Tom Cavanagh joins Yogi Bear December 1, 2009 Yogi Bear finds its Ranger Smith! Tom Cavanagh has signed on to play Ranger Smith in “Yogi Bear,” Warner Bros.’ live- action/CG animated pic that has begun shooting in New Zealand. Cavanagh will join Anna Faris, Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake in the film as the male lead and romantic interest of a documentary filmmaker (Faris) who comes to Jellystone Park to shoot a film. Aykroyd’s voicing the title character and Timberlake his sidekick Boo-Boo in the feature version based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series. Donald De Line and Karen Rosenfelt are producing and Eric Brevig (“Journey to the Center of the Earth”) is directing from a script by Brad Copeland.