Kilmer joins forces with "The Bad Lieutenant"

The producers of the forthcoming "Bad Lieutenant" remake seem hell bent on cramming as much 'troublesome' talent into their film as humanly possible. Not content with the fact that infamous director Werner Herzog is helming this one, and that Nicolas Cage is playing the titular cop, but now sparks will really fly as Val Kilmer steps on set to play Cage's partner! The egos have landed, taken off, performed a 'fly-by' and landed again on this one!

Kilmer ("Batman Forever", "Heat"), will join a plethora of stars who have signed up for Herzog's re-imagining of Abel Ferrara's 1992 cult classic. Fairuza Balk ("Almost Famous"), Jennifer Coolidge ("American Pie") and Xzibit (next to be seen in "The X-Files: I Want to Believe") have all put their names to this project and will join Cage and his "Ghost Rider" co-star Eva Mendes.

The original "Bad Lieutenant" focused on the misdemeanours of a corrupt policeman (Harvey Keitel) investigating the sexual assault of a nun. The new film will feature Cage as the crooked cop in question and should, given Herzog's previous on the visceral "Rescue Dawn", be in keeping with the graphic and hard-edged feel of the '92 original.