'CHiPs' Movie Casting Vincent D'Onofrio as Villain
Vincent D’Onofrio, coming off his buzz-generating performance as a villain in Netflix’s Daredevil, is in negotiations to play the bad guy in CHiPs, Warner Bros.' big-screen take on the classic 1970s cop show.
Dax Shepard and Michael Pena are inhabiting the roles of the motorcycling police officers and best friends Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, with Shepard also serving as director and screenplay co-writer. (Paul Kaplan and Mark Torgove wrote the previous draft.)
Plot details are being kept holstered, but it does involve an exotic-car theft ring.
D’Onofrio will play the auto-stealing ringleader, a ruthless former cop.
Andrew Panay is producing. Jesse Ehrman and Nik Mavinkurve are overseeing for the studio.
D’Onofrio spent ten years starring in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and when the show wrapped in 2011 slowly entered the feature world. But it’s only recently that he’s become a wanted man, partly due to his memorable performance as criminal underworld leader Wilson Fisk in Daredevil, the Marvel Studios TV show that hit Netflix in April.
He’s since bagged a leading role in The Magnificent Seven remake with Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt and will be seen in Jurassic World (also with Pratt).
He is repped by UTA, Silver Lining Entertainment and Hansen Jacobson.
Jane Kaczmarek Joins Dax Shepard, Michael Pena in 'CHiPs' Movie
Jane Kaczmarek has joined the cast of CHiPs, Warner Bros.’ big-screen adaptation of the classic 1970s television series.
Dax Shepard is directing the movie, currently in production, and starring with Michael Pena as the motorcycling police officers and best friends Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello.
The plot of the movie revolves around a stolen car ring and has Vincent D’Onofrio, who appeared in Jurassic World and was the villain in Netflix’s Daredevil series, as the bad guy.
Also on the roll call are Adam Brody, Kristen Bell and Rosa Salazar among others.
Kaczmarek will play the police captain to our lovable rule-bending, envelope-pushing cops.
The actress is best known for starring in TV’s Malcolm in the Middle, which garnered her seven Emmy nominations over the course of its seven seasons. She most recently appeared on USA’s Playing House.
Dax Shepard Teases "Off-Beat," R-Rated 'CHiPs' Remake at Film in California Conference
The iconic CHiPs television series starring Erik Estrada and Robert Pine took over televisions all across the United States for six seasons in the late 70s and early 80s. So, when actor Dax Shepard announced he would be sitting in the director's chair to reboot it for the big screen, it took many by surprise.
"People like branded content in their movies. They only seem to leave their house to see a Lego [film] or a Marvel movie," Shepard said, explaining his decision to adapt the beloved show into a film. "Because people have awareness to that. The movie is very off-beat and a hard R and we thought it worked best as an event you would go leave your house to see."
Shepard was joined onstage at the Film in California Conference on Saturday with the film's producer Andrew Panay, Warner Brothers evp, physical production and finance chief Ravi Mehta, location manager Rick Schuler and California Highway Patrol sergeant Manuel "Manny Gill," who is a technical advisor to the film.
On working with the patrol team, Shepard shared that he and co-star Michael Pena "really tested their patience at times. They let us drive like maniacs and never gave us a ticket. I'm not going to jail!"
He jokingly told Gill, "We aim to make five of these so ... to ruin your life is the goal."
Such scenes where Shepard very well deserved a ticket were shot in California cities including Long Beach, Santa Ana, Anaheim, Irvine and Pamona. "We were all over the California map," added Schuler.
When Shepard thinks of the iconic television series CHiPs, he remembers it by three elements: "It had motorcycle action, a cast you love and it had California." The film remake will be no different, Shepard teased, "California is one of the main stars."
As for the film's budget, Shepard joked, "I can tell you this, it wasn't nearly enough to make the movie. We had a very modest budget. That's why the California incentive was imperative."
And as for the incentive for moviegoers to see the film? "I took off all my clothes!" Shepard said, adding that there may be appearances from some familiar faces, like Estrada. "It's a surprise."
The last question that needed to be answered about the remake, which is slated to hit theaters in 2017, was addressed by an audience member: "Does Ponch dance?"
Shepard replied, "We dance on motorcycles I was expecting that question from a female, but anyways..."
Not interested and did not like the original show.
Oh, come on! It had main characters who rode cool Kawasakis in every episode!
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Normally, that wouldn't do anything for me, but Dax Shepard's "Hit & Run" was a really underrated action/comedy. Hopefully this is of the same quality.
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