Pakistani-American stand up comedian Kumail Nanjiani is on a roll this year following his film The Bid Sick‘s nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 90th Academy Awards.
According to Robert Downey Jr’s Twitter, the comedian is all set to be a part of the all-star voice cast of the upcoming Doctor Dolittle movie, The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle.
I am most pleased to announce the stellar voice cast joining me on #TheVoyageofDoctorDolittle. #EmmaThompson @ItsRamiMalek @octaviaspencer #RalphFiennes @kumailn @selenagomez @MrCraigRobinson @carmenejogo @TomHolland1996 #MarionCotillard @RealFDLT @JohnCena pic.twitter.com/GmfjOCqv7w
— Robert Downey Jr (@RobertDowneyJr) March 27, 2018
Along with Nanjiani other Hollywood bigwigs including Rami Malek, Octavia Spencer, Kumail Nanjiani, Craig Robinson, John Cena, Marion Cotillard, Carmen Ejogo, and Frances de la Tour are also part of the cast.
Apart from that, Downey Jr, Selena Gomez, Tom Holland, Emma Thompson, and Ralph Fiennes had been previously announced as voice cast. Jim Broadbent, Antonio Banderas, and Michael Sheen will portray live-action characters.
Directed by Stephen Gaghan, The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle is based on the character from the 1920s series of children’s books by Hugh Lofting, in which a Victorian-era physician opts to treat animals instead of humans because he has the ability to speak with them.
Lofting’s character was portrayed by Rex Harrison in the 1967 musical Doctor Dolittle, which won Academy Awards for Best Original Song and Visual Effects.
Actor Eddie Murphy starred in the 1998 film Doctor Dolittle and its 2001 sequel.
The film is slated for release on April 12, 2019.