to come out of the hole, the animals settle into their new homes in the sewers, inviting any other animals to join them. Soon after, Fox raids a grocery store owned by the farmers, where Felicity reveals her upcoming pregnancy as the animals dance in the aisle, celebrating their abundant new food source. Cast George Clooney as Mr. Fox Meryl Streep as Mrs. Felicity Fox Jason Schwartzman as Ash Fox Bill Murray as Clive Badger Esq. Willem Dafoe as Rat Michael Gambon as Frank Bean Owen Wilson as Coach Skip Wallace Wolodarsky as Kylie Eric Chase Anderson as Kristofferson Silverfox Jarvis Cocker as Petey Wes Anderson as Stan Weasel Robin Hurlstone as Walt Boggis Hugo Guinness as Nate Bunce Helen McCrory as Mrs. Bean Juman Malouf as Agnes Karen Duffy as Linda Otter Roman Coppola as Squirrel Contractor Garth Jennings as Bean's son Brian Cox as Daniel Peabody Steven Rales as Beaver Jeremy Dawson as Beaver's Son James Hamilton as Phil Mole Jennifer Furches as Dr. Badger Mario Batali as Rabbit Allison Abbate as Rabbit's ex-girlfriend Molly Cooper as Rabbit Girl Adrien Brody as Mouse Martin Ballard as Fire chief Production Development Joe Roth and Revolution Studios bought the film rights to Fantastic Mr Fox in 2004. In 2006, Mark Mothersbaugh stated that he was working on the soundtrack. Wes Anderson signed on as director with Henry Selick, who worked with Anderson on The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, as animation director. Anderson stated that he signed on because Roald Dahl was one of his heroes. Originally, Cate Blanchett was to voice Mrs. Fox, but she left the role for undisclosed reasons. The story the novel covers would amount to the second act of the film. Anderson added new scenes to serve for the film's beginning and end. The new scenes precede Mr. Fox's plan to steal from the three farmers and follow the farmers' bulldozing of the hill, beginning with the flooding of the tunnel. Selick left the project, to work on the Neil Gaiman story Coraline in February 2006. He was replaced by Mark Gustafson. 20th Century Fox became the project's home in October 2006 after Revolution left for other projects. In September 2007, Anderson announced voice work would begin. The director chose to record the voices outside rather than in a studio: "we went out in a forest, ... went in an attic, [and] went in a