Stars Fall for Reeve’s Yankee Irving

Wednesday, August 24, 2005
By: Ryan Ball

IDT Ent. has lined up a stellar voice cast for Yankee Irving, the CG toon feature Christopher Reeve was directing at the time of his death. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the family pic will feature the vocal talents of Rob Reiner (Hopeless Pictures), William H. Macy (Seabiscuit), Whoopi Goldberg (The Lion King 1 1/2), Brian Dennehy (Assault on Precinct 13), Mandy Patinkin (The Princess Bride), Dana Reeve (The Brooke Ellison Story), Robert Wagner (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shaged Me), Richard Kind (Spin City), Raven Symone (That’s So Raven) and New York Yankees manager Joe Torre.

Jake Syzmanski, star of Nick Jr.’s upcoming Dora the Explorer spin-off, Go, Diego Go, voices Yankee Irving, a boy who sets out on a cross-country mission to return Babe Ruth's bat before the deciding game of the 1932 World Series. The film, described as a father-and-son love story involving both human and animal characters, is slated fore release by 20th Century Fox next summer.

Taking over Reeves’ helm are Toy Story 2 co-director and former ILM animation director Colin Brady and former Disney Layout artist Dan St. Pierre. The animation is being produced at IDT Entertainment Animation in Toronto. Reeve's widow, Dana Reeve, is exec producing along with IDT’s Steve Brown, Morris Berger and Dan Krech. Producers are Ron Tippe and Igor Khait.

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