Kris Kristofferson joins 'Dolphin Tale 3D'

Kris Kristofferson is joining Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd in "Dolphin Tale," a 3D family flick that is already shooting with Charles Martin Smith at the helm. "Dolphin Tale" opens Sept. 16, 2011.

The adventure follows an 11-year-old boy who tries everything to save a dolphin that loses her tail in an accident. The boy wants a doc to create a prosthetic attachment for the poor dolphin...

Harry Connick Jr. plays a single dad running an undertaffed aquarium, and Variety says Kristofferson will play his dad. Freeman is the doc, and Judd will play the boy's mother. Karen Janszen wrote the script.