Tom Hanks has agreed to voice a character in the new animated film The Ant Bully.

The film, based on the book of the same name, tells the story of a boy who floods an ant colony with his water pistol.

The boy then gets magically shrunk down to ant size and made to do hard labour in their world reports The Sun online.

Nicolas Cage, Julia Roberts, Paul Giamatti, Meryl Streep, and Lily Tomlin will also voice characters in the film.

The Ant Bully is due to be released next summer.

Source: Press Release