Enchanted director Kevin Lima signed on to helm the DreamWorks Animation musical Monkeys of Mumbai; joining an impressive pool of talent.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lima joined producers Lisa Stewart and Chris Chase as well as writers Gurinder Chadha and Paul Berges (Bride & Prejudice and Bend It Like Beckham), lyricist Stephen Schwartz (Wicked) and composer A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire) on the tale based on the Indian epic Ramayana, about a man battling a demon who’s kidnapped his wife.
“Ever since Enchanted, I’ve been looking for a film musical,” Lima told The Hollywood Reporter. “When DreamWorks Animation approached me with the prospect of doing a Bollywood musical with such renowned collaborators, I knew this was the one.”

In addition to Enchanted, Lima also directed 102 Dalmatians, Tarzan and A Goofy Movie.

Up next for Lima are the the comic fantasy Waterproof, the Tom Thumb adventure Thumb, Frank, a comedy about a female med school student who assembles a friend out of the school’s instructional cadavers and a family adventure based on the popular Hasbro board game Candy Land.