LOS ANGELES : American actor Matt Dillon has signed on to help relaunch Walt Disney Co.'s popular 1970s "Love Bug" film franchise starring a Volkswagen "beetle" with a mind of its own, Daily Variety said on Thursday.
Dillon, 40, will star opposite Michael Keaton and Lindsay Lohan in "Herbie: Fully Loaded," the resuscitated adventures of the lovable bug Herbie, which will begin production in Los Angeles next week, the entertainment daily said.
Disney hopes the movie will cash in on the three-decade-old success of the original Herbie films: "Herbie Rides Again" (1974), "Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo" (1977) and "Herbie Goes Bananas" (1980).
The new film, to be directed by Angela Robinson, tells of the adventures of the world-famous VW in the realm of NASCAR racing, with Dillon as a dashing NASCAR bad boy.
Dillon has previously starred in such hits as the comedy "There's Something About Mary" (1998), opposite Cameron Diaz and Ben Stiller, "Wild Things" (1998) and 1995's "To Die For." - AFP
Dillon, 40, will star opposite Michael Keaton and Lindsay Lohan in "Herbie: Fully Loaded," the resuscitated adventures of the lovable bug Herbie, which will begin production in Los Angeles next week, the entertainment daily said.
Disney hopes the movie will cash in on the three-decade-old success of the original Herbie films: "Herbie Rides Again" (1974), "Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo" (1977) and "Herbie Goes Bananas" (1980).
The new film, to be directed by Angela Robinson, tells of the adventures of the world-famous VW in the realm of NASCAR racing, with Dillon as a dashing NASCAR bad boy.
Dillon has previously starred in such hits as the comedy "There's Something About Mary" (1998), opposite Cameron Diaz and Ben Stiller, "Wild Things" (1998) and 1995's "To Die For." - AFP
...I mean, c'mon. Who thinks of this stuff?
