Bill Hader And Josh Gad Star In Me And My Shadow

HeatVision reports that Dreamworks' next animated film Me And My Shadow has cast three of the main voice actors. They include Bill Hader (Superbad, Tropic Thunder, South Park), Josh Gad (Daily Show, Book of Mormon) and Kate Hudson. Hader will play the shadow of Josh's character and Hudson will play the one dimensional love interest. Besides the inclusion of Kate Hudson the project has promise. It will be produced by Melissa Cobb (Kung Fu Panda 2) and the directorial debut of Alessandro Carloni who worked on How To Train Your Dragon.

Me And My 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. It will be released on November 13th 2013 going up against Marvel's Thor 2.

Del Toro To Write & Direct Trollhunters For Dreamworks

It's not often that high profile directors make the jump to animated films but there's one now. HeatVision reports Guillermo del Toro has signed on to write and direct Trollhunters for Dreamworks Animation. This comes after the director was inspired by the studios gamble on high concept animated film How To Train Your Dragon. The film blew audiences and critics way which could finally see the studio take the Oscar from Pixar. While Guillermo is beyond busy with other projects I don't expect this one to take up much of his time. He's putting the finishing touches on the script before starting production on At The Mountains of Madness. We could see Trollhunters being his next film when Madness wraps post-production. He'll also act as a consultant and executive producer on Kung Fu Panda 2.