(OUTDATED) The COMPLETE Me and My Shadow Supercut 

Let me clear some things up since this video is gaining more and more traction: -The first clip is NOT the opening sequence for the film. It was a test animation made using assets from the clips that the animators already had to illustrate what the shadow world could look like. -The clip at 9:04 was found to be fanmade after I published this video. It was a student project made when Me and My Shadow was first announced and is NOT official. *This is the original upload of this video*

After the success of The Bad Guys and Puss in Boots 2 (And the recent Ruby Gillman looks awesome), maybe we could see Dreamworks reviving this project someday. It would be a box-office hit for sure.

The shadow is such a lively and charming character!! So sad that he never made it onto the big screen.. :(

So you mean to tell me we were robbed of this animation featuring a Shadow that sounds like Flint Lockwood?!? This is a OUTRAGE!

It's a shame we never got a movie where Scott the Woz is the main character.

I know this’d be expensive as hell to put back into production, but it’d be awesome to see this become a reality.

I wanna be taken to the universe where this movie got made 😭

I don't wanna die before I see this, make this masterpiece happen DreamWorks!

Great! If Dreamworks doesn't make this, some other animation company should. Or at least collaborate with one. This would fit as a psychological story. A tale between two brothers. This concept and story shouldn't have been scrapped. As it would be an interesting blend between two animations. Thanks to anyone who reads this.

this movie looks like it'd be a total visual masterpiece with that shadow world and the combination of 2d/3d animation. such a shame it got cancelled.

We need more dreamworks movies like this and less trolls.

So basically this movie was gonna be a combination of 2D and 3D that's really cool

It baffles me how this movie already has over 12 minutes worth of footage (and possibly more considering that old animation tests are still being recovered) and DreamWorks just canceled it! We get uninspired crap like Boss Baby, but genuinely creative and fun ideas like this are pushed to the side and eventually discarded. Do better DreamWorks! Edit: on a side note, I like how you edited some of these clips in "order", that just shows how we could already get a good idea of how the plot would go from a handful of test animations alone lol

I think that that last animatic might be some kind of storyboard for a sequence where shadow Dan imagines what he wishes his life was like. We see him multiple times talking about how he wants his and Daniel’s life to be more exciting and adventurous, so I think this was a sequence where he imagines what that would be like, a more exciting environment. He DOES seem extremely happy throughout this sequence, so that’s my theory.

Watching these clips makes me miss 2D animation so badly.

We need one coordinated push from the dreamworks community to revive this

Very bad idea to have cancelled this, looks like a lot of work and passion went into it. DreamWorks needs to revive this project especially if they want to keep up with their latest resurgence in popularity.

Really feels like something Pixar would make! With the whole *insert concept* comes to life thing they do

1:12 why do i feel like this should be a meme?

I do believe this film could be a success, especially when puss managed to return from the dead solely by its quality. Yes not a fair comparison, puss is a well known character from the shrek franchise, but i maintain that word of mouth is a great thing.

It's always a shame when a movie with great potential gets cancelled, and this one is no different. That said, it's still amazing seeing these clips and the animation process, and how the overall film could've worked. Just the idea of blending CGI and hand-drawn animation together like this is fascinating! Even if we'll never see this movie come to life, hopefully we'll still get another film that will tackle this technique in a really creative way.

2:02 I did NOT expect for the cat to talk and have that voice

Ooo I love it but I wish there was so much more 😩

Dreamworks wHY did you cancel both this and Larrikins? Seriously bad business moves. These movies would’ve been amazing. 😭

This really shows what this movie could’ve been, and it’s just sad that it didn’t make the cut.

I will always be sad that they cancelled the production of this movie, it just had so much charm and potential even from the little that we got to see

I'm trying to go off of what we've seen to come up with what the story was at the time of its cancellation and the 3 seperate acts of the movie even with 12 minutes of animation found, so heres what I think is accurate. Sorry if my idea is sloppy LOL Act 1: Daniel is introduced as a boring ass guy working at a boring ass job. His shadow is consistently distracted and has a want to try to change him but doesn't know how. Daniel goes about his day while his shadow narrates how boring his life is as a shadow. Soon Daniel come acrosses Heidi at the same apartment complex as his, and tries to talk to her. They soon develop a bit of a friendship despite Daniel's anxiety and struggling ability to hold a conversation. Soon afterwards, Shadow Dan in the shadow world finds out he has been granted the ability to control Daniel using force such as moving his limbs. Act 2: At the apartment, Shadow Dan with his powers starts messing with Daniel and controlling him to the point of a breakdown for Daniel who has no idea what's going on. Heidi calls him though and asks if he wants to go get tea which he agrees. Daniel is very nervous now knowing what's going to unfold tomorrow, so he goes to sleep in fear. Soon, Daniel wakes up with a bit of confidence, but Shadow Dan with his new found powers ruin it, and the tea date ends up being a complete disaster due to Dan's actions. Heidi though is very fascinated with Daniel and has new found interest in him as a person. In the midst of Heidi and Daniel's relationship, the evil shadow villain starts making his presence in the shadow world, bullying most of the civilians in the shadow world, causing Dan to have to explain to Daniel what's going on, but Daniel doesn't care. Now, I can't think of much for Act 3 due to most of the animation tests taking place in the 1st and 2nd act, but I can picture the epic climax of the Shadow world and how Daniel has to give up his control to Shadow Dan temporarily to stop the rebellion, and how Daniel during the fight has to grab Shadow Dan's hand and bring himself into the Shadow World. During Act 3, Daniel and Heidi begin dating after having a successful 2nd date after Daniel and Dan make a compromise to help each other out by Dan not annoying Daniel during his date and Daniel helping Dan with his Shadow World conflict. After the epic battle ends and the villain is defeated, the movie ends with Daniel and Heidi building a house together and get married and soon Shadow Dan discovering Shadow Heidi, and falling in love. A happy ending for both.

I’m becoming obsessed with a movie that was never even made

I wish this movie could just given a second chance to bring back this masterpiece to see… 😢

The fact that there's more clips that past me would've loved to see makes me still have hope that one day this movie will appear on the big screen.

That unknown intro at 9:04 is just wonderful! It emulates vintage cartoons And live action films at the same time! Also the finished footage with the lamp is stunning!!

as a good fan of dreamworks I would have loved to see this project in the cinema

I absolutely ADORE how expressive the Shadow is in comparison to Daniel! Obviously because the Shadow is a 2-D, mono-colored, and quite literally flat, the animators have to make him dynamic to make up for these limitations. But they all still did an AMAZING job, truly went above and beyond to make this character super fun to watch! Such a shame about this movie, I think it could have been incredible (and it still very much has the opportunity to be!)!

I really want me and my shadow be revive and releases in theaters

If we can get the community to rise up, we might be able to revive this movie.

AIN’T NO WAY WE GOT BOSS BABY BEFORE THIS MASTERPIECE…

It's a shame this was scrapped. Wish they made a short to see if it had potential. Thanks to anyone who reads this.

WE WERE ROBBED OF THIS FOR BOSS BABY?!?!

It's a shame this movie got cancelled but I really hope this can be a streaming service movie like for netflix or peacock as I love DreamWorks tried to get back into 2D while still doing 3D. I hope this movie comes back after the hopeful success of this new movie

2:59 wow this is gold material

when the jokes are in the same style as Megamind it gets me so sad we couldn't have this

I cant believe such a brilliant idea was cancelled. Is there atleast a tiny possibility of bringing it back?

I want to be in an alternate universe where this movie exists! 😭

What a cool concept for a film. Can't believe just because one big exec didn't like it's first draft showing that doomed it to unlife like that. Makes me wonder how many projects with this kind of potential get the same or similar treatments and we NEVER hear or know about them.

1:22 the cat is soooooooooooooo cute im gonna cry😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Man...this movie would've been great! I REALLY REALLY hope some animation studio revives this!

Let's be real: You have Josh Gad (a.k.a Olaf from Frozen) and Bill Hader (a.k.a Fear from Inside Out) in what could have been a blockbuster movie in it's time. And Disney couldn't just buy the rights to this masterpiece and turn it into something of their own? How interesting 🤔...

Bro, I'm going to cry, imagine having this in your childhood!!

I hope the success of Puss in Boots 2 reignite the flame

GOD I WISH!! This movie became real

Man, I keep coming back to watching this over and over, admiring the work put into it, in some vain attempt to imagine this being a complete movie one day despite the cancellation. I understand why it was cancelled, but it's still saddening to see. This looked like it would have been a fun little film with groundbreaking animation techniques. Perhaps if it was made at a different time under better circumstances or perhaps under a different studio we would have been able to see it. Maybe with crowdfunding?

yeah his shadow definitely would have became a tumblr sexyman

6:48 Something about that line delivery reminds me of Scott the Woz.

5:00 - 5:02 The audio for this part is The plan begins From the live action charlottes web

if they end up doing, i hope they maintain this style.

It's so strange that they developed such an innovative way for 2D and 3D to interact, but then just scrapped the project and never used the technique again.

Its such a shame we never got this movie because it could have been a great mix of 2D & 3D Plus its a great story about boosting confidence

god this would've been such a great movie, I love the contrast with 2D and 3D combined we need more movies like that and this one would've just won with flying colors. I love this concept so much I really wish they went back and looked at it again because all the effort put into it already just seemed so genuine!! Truly is a shame we never got to see a finished product.

bro this movie would be sick

It’s really an amazing insight to that moment when something very unique happens in the animated world

Maybe some day this movie will be finished and return.

PLEASE REVIVE THIS MOVIE DREAMWORKS!!! PPPPLLLLLEEEEAAAAAAASSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

I sooo wish this wasn’t canceled. It looks good

great work!!!!! 😌😌😌 a lot of it seems to be the correct order to me and it makes a cool watch :) would love to see someone use the finished takes combined with the shots only in unfinished form to make a approximate version of the film

I’m still sad till this day that boss baby was made over this :((

Here goes to hoping they somehow revive this movie. Same with Larrikins

7:16 wait, so the shadows can use the perceived view of a shadow as if it were their own like THAT? THAT'S SO COOL, WHAT POSSESSED THEM TO SCRAP THIS?

This movie has to be made!

that last story board was fucking awesome and seemingly had absolutely nothing to do with all of the other clips besides the base concept of living shadows

imagine all the meme templates if they made this

2:28 he acts kinda like hiccup from httyd tbh, it's just the way he moves and reacts lol

Gives me meet the Robinson’s vibes in the best way possible

My favorite childhood movie that never was :(

He easily could have been a Tumblr sexyman, and this could be one of the best animations ever.

This feels like it would have been Pixar-level and would have been amazing to see.

I just found about about Me and My Shadow an hour ago and I'm already head over heels with this idea! It looks so amazing! The shadow is so fluid and moves with such an enthusiastic expression. GOD what I wouldn't give to see this whole thing in its final state. The story they've crafted seems a little rudimentary though, so here's MY pitch... Daniel Grub is a withdrawn nobody who spends his days going to work and reading books. He dreams of an exciting life full of meeting new people and places far away, but his anxiety flares up every time he even looks at the door of his apartment. And then, there's Heidi, the girl next door who seems to be everything he isn't. But Daniel, knowing himself better than anyone, swallows his desires and finds contentment in the mundane. Until, one day... his shadow starts to move on its own. At first, Daniel thinks he's hallucinating. The shadow moves an inch one way when he's sitting still, maybe it seems to get darker on its own, but he's never really sure. It must be the stress from work. Then, when Daniel finally decides to try and ask out Heidi, the shadow takes control. He smiles, clutches his hand along with Daniel's and the two finally have a moment to talk. Shadan (Shadow Dan) expresses his desire for a life of adventure and romance. He wants to go out and experience the world and all its pleasures! Shadan explains that, in the shadow world, shadows can only experience life when their caster is in the light. Only when the caster's shadow appears in the real world, are they able to feel the warmth of the sun, taste food, touch the hand of someone they love. After explaining all this Shadan does his best to encourage Dan to start living his life regardless of his anxiety. Dan refuses, of course, because anxiety can't just go away. There's no "off" switch. Shadan gives an ultimatum. Either Dan MUST learn to live his life to the fullest, or Shadan will take over his body so he's able to experience life. The rest of the movie is a story about two very different people trying to share the same space (or body in this case), the relentlessness of anxiety and the importance of bodily autonomy. ... REALLY wish we could see this movie some day. TT_TT

Honestly it’s just sad when cool concepts of a movie or anything get scrapped and it literally had test animations 😕

This is masterpiece...

This must be a great movie if they didn't cancel it

Awww the shadow is so cute. I wish I could watch this movie. Why do they keep making the same garbage every year but stuff like this gets thrown out.

I had only seen clips that included Shadow Dan so far, thank you so much for putting this together! Love to see more of this movie!

MAN, not only was this gold, but they were making so much progress already, and REALLY onto something!

I know this is a Dreamworks production, but it's giving me Pixar vibes for some reason

I hope DreamWorks makes this real now that they know it will be succsessful I do not care if we basically know the plot its still gonna be good

Every single time RU-vid, recommends me this video, which is a lot for some reason, all I think is that the character on the thumbnail looks like the Dad from boss baby

6:43 i like that he gets sent back down, clever!!

This is awesome!!

Never imagined there being an Olaf and Fear duo

We have saved Dazz's second MaMS video- good job everyone

Why do movies directed by Mark Dindal always have such troubled or messy productions?

This could've been Bill Hader's best voice work, with how he kinda acts like the genie from aladdin. I hope this gets picked up somehow, I would do anything to see this movie finished.

Dude if they ever revive this....im sure 80% are gonna watch it just because of the hype+the longing of the movie release... I mean....the demand is already high

This is one of those forgotten projects that should return later in years and becomes actually popular and loved by many. With the garbage Disney and other companies are doing recently, it's almost like a given opportunity.

Tbh I’m sad this was cancelled. This looked like fun

whats cool is that the VA of Flint is in this movie as Shadow Dan and also that it was supposed to release the same year as CWACOM. also shadow dan gives me boss baby vibes

Wow, It amazing, especially Shadow! This is really need to be produced in future.

This looks awesome

I'm from Peru and man, it would've been awesome to see Lake Titicaca in a DreamWorks movie lol A shame the movie was cancelled, the concept looks absolutely great, fingers crossed it can one day be picked up again tho!

Hopefully another company can make this 7:27😂

6:23 this made me laugh so hard