The Hollywood Reporter states that DreamWorks has established the principal cast for their approaching movie Me & My Shadow. Josh Gad, Bill Hader, and Kate Hudson have signed on to star.

Created in-house as an original movie, Shadow focuses on Stan, a shadow (Hader) who wishes for a more thrilling life than being attached to a timid human called Stanley Grubb (Gad). When a crime in the shadow community places both of their lives at an increased risk, Stan is pushed to assume control of Stanley, pushing both of them into an adventure presenting a shadowy villain, who plans to lead a rebellion to dominate the human world.

The CG/traditional animation movie is being directed by Alessandro Carloni (head of story How to Train Your Dragon), with a screenplay by Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember based on a draft by Steve Bencich and Ron J. Friedman (Brother Bear, Chicken Little, Open Season).