Hugh Gets Around

Hugh Grant is to star alongside Chinese martial arts movie man, Jackie Chan, in a remake of Around The World In Eighty Days.

In an update from the 1956 original, Grant will play adventurer Phileas Fogg, while Chan will play his eccent

Chan said: "I'm very excited about working with Hugh."

The £60m film, which is about a Victorian man who bets that he and his butler can circle the globe in 80 days, is due to go into production in January.