Delightful person Kristen Bell joins CHiPs movie

There’s no word yet of what role she’ll play in the film, beyond that of delightful actor that makes us all somewhat more likely to consider seeing this. CHiPs will star Shepard and Michel Peña as the California Highway Patrol officers who ride motorcycles and fight crime, in that order. Peña takes over the role of “Ponch” originated by Erik Estrada, while Shepard steps into Larry Wilcox’s shoes to play Jon Baker, even though it would immediately be more interesting if they switched characters. The rest of the cast includes Adam Brody, Rosa Salazar, and Vincent D’Onofrio, the last of whom plays the film’s villain, a task at which he’s been absolutely crushing it lately.

According to /Film, D’Onofrio is playing the head of an exotic car theft ring who “also happens to be a ruthless former cop,” which is called dramatic irony. Hopefully, either Shepard or Peña will get to say to him at some point, “You’ve changed, man. You used to be about the job.” Then D’Onofrio can pull out Bell, put a gun to her head, and say, “Now drop the weapons, or beloved and endearing actor Kristen Bell gets it!” That’s a plot twist freebie for you, Shepard.