Adam Sandler, Jon Favreau join 'Zookeeper'
Monday, June 22, 2009 at 8:44PM | By
Franck Tabouring 
Adam Sandler, Cher, Jon Favreau, Sylvester Stallone and Judd Apatow are set to provide voices for animals in Frank Coraci's upcoming live-action comedy "The Zookeeper."
Starring Kevin James in the title role, the film follow a zookeeper who gets dating advice from his animals. Variety reports Sandler will voice a capuchin monkey, with Cher on-board as a giraffe.
Also, Favreau will voice a bear, and Apatow an elephant. Stallone will breathe life into a lion. Jim Breuer, Faizon Love and Bas Rutten are also part of the voice cast, while Nick Nolte is in talks to join them as well. Rosario Dawson stars alongside James.
Jay Scherick, David Ronn, James, Rock Reuben and Nick Bakay wrote the script. Coraci's credits include "Click" and "Around the World in 80 Days."
Sandler will next star in Apatow's "Funny People," while Stallone is working on his next action pic "The Expendables." Favreau is currently shooting "Iron Man 2."











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