Dwight Howard will play a cartoon turkey in a movie

Los Angeles Lakers star Dwight Howard has found something to keep him busy during the off season. He has joined the voice cast of Relativity and Reel FX’s Free Birds. He plays Cold Turkey, one of the Wild Turkeys that Jake (voiced by Woody Harrelson) and Reggie (voiced by Owen Wilson) meet when they travel back in time to try and get turkeys off the Thanksgiving Day menu.

And here's the rather grating "audition reel" put together with some other Relativity clients, including Dez Bryant, Shawn Marion, and Michael Crabtree: