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Bon Jovi signs on for film comedy

LOS ANGELES, April 8 (UPI) -- Rock star Jon Bon Jovi has signed on to star in the upcoming Hollywood comedy, "National Lampoon's The Trouble With Frank."

Bon Jovi will play a former attorney who lands in court after using credit cards to fund a get-rich-quick scheme, Daily Variety reported Thursday.

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Lampoon's founder Matty Simmons wrote the script and will produce the film, the trade paper noted.

Simmons sold National Lampoon in 1998, but returned to the company in 2002 as a producer.

Bon Jovi's film credits include "Young Guns II," "Homegrown" and "Pay It Forward" and he also had a role on the television series "Ally McBeal.

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