Taylor Swift joins voice cast for Seuss’ “Lorax”

Tay­lor Swift will voice dream girl Audrey in this, the third fea­ture cre­ated by Illu­mi­na­tion and Uni­ver­sal. Uni­ver­sal Pic­tures and Illu­mi­na­tion Enter­tain­ment founder Chris Meledan­dri announced Thurs­day that she has joined the cast of the 3D-CGI fea­ture Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax.

To be released March 2, 2012, the film is an adap­ta­tion of Dr. Seuss’ clas­sic tale of a for­est crea­ture who shares the endur­ing power of hope. The ani­mated adven­ture fol­lows the jour­ney of a boy as he searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affec­tion of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must dis­cover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charm­ing crea­ture who fights to pro­tect his world.

Danny DeVito will lend his vocal tal­ents to the iconic title char­ac­ter of the Lorax, while Ed Helms will voice the enig­matic Once-ler. Also bring­ing his tal­ents to the film is Zac Efron as Ted, the ide­al­is­tic young boy who searches for the Lorax. Rob Rig­gle will play finan­cial king O’Hare, and beloved actress Betty White has signed on to por­tray Ted’s wise Grammy Norma.

More on Tay­lor Swift and The Lorax at The Big Car­toon Forum

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