Tom Cruise is to get behind the wheel of a racing car again in a remake of cult classic Death Race 2000.

Tom, who met his ex-wife Nicole Kidman whilst making 1990 racing movie Days Of Thunder, will produce and star in "Death Race 3000", a re-working of the 1975 B-Movie starring David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone.

Director Paul Anderson says, "Tom plays Frankenstein, the best driver in the world. But he has that nickname because he's been in so many crashes. He's a little bit beat up. He's a little bit reckless."