Hathaway, Harris for animation 'Rio'

Anne Hathaway and Neil Patrick Harris have signed up for Fox Animation's Rio, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Blue Sky Studios, Fox and director Carlos Saldanha (Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs) will all team up on the project, which is scheduled for release in 2011. It will be filmed in 3D digital animation.

The film will follow the story of a "nerdy macaw" who leaves Minnesota and heads for the city of Rio de Janeiro. It is not known what roles Hathaway and Harris will voice.

Fox and Blue Sky have taken $2.4 billion worldwide on previous films Horton Hears a Who!, Robots and the Ice Age franchise.