Jackie Chan set for 'Spy' comedy

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Chinese film star Jackie Chan has signed up for the lead role in the new big-screen action-comedy, "The Spy Next Door."

The Hollywood Reporter said the movie is to be directed by Brian Levant, whose films include

"Problem Child 2," "The Flintstones," "Snow Dogs" and "Are We There Yet?"

Chan will play a guy who gets more than he bargains for when he arrives to baby-sit his neighbor's children, then has to fight off secret agents when one of his charges mistakenly downloads a secret code on a computer.

Among Chan's film credits are the "Rush Hour" trilogy, "Shanghai Noon," "The Forbidden Kingdom" and "The Shinjuku Incident."