There have been many a big screen reboot of classic t.v. shows, Starsky and Hutch, The Dukes of Hazard, and the upcoming The Equalizer to name just three, and while some of them should have stayed on the small screen, that doesn't stop Hollywood from green lighting the next one. Which brings us nicely to CHiPS, which Deadline report to be slated to go ahead at Warner Bros. with Dax Shepard (Hit and Run) attached to write, direct, and star. Following the adventures of two California motor cycle cops, Shepard has signed onto the role of Officer Jon Baker, originally played by Larry Wilcox, and Michael Pena will step into the shoes of Erik Estrada's Frank 'Ponch' Poncherello. While most of these big screen reboots have been comedies slyly aware of their small screen roots, word is CHiPS will be a buddy cop movie in the vein of Lethal Weapon or Bad Boys. And since Shepard is a professional race car and motor cycle, doing most of his own stunts in Hit and Run, expect that to come into play in his vision of CHiPs as well.
