Harry Enfield is to play a villain in a new children's movie about a tooth fairy.

The comic will star alongside Stephen Fry in the British film Tooth.

He will play an evil fairy hunter opposite Fry's guardian of the fairies.

The plot revolves around a tooth fairy called Tooth who has to find the fairy queen in the human world ­ otherwise Christmas will be at risk.

Ex-football star Vinnie Jones will also appear, as The Extracto.r

Shooting has just started at Pinewood Studios, and the film is expected to be released in time for Christmas.

It is produced by Redbus Pictures, the team that was responsible for Bend It Like Beckham.