Christopher Walken is set to star alongside Dan Fogler in "Balls of Fury," the pingpong comedy written by "Reno 911" creators Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant reports Variety.

Walken plays Fang, an evil crime lord who is also a pingpong enthusiast. Fogler plays a disgraced player enlisted by the CIA to join a tournament held in Fang's lair. Lennon plays the comeback kid's East German nemesis.

Garant will direct for Rogue Films. Filming begins in June.