Robert Downey Jr’s ‘Voyage Of Doctor Dolittle’ Cast Announced

It might be hard to think of Robert Downey Jr as anything other than Iron Man, but the actor is already planning is his post-MCU career, including a remake of the classic tale of Doctor Dolittle. The film, which has previously found life as a Rex Harrison led musical and an Eddie Murphy comedy will now feature RDJ as a doctor who can speak with animals and a whole host of animals that he’ll be speaking with. Here’s the full list that was released today:

– Emma Thompson as the parrot Polynesia
– Craig Robinson as the mouse Fleming,
– Rami Malek as Chee-Chee the gorilla,
– Carmen Ejogo as the lioness Regine,
– Octavia Spencer as the duck Dab-Dab,
– Tom Holland as Jip the dog,
– Ralph Fiennes as the tiger Barry,
– Marion Cotillard as Tutu the fox,
– Kumail Nanjiani as Plimpton the ostrich,
– Frances de la Tour as Ginko-Who-Soars,
– John Cena as Yoshi the polar bear,
– Selena Gomez as Betsy, a giraffe.

The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle sets sail on April 12, 2019. There’s been no word on whether or not this will be a musical, but I’d love to see RDJ sing ‘If I Could Talk To The Animals.’