Assuming everything works out with Dumbo, it won’t be the only family-friendly movie we can expect to see him in soon, as he’s voicing Chesterfield in Animal Crackers.
Given his past experience with villainous characters, part of me wishes that DeVito was the one playing Vandemere, since I can easily picture him as the cruel ringmaster who Dumbo and the other animals fear.
Either way, given his impressive resume after nearly 50 years in the business, he would be a welcome addition.
Lately Danny Devito is best known for playing Frank Reynolds on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, which just concluded its 12th season and has been renewed for two more.