George Clooney is foxy in new flick

After playing a doctor, a divorce lawyer and a con man, Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney is now playing a heroic fox in a children's film The Fantastic Mr Fox.

After playing a doctor, a divorce lawyer and a con man, Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney is now playing a heroic fox in a children's film The Fantastic Mr Fox.

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The Oscar winner is the voice of a fox who plans revenge on a group of farmers after losing his tail in an ambush with them, in the film based on Roald Dahl's book by the same name, reported Sun online.

While the Ocean's Thirteen star plays Mr Fox, Mrs Fox is played by none other than Meryl Streep, while Bill Murray, Owen Wilson and Adrien Brody play the farmers out to get Mr Fox.

The film is directed by Darjeeling Express director Wes Anderson and will be released in October this year.