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Timberlake, Aykroyd to voice 'Yogi Bear'

Published Friday, Nov 6 2009, 10:59 GMT | By Simon Reynolds
Timberlake, Aykroyd to voice 'Yogi Bear'

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Justin Timberlake, Dan Aykroyd and Anna Faris are in talks to star in Warner Bros's live-action/CGI Yogi Bear movie.

Ghostbusters actor Aykroyd will voice the titular bear, while Timberlake is circling the part of Yogi's best friend Boo Boo. Faris's role is that of a nature documentary-maker who tracks the animals in Jellystone Park, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Eric Brevig (Journey To The Centre Of The Earth) will direct the movie in New Zealand next year from a script by Brad Copeland, Joshua Sternin and Jeff Ventimilia.

Yogi Bear first appeared in The Huckleberry Hound Show in 1958 and was given his own series three years later. Daws Butler and Greg Burson voiced the character in its cartoon incarnation.

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