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Seven Join Cage in Herzog's BAD LIEUTENANT
By: Jarrod SarafinDate: Thursday, July 03, 2008
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Seven new additions have hopped aboard Werner Herzog's upcoming remake of the 1992 cult classic Bad Lieutenant, says The Hollywood Reporter. Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Coolidge, Vondie Curtis Hall, Shawn Hatosy, Denzel Whitaker and Xzibit are joining Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Shea Wigham, Katie Chonacas (Righteous Kill) and Brad Dourif in the remake of the Abel Ferrara cop drama.
Nu Image/Millennium's project will feature the company's Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short and Boaz Davidson as executive producers, along with Elliot Rosenblatt and Alessandro Camon. Randall Emmett and Cage's Saturn Films also produce. Filming is set to begin later in the summer.
Plot Concept: The original followed the depraved adventures of a corrupt policeman (Harvey Keitel) investigating the rape of a nun. The new film will feature Cage as the titular crooked cop and capture the spirit of the original, with the protagonist's drug intake, accepting sexual favors as bribes and other elements that endeared so many to the 1992 version. The new film will feature Kilmer as Cage's partner, while Xzibit will play a villain.
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