Tom Cavanagh is Ranger Smith in Warner Bros.' "Yogi Bear"

By Siewaun
Reference: Variety

Tom Cavanagh "Ed - NBC TV series" will be starring in a male leading role as Ranger Smith in Warner Bros.' "Yogi Bear," joining Anna Faris (Rachel, a nature documentary filmmaker shooting Yogi and Boo-Boo), Dan Aykroyd (voicing Jellystone Park bear Yogi) and Justin Timberlake (voicing Yogi’s constant companion Boo-Boo).

Cavanagh's Ranger Smith is the love interest of the Faris' Rachel. Both Ranger Smith and Rachel are live-action characters.

Eric Brevig "Journey to the Center of the Earth" will direct from the script by Brad Copeland "Wild Hogs." Donald De Line and Karen Rosenfelt are producing, while DeLine executive Andrew Haas is exec producing.

Shooting is scheduled to begin next month in New Zealand. Warner Bros is aiming for a December 17th 2010 release.

Original script for "Yogi" was written by Joshua Sternin and Jeffrey Ventimilia.

Yogi bear first appeared in Hanna-Barbera cartoons in 1958 and was voiced by Daws Butler.