Christina Ricci Lends Her Voice to a Yellow Crayon

Christina Ricci is getting her Crayola on! The actress is best known for taking left-of-center roles, but the most recent job she's accepted really takes the cake. The wide-eyed actress has taken another unpredictable turn, lending her voice to the timid Yellow Crayon character in The Hero of Color City, an animated CGI feature from Exodus Films. Magnolia Films will release the picture in North America.

In the film, the colorful world of crayons is threatened by a villainous tyrant. The film is in pre-production stages, with Ricci being the first of the voice cast to be announced, with more to come shortly.

There will be a series of educational games created in conjunction with the film, among them art supplies, digital books that will be downloadable from www.kidthing.com, and trading cards.

—The ARTISTdirect Staff
06.26.08

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Christina Ricci joins 'Hero' voice cast

Exodus announces line of merchandise based on the film

By Gregg Goldstein

June 24, 2008, 12:00 AM ET
NEW YORK -- Christina Ricci will voice the lead role of the timid crayon Yellow in Exodus Film Group's animated CG feature "The Hero of Color City."

Ricci, who voiced the role of Gwendy Doll in the 1998 fantasy "Small Soldiers," plays one of several crayons whose colorful world is threatened by an evil tyrant. She is the first member of the cast to be announced for the film, which is now in preproduction.

Exodus also announced upcoming lines of merchandise, art supplies and educational products based on the film. Upper Deck will manufacture trading cards and Kidthing will create interactive games, digital books and activities available on its free downloadable player at Kidthing.com.

Magnolia Pictures will handle North American theatrical and home video distribution for the film, produced by John D. Eraklis and executive produced by Max Howard. - Story from hollywoodreporter.com