Vin Diesel to star in `Kojak` movie

London: ‘Fast and Furious’ star Vin Diesel is to resurrect hit 1970s TV cop show `Kojak` for the big screen.

The 45-year-old has signed up to play the hit detective, made famous by Telly Savalas, reported Sun Online. Ex-show star Kevin Dobson, who played Kojak`s partner Bobby Crocker, said, "Vin will do a great job." Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, two members of the writing team for `Skyfall`, have been set to pen the movie for Universal pictures. `Kojak` ran for five seasons and 125 episodes from 1973 to 1978. Another television adaptation was given a try back in 2005 with Ving Rhames in the lead, but that attempt only lasted one season. PTI