Interview

Production Designer

“Marcel the Shell With Shoes On” Production Designer Liz Toonkel Appreciates the Little Things

If you closed your eyes, could you picture the hardware on your kitchen cabinets? The knobs on your bathroom sink? When is the last time you stopped to notice your surroundings? Marcel the Shell (Jenny Slate) appreciates all the small things because to him, they’re very, very big. The star of the viral videos, created ...

By Kelle Long  |  June 30, 2022

Interview

Director

“Marcel the Shell With Shoes On” Director Dean Fleischer Camp on His Big-Hearted Feature

Director Dean Fleischer Camp has turned Marcel the Shell, the itty bitty seashell turned YouTube sensation that he created with actress/comic Jenny Slate, into a feature film. But he and Slate, who provides the distinctive voice for the philosophical, one-eyed, one-inch mollusk, knew it had to be on their terms. “I basically make movies to ...

By Loren King  |  June 29, 2022