Perfect news is perfect. I want to marry this casting decision and have its alien-looking, oddly beautiful babies (the babies would be one-quarter Indian and one-half alien-lizard). So you know how Benedict Cumberbatch has a really amazing voice and how some women could get off on his voice alone? Yeah. Well, something tells me that there a lot of little girls who are going to have life-long sexual feelings about penguins starting now. Benedict is going to voice an animal in the Dreamworks spinoff of Madagascar called The Penguins of Madagascar. I told you, perfect news is perfect. I actually did see Madagascar, and the penguins were one of the best parts. I’m so glad they’re getting a feature-length spinoff!!

In a casting coup, DreamWorks Animation has set Benedict Cumberbatch and John Malkovich to voice new characters in its spin-off “The Penguins of Madagascar,” TheWrap has learned. The animated movie, which features the penguins from DWA’s “Madagascar” franchise, is scheduled for release on March 27, 2015.

An individual familiar with the project tells TheWrap that Malkovich will voice the film’s charming villain, while Cumberbatch will voice a high-ranking animal CIA agent hot on his trail.

Simon J. Smith (“Bee Movie”) is directing from a script by Michael Colton and John Aboud. Lara Breay (“Megamind”) is producing, while executive producers include Mireille Soria, Tom McGrath and Eric Darnell, all of whom are responsible for the original “Madagascar” trilogy.

“The Penguins of Madagascar” has already spawned a successful Nickelodeon TV show, a straight-to-DVD movie and a comic book written by David Server and Jackson Lanzing.

Cumberbatch’s British accent is in high demand these days, as he’ll also be heard as the voice of both Smaug the Dragon and the Necromancer in Peter Jackson’s “Hobbit” sequels. He’ll soon be seen as Julian Assange in “The Fifth Estate,” as well as “12 Years a Slave” and “August: Osage County.” He’s repped by UTA and Conway van Gelder Grant.

Malkovich, who previously voiced a role in Robert Zemeckis’ “Beowulf,” can currently be seen in “Red 2.” He recently produced “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” and Diego Luna’s “Chavez,” which stars Michael Pena as the famed labor leader. He’s repped by Principato-Young Entertainment.

[From The Wrap]

So, it’s not for sure that Benedict will voice a penguin. He might be voicing some other animal altogether (AN OTTER, PERCHANCE?!). Is it wrong to think that I will probably be sexually attracted to a cartoon animal voiced by Cumberbatch? It’s wrong. You don’t have to tell me. I know it’s wrong.

Also, more of Cumberbatch’s EW interview was released. He’s talking about Assange:

[Cumberbatch] donned a series of white wigs and fake teeth to play Assange in The Fifth Estate (out Oct. 18), a drama that tracks Wikileaks’ rise to power. And he jokes that, thanks to his fans, he’s fully prepared for Assange to open fire. ”I’m sure he’ll go after me. … I’m not a bank with offshore accounts in the Canaries, I don’t fiddle my taxes, I’m not wanted for war crimes. If he goes after me, it’s going to be a waste of his extraordinary talent. But if he does, I kind of respect that because he needs to be able to answer back,” says Cumberbatch. “Anyway, the Cumberbitches have got my back, so I’ll be fine.”

Assange has pre-emptively labeled the movie “a massive propaganda attack,” but Cumberbatch says the film — which explores the friendship between Assange and his former collaborator Daniel Domscheit-Berg (played by Daniel Bruhl) – doesn’t demonize its subject. On the contrary. “I hope if I’ve done well, I’ve probably humanized someone that many people only think of in tabloid headline terms. He’s an extraordinary figure. The movie was just the opportunity to try and unlock a little about who he is and what motivates him,” says the actor, who reached out to Assange for input on his portrayal but was rebuffed. “I don’t want to upset him. So if I do, it will be distressing. But he knows that. I have communicated that to him, let’s put it like that. It’s not like we’ve had a correspondence, but I’ve made it known to him that I’m not some kind of devious character assassination where I play him as a villain.”

[From Entertainment Weekly]

The Cumberbitches DO have his back. I shall slut-shank Julian Assange if he tries anything!

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