Last summer, we brought you a report from a normally reliable source that Robert Downey Jr. (The Avengers) had signed on to voice the floppy eared, bespectacled canine Mr. Peabody in DreamWorks Animation‘s forthcoming CG Animated film, Mr. Peabody & Sherman.,

Now, straight from the studio comes the news that Emmy Award™ winner Ty Burrell (Modern Family) will provide the voice for Mr. Peabody, who uses The WABAC Machine (pronounced Wayback ) to travel through time. The machine was constructed by Mr. Peabody as a birthday gift for his “pet boy” Sherman, so that they could visit famous historical events.

The studio has also announced that Max Charles (The Amazing Spider-Man, The Three Stooges) has joined the cast of the Rob Minkoff (Stuart Little, The Lion King) directed project as the voice of Peabody’s “pet boy” Sherman.

Mister Peabody and his pet boy Sherman originally appeared in a cartoon segment entitled “Peabody’s Improbable History”, which was an ongoing feature of the 1960′s cartoon series The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.

Peabody’s Improbable History – Ponce De Leon
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Synopsis:

Based on Jay Ward’s classic cartoon, Mr. Peabody is the world’s smartest person who happens to be a dog. When his “pet” boy Sherman uses their time traveling WABAC machine without permission, events in history spiral out of control to disastrous and comical results. It’s up to this most unexpected of father-son teams to somehow put things back on track before the space-time continuum is irreparably destroyed.

Mr. Peabody and Sherman is slated to hit theaters on March 14th, 2014.