Vincent D'Onofrio In Talks To Play The Villain in CHiPS Movie

Thanks in large part to his excellent performance as Kingpin in Daredevil, Vincent D'Onofrio is in high demand right now. He has a part in Jurassic World, and stars as one of the members of The Magnificent Seven in the upcoming remake, and now THR is reporting that he's in negotiations to play another villain, this time in the CHiPs movie adaptation opposite Dax Shepard and Michael Pena.

The film is based on the 1970s TV show about California Highway Patrol officers Jon Baker (Shepard) and Frank "Ponch" Poncherello (Pena), and D'Onofrio will play a former cop who crosses the line of the law to become the ringleader of an exotic car theft organization. Shepard is pulling triple duty here, co-writing the screenplay and also directing. I'm sure the project will benefit from D'Onofrio's talent, but is anyone really clamoring for a CHiPs movie? Hopefully this will be a 21 Jump Street situation, where the final product is much better than anyone gave it credit for during the development process.