and Michelle Weiss were also announced as supervisors. Steve Carell, an actor Alterman previously worked with on The Daily Show, went on board to play the real estate developer on July 12. It would've been Carell's first studio film where he received top billing. A May 6, 2007 Variety article announced Carell was replaced by Samuel L. Jackson. On January 26, 2009, Brendan Fraser was announced to play the lead character and Roger Kumble to direct. Summit Entertainment and Participant Media were also revealed to co-finance and co-produce the film that same day, and Furry Vengeance would've be the two companies' first collaboration. It was also the first project Imagenation invested in as part of a $250 million production agreement with Participant signed in September 2008, where they would fund fifteen to eighteen of Participant's films over the course of five years. One of Kumble's major ideas included the creatures not speaking. Matt Prokop was cast on June 10, 2009, with Skyler Samuels joining four days later. On July 8, Brooke Shields, Ken Jeong and Samantha Bee joined; the film was Shields' first role in a mainstream film since Black and White (1999). Dick Van Dyke was also announced to appear in the film that same day, although he doesn't make an appearance in the final cut. Furry Vengeance was initially planned to be released in July 2010, but it was changed to an April date. Filming Filming began on July 6, 2009. Music Songs appearing in the film include: "Gavotte" – Jeff Cardoni and Katisse Buckingham "Frank & Beans" – Chad Fischer (version by Count Smokula) "Insane in the Brain" – Transcenders (original version by Cypress Hill) "We Got It All" – Right The Stars "A-Punk" – Vampire Weekend "Surrender" – Ben Lee "Don't Bring Me Down" – Electric Light Orchestra "Le Freak" – Chic "The Saddest Song" – Transcenders (version by Morphine) "Beautiful Morning" – Transcenders "Washington Post March" – John Philip Sousa "Cotton-Eyed Joe" – The Goodtime Stringband (version by Asleep at the Wheel) Original music for Furry Vengeance was composed by Edward Shearmur. Marketing When Furry Vengeance was announced in early 2009, Film School Rejects had little hope, especially when it came to Kumble being director: "The premise has some comic potential, but barring an unforeseen injection of intelligent satire into the screenplay one should expect little more than a live action takeoff on Over the