DiCaprio to Play Jack Frost in Animated Feature

Published by Jeff Leins on December 4, 2009

Leonardo DiCaprio is starring in his first animated film, a DreamWorks Animation production titled The Guardians (formerly the Guardians of Childhood and still a working title).

An adaptation of an upcoming book series by William Joyce, the film uses familiar fairytale characters as heroes that must stop an evil force from plunging the world into darkness.  DiCaprio will lend his voice to Jack Frost.

The press release includes five more parts to fill, which include North (Santa), Bunnymund (the Easter Bunny), Tooth (the Tooth Fairy), and Sandy (the Sandman).  The fivesome will battle Pitch (the Boogeyman) for control of the world.

Wikipedia listed actors in connection with these roles, like Natalie Portman and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, but the rumors of their involvement have been denied by the studio as pure fantasy.  “We have yet to cast/announce the other roles at this time,” a DreamWorks representative told me.

The first book has a tentative release date of December 2010.  The Guardians is set for a November 2, 2012 release.