they don’t. they chase trends that don’t last and interfere with artists all the time. they think they know better than a professional writer/director/artist because they want to be right and overthink what other people think when they don’t know what other people(the public) are thinking. artists do have tendencies to be more niche and value the message or beauty of a piece of work over whether most people will like or appreciate it. however, they think that excuses exerting control over a project when they don’t know squat about actually making movies. they just give money to people to make movies.

[@volcanojumperxdcyberspace8415]

I am so disappointed. They literally had one of the coolest ideas ever for a movie concept and they just let it go to waste. I could see that movie making them a lot of money if they ever choose to pick it up again and would definitely go see it with people.

[@analogueclock4580]

Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if there was a fan colab to create a complete version of this😄🍊

[@cjhope7688]

Uhhhhhhh........what if I told you I'm planning to make a fan made series of this on my main channel (Animatic Fanatic) I haven't started making it yet, but I'm in the last stages of planning out the story and characters and whatnot

[@williemasterz5574]

I guess dreamworks didn’t feel like making anything good so they made shark tale instead

[@walturdgameing]

Or Trolls

[@michaelstrong5383]

Or Boss Baby

[@justaspectator9762]

so they went back in time to make shark tale?

[@williemasterz5574]

@@justaspectator9762 yes

[@digimonalvatrax2738]

What's wrong with Sherman and Peabody?

[@TurtleRhythm]

The Sequel to the Croods was cancelled, and then brought back Let's hope this movie can be brought back too!

[@mareeeedensos6348]

Don't give me hope. -those who are in despair *2021*

[@AngelEmfrbl]

The difference is, the team still existed and they just put it on the back burner while they did other projects, so they were in a position they could bring it back. This movies team doesn't even exist anymore.

[@isauldron4337]

If the movie staff is no longer there I see It very hard

[@hannahsanchez2043]

They NEED to bring this back!! The clips that we were given were so great and it had (and has!) SO MUCH POTENTIAL!!!

[@ChicNuggetu]

This honestly makes me sad because Me & My Shadow seems like such a cool concept, and I love the idea of giving an acknowledging nod to 2D animation! It would be so refreshing compared to the rehashing Live Actions or 3D animation. I miss 2D animation too, and this would give an opportunity for artists to expose their talent! I hope one day they crack this can back open and use it to its potential! Seems so cool.

[@ryantheidiot982]

"was not the 200 million dollar he had wanted" Katzenbeeerg...

[@macbarrpup2451]

Good one!

[@andrew_animation]

Good one.

[@abigaildiamante9096]

?

[@thunderfox4977]

What does a cat montain have to do with this? 😅

[@chrishill9197]

He wants more of muh shekkels!

[@Thatstopmotionkid1]

I love how quickly this movie could be turned into a horror mivie

[@mayochup]

how so

[@Thatstopmotionkid1]

@@mayochup I mean that shadow could fuck with this guys life by making him a murderer or do some embarrassing stuff

[@dankmachine]

Afraid of My Own Shadow

[@_MECHA_]

@@dankmachine the title of the movie:

[@izzycooper9742]

...Hi, I need to borrow this and pay homage to this fantastic idea.

[@cyan-ida4206]

One thing less talked about was how Adam Young was the composer for this entire movie. Love him or hate him, he is undoubtedly a very talented composer and has a lot of side projects outside Owl City with a variety of genres. Heck, he even composed the ringtones for the iPhones that are still being used today! Most of his projects that are found are probably only *the tip of the iceberg* (wink wink) as there are just so many of them. Though he has a lot of tricks up his short sleeve, can he manage to make an OST for a movie? Heck yeah he can. After leaving his label under Owl City, he created his own movie scores which has 106 tracks from 11 albums. I haven't listened to all of them just yet as there's so many of them, they fit so well for a movie and they're pretty catchy as well. Some of the tracks even come from old projects like Port Blue remastered to fit the atmosphere. Judging by the leaked footages from this movie I can tell he got a lot of Pixar inspiration mixed with a bit of his signature voice. Sadly we could only dream of getting to hear that OST unless Dreamworks pulls a Snyder on us.

[@cyan-ida4206]

why does this comment sound like a 9th-grader writing some kind of mix between a buzzfeed article and an imdb review for his english essay 💀

[@Scotia__]

The few clips and concept art shown in this video are already better than the entirety of Peabody & Sherman.

[@gunnellagann]

When some of these head corporates says "This will not be successfull enough" you can bet your house they know shit and the project that they will prioritize will flop. Every single time.

[@darthg1zmo21]

Peabody felt like garbage and was really weird and boring. After that we got the master piece of boss baby. The was sarcasm the movie is pure “cringe” and it’s sad that it even got a show. Someone messed the timeline up, we were supposed to have this movie

[@Nikitinale]

Yeah, that's why they live in a box and eat out of tin cans. Cause all they do is prioritize shit projects. They don't make mistakes, they just take bad decisions all the time.

[@JameZayer]

@@Nikitinale More often than not they're executives because of the money they already have, not because of their skills. Katzenberg funded Dreamworks because he didn't want to work with Disney/Pixar (whom he earned $ from as a producer)- Whole studio was founded because he thought ANTZ would be a better movie than Bugs Life.... history speaks for itself.

[@courtneywoodbury5198]

"...previously worked on Chicken Little..." *Oh dear...* "...and The Emperor's New Groove..." *Whew, much better.* Edit: I'm seeing a few people say they really liked Chicken Little as a kid, and that's perfectly OK! 😊

[@daylinhesford3116]

Hah I found the chicken little funny

[@courtneywoodbury5198]

That's fine. I've liked plenty of things considered 'bad' by others.

[@acidmilkshakes115]

I'm sorry but Chicken Little was so bad that I fell in love with it

[@bluelandyaandgreenlandya1788]

@@acidmilkshakes115 sharktale type beat

[@justsomeguy144]

@@daylinhesford3116 That movie was my childhood.

[@mb_torpedo]

god, i wish we could've seen this. i love the character designs, and the concept.

[@sadcoffeeboi62]

who's with me to campaign for me and my shadow to be revived and made with the original people, I would love to see this movie.

[@ZokLoc]

The shadow looks like one of the coolest characters ever

[@WanderingLoner1]

Indeed!

[@TheCrimson_Phoenix]

Ikr

[@TheFunnyGuy9000]

He would've been a successor to Robin's Genie

[@sacrificethembuns9589]

Looks like such an energetic and cool character!

[@ThelxoxlGirls]

I know, right? I love both the design and the concept of it. Its emotions are so vivid; the animation is spectacular!

[@Evanski]

"Hey so we're loosing money, should we go for this crappy already made brand with our terrible animation team or this new fresh good looking idea?" *obviously we are going to playing it safe and pick the crap movie!*

[@josephnewsome2935]

What’s so bad about Peabody

[@uMaud]

@@josephnewsome2935 I think they were talking about Babyboss.

[@KoolMonkE]

@@uMaud in which case, business wise they made the right choice. Boss Baby grossed half a billion, more than even Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, which is widely considered to be one of the greatest animated films in the past few years.

[@Reydotcom]

@@KoolMonkE That fact made me depressed.

[@sagusky1570]

terrible?

[@Sawta]

I love the concept! A shadow being animated, while the character is a 3D model just works so perfectly for both formats. It would be great if, when Stanley goes into the shadow realm, the realm is animated, while the "shadow's shadows" are CG. I can see why so many people are interested in this film, even if it never came out. Personally, I don't think it would be able to hold up for a full-length feature film, but I would love to see it as a 15-20 minute short. Mix it in with a few other unique and creative short stories, and release it as, "3 movies for the price of one!"

[@BusterDuDummy]

My dad almost got to work on this movie before it was cancelled, would’ve been cool to see what dream works could’ve done with this idea

[@LuxXxP]

I’m sad that me and my shadow was canceled, but I can’t lie when I said that Sherman and Peabody wasn’t a good animated movie. I hope a movie about shadows come out on the future.

[@charles67198]

So you like the later? I'm confused

[@LuxXxP]

@@charles67198 i liked Peabody and Sherman. It’s a good movie. That’s what I meant sorry.

[@b.m.933]

There is another cancelled film nobody has talked about by DreamWorks called "BOO: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations", it looked really promising.

[@the_realbwkool]

What was it originally about?

[@skrimper]

@@the_realbwkool a man who became a ghost by mistake and got stuck in the ghost world, he was trynna get back

[@aquso]

@okamori yeah basically

[@awatermelon2427]

@@aquso and coco

[@foxinabox5103]

@@awatermelon2427 and that movie

[@inconsistentlysleepy]

Stanley was an ordinary man. He went to work each day, and at work he sat at his computer, waiting for orders to be given to him to push a certain key on his keyboard for a certain amount of time. Stanley did this every day. Stanley was happy. One day at work, the strangest thing happened. Stanley sat at his desk, waiting for an order to come in for an hour, yet none came. Stanley decided to leave his office to see what had happened. When he stepped out of his office, he noticed that all of his coworkers were gone. Perhaps there had been a memo for a meeting he had missed. Stanley decided to go to the meeting room. When he came to a set of two open doors, he went through the door on his left, or at least tried to, except something was tugging him back. Stanley turned around to see his own shadow trying to pull him somewhere. Curious, Stanley stopped resisting his shadow and let it take him through the other door…

[@ScribbleAnimations.]

I love that game

[@ThatOneArchivist]

20/10

[@CasuallyShadow]

The main character honestly looks like Neil Cicierega and I love that so much.

[@brightboi4291]

I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT

[@CasuallyShadow]

@@brightboi4291 YES, I LOVE THAT MY TWO YEAR OLD COMMENT WAS APPRECIATED FOR THIS

[@JMora-er7td]

In a parallel universe, Peabody was the cancelled project and this is what was released

[@crooked9210]

How can I travel to this amazing place

[@JMora-er7td]

@@crooked9210 well, first, you need to contact the dark lord

[@SpookiSandwich]

I want to live in that parallel universe

[@ndGio]

The film was released in the Shadow Realm, we need to contact our shadows for permission.

[@SpookiSandwich]

@@ndGio Ok, i'll get the candles

[@sam.onella]

this movie would've been just... so fucking good CMON

[@corndogonasticc]

IKR?! I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED THAT I WANT TO ACT UP RN

[@ninjakiwigames5418]

Right? Such a shame :(

[@samiam2003]

Fr

[@brooeke]

really?? a scrapped movie with such a great cast!! tom and bill are definitely some of my favorite actors and seeing kate too?? i loved her on glee how could they cancel this?!

[@pictureplanet1]

Stanley is an ordinary human who works his everyday job. Then one day, all his coworkers were gone. What could this mean?

[@ThatOneArchivist]

Tsp fans rejoice!

[@kriticalitylives]

Me & My Shadow looked like it could've led to some great animation, and some great comedy as well. Damn well shame that it didn't come into fruition.

[@supertron6039]

I genuinely would've liked to see "Me and My Shadow" instead of "Peabody and Sherman". :/

[@crooked9210]

That movie was so boring too. I swear the people running these movie companies have zero taste

[@chunkymonkey7983]

@@crooked9210 They don't care about "taste," only money.

[@403Bunkly]

@@chunkymonkey7983 That is true but having taste can give you lots of money too... I just don't think any of them realized it yet.

[@HamsterPants522]

@@chunkymonkey7983 their lack of taste was exactly what made them fail to get money.

[@crooked9210]

@@chunkymonkey7983 look where that got them with Peabody and Sherman

[@njc8641]

I was working on the 2D part of Shadows when it went back to story... it was a really sad day :(

[@olivejar6915]

3:28 no. I have a love interest named Hidey.

[@lykoslove1053]

Tom Hiddleston voicing a beautifully animated shadow villain sounds like it would’ve been the death of me

[@ItsMadyAgain]

SAME HERE

[@sarascarpati887]

Wait a second.. Are you sure it's him? If so that's so awesome

[@sarascarpati887]

it would have given me chills

[@cakefrosting6451]

WE WERE ROBBED

[@aquatiger8]

the biggest cinematic tragedy of the 21st century was not getting this

[@wompietunes]

Dreamworks: Cancels maybe one of the best animated movies of all time Pixar: "I can do it." Box Office After Release: *Loud Screeching*

[@zionwethington8359]

Lol

[@Mr_Yeah]

What did Pixar do?

[@bellevioletpink4268]

@@Mr_Yeah I think they refer to Soul

[@WesBurianFrank]

I was an Art Director on this film and worked on it for about 1.5 years. We had some amazing tech and amazing designs. Raymond Zibach and Scott Wills were Production Designers and had such textural, emotional designs. The 2D projections onto 3D geometry was super smooth. My department did all the CG production and we had some fabulous looking characters and sets. It was a lot of the Kung Fu Panda 2 crew (who when this was canceled went on to KFP3). The real problems were always always story, they couldn't get it nailed down. After churning through 3 directors (Allesandro came on after his strong KFP2 stint) Jeffrey lost faith in it and they decided to cut bait. It wasn't because of Peabody and Sherman, just general financing and a need to stop the bleeding in what came to be seen as a problematic production. It was sad but this happens in the industry. We had a great crew, especially the talent in animation as noted.

[@sameerabdulqader4472]

I will never, ever take an animated masterpiece for granted again. I hope the version of me in the Zootopia-less timeline has learned not to as well.

[@axolotl2959]

"Stanley Grubb is an ordinary human who works an everyday job." sounds very familiar to me.

[@Dragon81205]

Stanley parable.

[@felixcosm]

I found my people

[@ISTAREINURSOL]

*ahem* *music plays* “This is a story of a man named Stanley, Stanley worked for a company in a big building where he was Employee #427. Employee #427's job was simple: he sat at his desk in Room 427 and he pushed buttons on a keyboard. Orders came to him through a monitor on his desk telling him what buttons to push, how long to push them, and in what order. This is what Employee #427 did every day of every month of every year, and although others may have considered it soul rending,”

[@Ronald-lb5fz]

Lol

[@nanodanastudios]

I have two options: 1. Stanley parable 2. Miraculous

[@bobatea2845]

Dude, even as a beginning animator, this animation just his different and is honestly so satisfying to watch, also gives me Soul vibes fsr

[@ninjakiwigames5418]

Right, it just feels so nice. I'm so sad it got canceled and I even just learned about it now

[@Tomatosaladz]

Animation movie industries in a nutshell: "Hey I've got an original cool idea for our company!" "No thanks we're going with fart, poop jokes."

[@GippyHappy]

>Cancelled movie aww that's too bad >Blends 2D and 3D, filled with inventive concepts wow...that really is a shame >Tom Hiddleston would have been in it **actually crying**

[@firechar2722]

Such a shame that this was cancelled. Really hope they can revive it, it looks so much more unique and interesting and innovative than anything that's been produced since

[@corndogonasticc]

I mean if it gets enough and i mean a lot of recognition that they were pushed to actually continue it then maybe but i kinda doubt it I mean if you looked at the comments from one of the original drafts of the movie, majority of the comments are from 2 weeks ago, and there are a lot from 2 weeks ago, so maybe? Maybe not, all we can do here is just cry and pray

[@ninjakiwigames5418]

I agree

[@DOCTOR.DEADHEAD]

As an animation major, this movie's cancellation will never *not* be heartbreaking. The shadow has some of the greatest movement in animation I've ever seen, it truly inspires me to make something even half as good some day. At the very least I'm glad so much content from the project is out there for people to see.

[@EcafdrutTheSecond]

This is the story of a man named Stanley

[@thebeagle93]

Stanley worked for a company in a big building where he was Employee 427.

[@ThatOneArchivist]

Employee #427’s job was simple: he sat at his desk in room 427 and he pushed buttons on a keyboard.

[@skrumion]

I think Me and My Shadow would be better if it was about a guy who's life was really fucked up, had a ton of psychological stress and pain and was generally going insane and his shadow portrayed his mental stability

[@Anonymous-bi5pv]

That would be way too edgy for a kid's movie but that does sound interesting.

[@dhzudhzvszbzbs]

It's a shame so many would-be great movies keep getting cancelled.

[@dreamguardian8320]

Agreed.

[@LonesomeKrow]

This genuinely sounds like a fun movie. I’m sad this movie never got to see the light of day, but hopefully it stands as an inspiration for other studios or people to look up to. And hey, maybe in a decade or so It’ll get a spiritual successor. Or something.

[@johnstevenson1861]

It's a shame that Dreamworks' scrapped animated films were never given the chance to be brought to life - their potential stories should be told as short stories instead. Me and My Shadow was a Dreamworks film that could have been a great blend of 3D and 2D animation. Unfortunately, it was scrapped and canceled. I was looking forward to this movie because it could have been a great example of combining different styles of animation. It's a shame that it was never released, as it could have been an interesting movie to see. Or at least it would have been. I don't why but I had to write this. It just felt right to me. Thanks to anyone who reads this.

[@shitassischez]

I swear like all cancelled movies have the best concepts the best ideas the most creativeness this movie could have been a amazing masterpiece, I'm not sure why they decided to scrap it.

[@g1zmoth3rob0t]

i really like the artstyle they used for the shadow, if they ever do make this film i hope they dont change it

[@Kloyster2010]

If they ever work on this movie again I don't want the artstyle changed.

[@Reikitaii]

This shouldn't have been canceled.

[@GengUpinIpin]

But it did....

[@S0fizzy]

@@GengUpinIpin yup it's pretty sad...

[@GengUpinIpin]

@@S0fizzy all because of muns probably.... "This wasnt the 200Mil dollars that i had hoped on"

[@dreamguardian8320]

Neither should've Disney's Gigantic.

[@Artizap_]

@@GengUpinIpin They meant that they put 200M into making the movie, and it didn’t live up to their expectations.

[@JjayIsMe]

What was that clip from 11:14. I just got hit by massive nostalgia when watching that. I can't remember what it is.

[@lucas-hw6jm]

its from disney's treasure planet

[@samiam2003]

Treasure planet

[@hadenfrench1561]

3:28 NGL, got me a lil.. tempted.. ya know

[@thefurbyartist4711]

I’ve never loved a movie so much that doesn’t even exist, it baffles me why this was never made. I’ll just have to spend the rest of my life hoping it might still be picked up one day...