Vin Diesel to Star in Film Adaptation of ‘Kojak’

Vin Diesel on the set of “The Fast and the Furious 6″ in Silver Lake, California on December 2, 2012.

*Universal Pictures is prepping a film adaptation of the 70s TV series “Kojak,” with Vin Diesel in the title role and producing with Samantha Vincent for their Universal-based One Race Films.

Telly Savalas played tough-talking, bald-headed cop the on the CBS series, which ran from 1973-78.

Screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade will re-imagine and contemporize it for the big screen, reports Deadline.com. Purvis & Wade are coming off “Skyfall,” which is nearing $1 billion in worldwide box office, and they wrote the previous four Bond films, including “Casino Royale,” “Quantum Of Solace” and “Die Another Day.”