Robert Downey Jr is set to play Doctor Dolittle in a new film based on the Hugh Lofting character.
Downey will next be seen in this summer’s Spider-Man: Homecoming as well as Avengers: Infinity War the following year.
In The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle, the Iron Man star will follow in the footsteps of Rex Harrison and Eddie Murphy in the role of a physician who lives with a variety of animals that he’s able to talk to.
The project will be written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, who won an Oscar for his Traffic script and most recently directed Matthew McConaughey in Gold.