Pop star Madonna, wearing a Diane Von Furstenberg dress, speaks during a 'Spirituality for Kids' event, at the Kabbalah International Conference, held at the Intercontinental Hotel, in Tel Aviv, Israel in this Sunday, Sept 19, 2004 file photo. (AP)

Madonna will head the voice cast of the big-budget animated film "Arthur," directed by Luc Besson, sources close to the movie told the Hollywood Reporter.

"Arthur" is adapted from a series of children's books written by Besson, who also wrote the screenplay for the movie.

Ten-year-old Arthur, in a bid to save his grandfather's house from developers, goes in search of treasure hidden in the land of the Minimoys, a tiny people living in harmony with nature.

Madonna was said to be voicing the part of Princess Selenia, a character who travels with Arthur to a mysterious forbidden city where an evil being dwells.

The film, scheduled for a 2006 release, will include some live-action sequences . 

(Agencies)

cast : the actors in a play（演員表）

sequence: film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie（電影的情節；片斷）