Rick Moranis (Ghostbusters, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids) has signed to play the role of Puddleglum in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair. The role will reunite Moranis with director Joe Johnston, who also directed Moranis in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) for Walt Disney Pictures.
Moranis hasn’t acted in a feature film in many years leading many to believe he had retired from acting. He disputed that, saying he would act again if a good script went his direction.
With Joe Johnston set to retire after directing The Silver Chair, Moranis jumped at the chance to work with the director for the last time, while returning acting in a role that is almost too perfect for him.
Moranis will be on set doing motion capture, similar to Andy Serkis’ work capturing Gollum for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
We’re very excited to see Rick Moranis acting again, even if the character will be mostly computer generated. His performance, however, will shine through.
Read more, including quotes from Rick Moranis and Joe Johnston here.