The Shadow King

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The Shadow King
File:The Shadow King.jpg
Promotional poster
Directed by Henry Selick
Produced by Josh Penn
Written by Henry Selick
Starring
Music by Bruno Coulais
Cinematography Peter Sorg
Edited by Wyatt Jones
Production
company
Distributed by K5 International
Country United States
Language English

The Shadow King is an upcoming stop motion 3D dark fantasy thriller film written and directed by Henry Selick. Initially, The Walt Disney Company made plans to release the project, but eventually backed out of the deal, after spending a reported $50 million on it,[1] leaving Selick to proceed without Disney, but with a plot and voice cast.[2]

Synopsis

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The Shadow King is a deliciously magical tale about nine-year-old New York orphan Hap who hides his fantastically weird hands with long fingers from a cruel world. But when a living shadow girl teaches him to make amazing hand shadows that come to life, his hands become incredible weapons in a shadow war against a ravenous monster bent on killing Hap’s brother Richard and ultimately destroying New York.

— Press release by Henry Selick, as cited.[3]

Cast and characters

Production

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Pre-production

After the success of his stop motion film Coraline, director Selick was brought into Pixar and given a four-picture deal.[5] He wrote his own script for a story about a young orphan in New York City who has hands with unusually long fingers which the child hides from others. When the child is taught how to make "amazing hand shadows that come to life", they become his weapons in a shadow war against a monster intent on killing the child's brother and ultimately, New York as well. The film began pre-production in 2011,[6] with an expected release date of October 2013.[7]

Setbacks

After spending a reported $50 million, and due to unspecified concerns over future costs and benefits, The Walt Disney Company declined the project in August 2012,[7][8] allowing Selick to shop the project to other studios.[6] In February 2013, it was reported in a press release by Selick that K5 International would be handling sales at the European Film Market.[3] It is unknown when the film will actually be released; but, given the original intent to release the film for Halloween in October[7] and the general macabre content of Selick's films, it is likely that it will be released in October of whatever year it does end up being released. As of August 2015, there is little to no update regarding the film's production.

References

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External links

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