The Shadow King

The Shadow King is an upcoming 3D stop motion dark fantasy thriller film written and directed by Henry Selick. Initially, Walt Disney Pictures made plans to release the project, but eventually dropped out after spending a reported $50 million on it, leaving Selick to proceed without Disney, but with a plot and voice cast.
Synopsis
Cast and characters
* Pamela Adlon as Richard
Production
Pre-production
After the success of his stop motion film Coraline, director Selick was brought into Pixar and given a four-picture deal. 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, with an expected release date of October 2013.
Setbacks
After spending a reported $50 million, and due to unspecified concerns over future costs and benefits, Walt Disney Pictures canceled the project in August 2012, allowing Selick to shop the project to other studios.

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