Yogi Bear
WARNER BROS PICTURES
in theatres nationwide from 13 January 2010
Yogi Bear, from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon which dates back to 1958, makes the leap to the big screen. A live action film featuring computer-animated wildlife, Yogi is voiced by life-long fan Dan Ackroyd, his sidekick Boo Boo is Justin Timberlake.
When a corrupt mayor announces he'll turn failing Jellystone Park into a logging facility, Yogi and Boo Boo team with Ranger Smith (Tom Cavanagh, TV's Scrubs) and a wildlife documentarian (Anna Faris, The House Bunny) to save their home.
Yogi Bear was shot in New Zealand - Woodhill Forest in Auckland and the Aratiatia rapids in Taupo standing in for Jellystone.
Dan Akroyd voices a CGI Yogi, and Justin Timberlake his side-kick Boo Boo. Local actors have picked up minor roles alongside this international cast, including Richard Edge, Maisy McLeod, Joyce Irving, and Michael Saccente.