Sylvester Stallone will play a lion in forthcoming film 'The Zookeeper'

Wednesday, 24 June 2009

The 62-year-old star - who is currently working on action-adventure movie 'The Expendables' - has signed up to voice the animal role alongside Adam Sandler, Cher, Judd Apatow and Jon Favreau.

The lead roles will be played by 'Seven Pounds' star Rosario Dawson and 'Hitch' funnyman Kevin James.

The film - which will be produced by Adam Sandler's company Happy Madison - will see a group of animals attempt to teach their zookeeper, played by Kevin, how to win his dream woman, Rosario.

Adam will voice the part of a monkey, Jon a bear, Judd an elephant and Cher a giraffe.

Frank Coraci - who is best known for his directorial work on Adam's comedic offerings 'The Wedding Singer' and 'Click' - is in charge of the screenplay by 'Norbit' writers Jay Scherick and David Ronn.

Filming is due to start in Boston in October is scheduled for release in October 2010.