Jamie Foxx gets animated

Foxx is set to get animated with his latest project `Welcome to the Jungle`.

Los Angeles: Academy-award-winning actor Jamie Foxx is all set to get animated with his latest project `Welcome to the Jungle` getting a nod from movie bosses. The `Ray` star pitched the idea for the film to producers at 20th Century Fox Animation, and they have given the actor permission to move forward with the production, Variety reported online.

The film is the 42-year-old actor`s first role in an animated picture. Foxx, a Grammy-award-winning musician will also be producing and writing the score for the film. "I`m psyched about Welcome to the Jungle because it`s specifically built to utilise Jamie`s talent with voices and as a musician," said, Malcolm Spellman, who is writing the script. PTI