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Posted: Mon., Mar. 27, 2006, 9:00pm PT

Walken finds his 'Fury'

Thesp juggles 'Balls'

Christopher Walken is set to star alongside Dan Fogler in "Balls of Fury," the pingpong comedy written by "Reno 911" creators Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant.

Garant will direct for Rogue Films. Pic shoots in June.

Walken plays Fang, an evil crime lord who is also a pingpong enthusiast. Fogler, the Tony-winning star of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," plays a disgraced player enlisted by the CIA to join a tournament held in Fang's lair. Lennon plays the comeback kid's East German nemesis.

Spyglass' Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber and Jonathan Glickman produce with Lennon and Garant. Derek Evans is exec producer.

Walken will next be seen in the Adam Sandler comedy "Click," and he just completed the Barry Levinson-directed "Man of the Year" with Robin Williams. He's currently shooting "We Own the Night" with Mark Wahlberg and Joaquin Phoenix.


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