Madonna heads cast of new animated film

Madonna will head the voice cast of the big-budget animated film Arthur, directed by Luc Besson, sources close to the movie told the Hollywood Reporter.

Arthur is adapted from children's books written by Besson, who also wrote the screenplay for the movie.

Ten-year-old Arthur, in a bid to save his grandfather's house from developers, goes in search of treasure hidden in the land of the Minimoys, a tiny people living in harmony with nature.

Madonna was said to be voicing the part of Princess Selenia, a character who travels with Arthur to a mysterious forbidden city where an evil being dwells.