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."

Kevin James, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider and David Spade are all in talks to star in an untitled comedy for Columbia Pictures.

According to Variety, the film follows five best friends from high school who decide to reunite on a Fouth of July weekend 30 years later.

Sandler wrote the screenplay with Fred Wolf, who recently directed "Strange Wilderness" and "The House Bunny." Sandler's Happy Madison is producing.

Directing the flick is Dennis Dugan, whose credits include "You Don't Mess With the Zohan," "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry" and "Big Daddy."

James is currently onscreen in "Paul Blart: Mall Cop." Sandler last starred in "Bedtime Stories," and Rock recently voiced a character in "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa."

As for Schneider, he's got a couple of projects coming up, including "Virgin on Bourbon Street." Spade is working on "Carpet Bros."

Here's your dose of quick news bits for Jan. 8, 2009...

• Kevin James will star in Walt Becker's comedy "Zookeeper," the actor told ComingSoon recently: "I play a zookeeper—another guy in a uniform, no moustache in this one, we may go very bushy sideburns—I don't even know, but it's in the beginning stages of that." James will next be seen in "Paul Blart: Mall Cop."

• Darko Entertainment has acquired the big-screen rights for Robert Cormier's "Fade," a novel about a 13-year-old who finds out he has the ability to fade. Of course, he soon learns how dangerous his powers can be. Adam Prince is set to write the script. (Variety)

• Lena Headey, who stars as Sarah Connor on television's "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," will make her directing debut with "Kill Drug," a thriller "about an underground society dedicated to murdering society’s ingrates, nincompoops and scallywags." (Empire Online)

• The Razzies are coming up soon, and among the nominees for Worst Picture are "Disaster Movie," "Speed Racer," "The Love Guru," "Rambo," "Meet Dave" and "Witless Protection." Zac Efron, Dane Cook, Larry the Cable Guy, Eddie Murphy, Al Pacino, Keanu Reeves are among those competing for Worst Actress. (Razzies)