On New Year's Day when we got some
great new concept art from Pixar's upcoming features, I was rounding off the post as usual - directors, producers, release dates, etc. - when, while checking the UK release date of
The Good Dinosaur on FilmDates.co.uk (a website Disney's UK PR team themselves advise us bloggers to use for reference), I noticed something odd:
it lists a voice cast for the film. I assumed this was a mistake of some sort, as it seems too early to be hearing about the film's voice cast (particularly in such a low-key manner); but
Bleeding Cool posted the story today, so I thought it worth mentioning.
FilmDates lists the cast as being
"Lil' Wayne, Joan Rivers, John Ratzenberger, Dee Bradley Baker, Tom Kenny and Jason Alexander". Joan Rivers previously had a small cameo in
Shrek 2; Dee Bradley Baker is a voice actor with many animation credits, notably as Perry the Platypus in Disney's
Phineas and Ferb; Tom Kenny is best known as the voice of Spongebob Squarepants, but also recently voiced Rabbit in Disney's 2011
Winnie the Pooh film; Jason Alexander, perhaps most recognisable as suicidal Earl in the
Friends episode
The One Where Rosita Dies, has also amassed many animation credits to his name, including
The Return of Jafar and
The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Given that this is a Pixar film, John Ratzenberger was to be expected.
Lil' Wayne, primarily a rapper, with few screen-credits to his name, seems the odd one out, but if Pixar has cast him, they presumbaly have faith in his ability, and I have faith in theirs. Still, it seems an odd choice - if this cast information is accurate, that is; we'll see if we can get word one way or the other.
The Good Dinosaur is directed by Bob Peterson and is released on 30th May in the US and 18th July in the UK.
UPDATE: 02/01/2013, 23:00 (GMT) - I emailed Pixar's PR guy Chris Wiggum, inquiring as to the accuracy of this cast list, Chris replied promptly with:
"Not accurate." Well, providing this isn't a red herring to throw us off the track, there you have it.
