— BY Dean Fleischer Camp
Like millions of people around the world, we’ve been in love with Marcel since 2010. His innate kindness and curiosity about the world around him were all things that we as a company strive to uphold in our own work…and of course, the voice…no one could resist that voice.
When we had the opportunity to work with the incredible filmmaking team to bring Marcel to the big screen at a time when his outlook on the world is essential, we jumped at the chance.
Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and their pet lint, Alan. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they now live alone as the sole survivors of a mysterious tragedy. But when a documentary filmmaker discovers them amongst the clutter of his Airbnb, the short film he posts online brings Marcel millions of passionate fans, as well as unprecedented dangers and a new hope at finding his long-lost family. A beloved character gets his big-screen debut in this hilarious and heartwarming story about finding connection in the smallest corners.
Soulful, whimsical and intricately crafted, Oscar-nominated MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON is the feature adaptation of Dean Fleischer Camp and Jenny Slate’s popular series of short films and New York Times-bestselling books, and marks the big screen debut of the internet’s most beloved mollusk.
Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp
Screenplay by Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, Nick Paley
Story by Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, Nick Paley, Elisabeth Holm
Producers Elisabeth Holm, p.g.a., Andrew Goldman, p.g.a., Caroline Kaplan, p.g.a., Paul Mezey, p.g.a., Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, Terry Leonard, Philipp Engelhorn, William Byerley, Nion McEvoy, George Rush, Michael Raisler
Cinereach produced Marcel The Shell With Shoes On in association with Chiodo Bros. Productions.
