Matt Dillon to star in 'Old Dogs'

Published: June 25, 2007 at 3:09 PM

LOS ANGELES, June 25 (UPI) -- Actor Matt Dillon is preparing to join Robin Williams and John Travolta in Los Angeles for the shooting of Walt Disney Pictures comedy "Old Dogs."

Dillon is in final negotiations to star as the ultraconservative head of a summer camp that thinks that Travolta and Williams's characters are a gay couple, said the Hollywood reporter Monday.

The film, about a divorced father of 6-year-old twins and his womanizing best friend/business partner, will be directed by Walt Becker.

In the film, Travolta and Williams have their hands full when they are forced to care for the kids for two weeks. In comes Dillon as the camp leader, Barry, who keeps a close eye on the two men, thinking that they are a gay couple who adopted the children.

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