Independent production entity Exodus Film Group confirmed that Christian Slater, Steve Buscemi and John Cleese will head up the voice cast of its first animated feature, Igor. The actors were previously tapped to voice a pilot short titled Igor: Unholy Frijoles, but it was unclear whether or not all three would return for the feature, which The Weinstein Co. will distribute in North America and various international territories.
Written by Chris McKenna (American Dad), Igor is described as a playfully irreverent comedy about a mad scientist’s hunchbacked lab assistant who has big dreams of becoming a scientist in his own right and winning first place at the annual Evil Science Fair. Slater will voice the title role while Buscemi comes fresh off his creepy turn in Monster House to play Scamper, a super intelligent and ill-tempered lab rabbit. Cleese, who’s also working on Shrek 3, is voicing the character of Dr. Glickenstein, Igor’s evil master.
Igor is being produced by Exodus president John D. Eraklis and veteran animation executive Max Howard, who has collaborated on such animated blockbusters such as Disney’s The Lion King, and Aladdin and Warner Bros.’ Space Jam and The Iron Giant. No release date for Igor has been set yet.
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