John Cusack and Sean Hayes are the most recent addition to Exodus Film Group’s CG-animated feature comedy Igor for director Tony Leondis. Cusack and Hayes join previously cast Jeremy Piven, Jay Leno, Jennifer Coolidge, Molly Shannon, Steve Buscemi and John Cleese.
Cusack is replacing Christian Slater as the voice of title character Igor, a gifted scientist who is born with a hunch on his back and is forced to serve a cruel scientist named Dr. Glickenstein. Hayes is playing Brian the Brain, a brain in a jar who is one of Igor’s sidekicks and inventions.
The film is set for an Oct. 24, 2008, release through The Weinstein Co.
