Aaron Carter, Dania Ramirez, Nick Zano, Derek Watkins and Alice Greczyn have joined the cast of 20th Century Fox's live-action Fat Albert for helmer Joel Zwick. Shooting in Los Angeles on the Paramount Pictures back lot, the project is based on the stand-up comedy monologues of Bill Cosby about his childhood in Philadelphia and the cartoon Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. The John Davis-produced film is toplined by Saturday Night Live regular Kenan Thompson alongside Shedrack Anderson III as Ruby, Jermaine Williams as Mushmouth, Keith Robinson as Bill, Alphonso McAuley as Bucky, Aaron Frazier as Old Weird Harold, Marques Houston as Dumb Donald, Kyla Pratt as Doris, former B2K member Omarion as Reggie and J Mack Slaughter as Arthur.
- 4/21/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fat Albert is alive and kicking. Director Joel Zwick, who boarded the project nearly a year ago, has found a new leading man in Kenan Thompson. The actor and former star of Nickelodeon's Kenan and Kel as well as the current Barbershop 2: Back in Business will play the title character for 20th Century Fox. Production is gearing up for a mid-April start with a cast that also includes Omarion of B2K fame as Reggie, Raven-Symone in the animated part of Danielle, Jermaine Williams as Mush Mouth, Jeremy Suarez in the animated role of Russell and Aaron Frazier as Weird Harold. Thompson steps into a role once filled by newcomer Omar Benson Miller. Miller was to topline with Forest Whitaker at the helm in early 2002. However, that package fell apart because of a conflict of visions between Whitaker and Bill Cosby, who created the characters, and the director exited the project (HR 4/5/02).
- 3/10/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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