Actors grab a pic-a-nic basket for Yogi

Warner Bros Pictures is making sure that the live action/CGI-animated hybrid films are not dead as they cast Anna Faris, Dan Akroyd and Justin Timberlake on “Yogi Bear”. Faris is in negotiations to portray a documentary filmmaker in “Yogi.” Aykroyd is in negotiations to voice Yogi and Timberlake’s in talks to voice Boo-Boo, Yogi’s sidekick (Variety).

The film is being directed by “Journey to the Center of the Earth” helmer Eric Brevig. The script is penned by scribes Jeffrey Ventimilia and Joshua Sternin who both co-wrote the Twentieth Century Fox film “Tooth Fairy”. Initial filming is set to start as early as next month.