series season number previous previousN/A Air date Written by Directed by Curious George is a 2006 American traditionally animated adventure family comedy film based on the book series by H.A. & Margret Rey. It stars Will Ferrell, Drew Barrymore, Dick Van Dyke, David Cross, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright, & Frank Welker as the title character. Matthew O'Callaghan directed (after replacing Jun Falkenstein). It features new songs by Jack Johnson. This project had been under development at Imagine Entertainment for a long time, dating back at least as long ago as 1992 (& possibly many years before this). The screenplay was written by Ken Kaufman, with a story by Kaufman & Mike Werb. Although it's a traditionally animated film, about 20% of it takes place in 3D environments that were computer-ge