Aaron Carter, Dania Ramirez, Nick Zano, Derek Watkins and Alice Greczyn have joined the cast of 20th Century Fox's live-action "Fat Albert" for helmer Joel Zwick. Shooting in Los Angeles on the Paramount Pictures back lot, the project is based on the stand-up comedy monologues of Bill Cosby about his childhood in Philadelphia and the cartoon "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids." The John Davis-produced film is toplined by "Saturday Night Live" regular Kenan Thompson alongside Shedrack Anderson III as Ruby, Jermaine Williams as Mushmouth, Keith Robinson as Bill, Alphonso McAuley as Bucky, Aaron Frazier as Old Weird Harold, Marques Houston as Dumb Donald, Kyla Pratt as Doris, former B2K member Omarion as Reggie and J Mack Slaughter as Arthur.

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