Johnny Depp to lend voice for animated flick 'Rango'

Washington, Sep 10 : Hollywood actor Johnny Depp is set to reunite with the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' director Gore Verbinski on his upcoming animated flick 'Rango'.

'Rango' is about a household pet that goes on an adventure to discover its true self, and Depp actor will be lending his voice to the lead character.

"Rango" will be produced by Verbinski's Blind Wink Prods., Graham King and John Carls, reports Variety.

Par-based Nickelodeon Films is expected to be involved as well.

Rango aims to use cutting-edge animation techniques that "will allow us to capture and translate every aspect of Johnny's performance, using it to drive the computer-generated character in a way that has yet to be seen in an animated feature," Verbinski said.

Johnny Depp will begin working for 'Rango' penned by John Logan based on an idea hatched by Verbinski in the month of January 2009.

ANI