According to The Hollywood Reporter, Neil is in negotiations to lend his voice to “Rio”, from the team behind the Ice Age movies, alongside Anne Hathaway and Rodrigo Santoro. It will follow “the adventures of a nerdy macaw who lights out from his small-town Minnesota cage for the exotic Summer Olympic city of Rio de Janeiro”, and is currently set for release on April 8, 2011.

Fox declined to confirm casting at this stage.