Join Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendez in Herzog's cop drama
NEW YORK -- Val Kilmer and Xzibit are about to have a "Bad" trip.
They're set to join Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendez in Werner Herzog's cop drama "Bad Lieutenant," an update of Abel Ferrara's cult classic.
The original followed the depraved adventures of a corrupt policeman (Harvey Keitel) investigating the rape of a nun. The new film will feature Kilmer as the partner of Cage's crooked cop and Xzibit as a villain.
"Lieutenant" will likely capture the spirit of the original, with the protagonist's drug intake, his accepting sexual favors as bribes and other elements that endeared so many to the 1992 version.
The original's producer, Edward R. Pressman, will produce the new version with Stephen Belafonte, Alan Polsky and Gabe Polsky. Randall Emmett and Cage's Saturn Films also produce. Billy Finkelstein wrote the screenplay, loosely based on Ferrara and Zoe Lund's script. Filming is set to begin later in the summer.
Kilmer is repped by ICM and Affirmative. Xzibit is repped by Paradigm and Management 360.
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