Bill Murray is Garfield

Bill Murray has signed to voice the role of Garfield the Cat in the upcoming Garfield film for 20th Century Fox. The movie, based on the comic strip, features a sardonic cat who must tolerate the indignity of being saddled with a nebbish owner (Breckin Meyer) and a nitwit dog as housemates.

Drawn by Jim Davis, "Garfield" marks its 25th anniversary on June 19, having debuted in 1978 in 41 U.S. newspapers. Today it is one of the most widely syndicated strips in the world, appearing in 2,570 newspapers in 111 countries.

Helmer Peter Hewitt (Thunderpants) directs the live-action/CGI adaptation, which was penned by Toy Story writers Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow.