Thursday, November 5, 2009

'Yogi Bear' the movie


By: Vickie J. Rubinson

Anna Faris, Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake are heading to Jellystone Park as part of Warner Brother's live-action animated film"Yogi Bear."

According to Variety, shooting is expected to start in New Zealand next month.

The amiable blond Faris is in negotiations to portray a documentary filmmaker in "Yogi." She recently voiced a role in "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" and toplined "The House Bunny."

Aykroyd is in negotiations to voice Yogi and Timberlake's in talks to voice Boo-Boo, Yogi's cute sidekick.

Yogi's character, inspired by Art Cartney's portrayal of Ed Norton on "The Honeymooners," first appeared in Hanna-Barbera cartoons in 1958 and was voiced by Daws Butler.

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