 The production also visited Hever Castle in Kent to shoot the exterior for Elinor's Tuscan villa setting.Double Negative created the menacing animated character, The Shadow, along with other creatures and visual effects for the film.The finale of the film takes place within a ruined amphitheater nestled in the Italian mountains; this is the lair of Capricorn, one of the villains Mo has accidentally "read" into the real world.