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Dolittle is an American fantasy comedy adventure film directed by Stephen Gaghan, and written by Gaghan and Thomas Shepherd. It is based on the character Doctor Dolittle created by Hugh Lofting, and is primarily based on The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle. The film stars Robert Downey Jr. as the title character. The film was released on March 13, 2020 under distribution by Universal Pictures, making it the first film based on Doctor Dolittle to not be distributed by 20th Century Fox.


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Voices

Production[]

On March 20, 2017, it was announced that Robert Downey Jr. would star in the feature adaptation of The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle. In December 2017, Harry Collett and Jim Broadbent were cast. In February 2018, Antonio Banderas and Michael Sheen were cast in live action roles while Ginnifer Goodwin, Susie Essman, Idris Elba, and Bebe Rexha were cast to voice animals in the film. In March 2018, Kunal Nayyar, Jenny Slate, John Travolta, Mark Walton, Nate Torrence, Jason Bateman, Wanda Sykes and Stephanie Beatriz joined the voice cast. The character of Stella voiced by Beatriz, was cut from the finished film.

Principal production commenced mid-February in 2018. Live action scenes began filming in Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria in May 2018, with further location filming at South Forest, Windsor Great Park and on the Menai Suspension Bridge in North West Wales, in June 2018.

Release[]

The film was released on March 13, 2020 by Universal Pictures. It was previously scheduled for April 12 and May 24, 2019, but the studio ultimately settled on 2020 so as not to open against Disney's Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

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