Mark Valley has been cast as the title character in FOX's adaptation of the DC comic book Human Target. Valley will play Christopher Chance, a private eye and body guard who impersonates his clients in order to draw out those targeting them.

Valley recently ended a stint on FOX's Fringe, which – like Human Target -- is produced by Warner Bros. Television. The Human Target pilot will be directed by Simon West (Con Air / Tomb Raider). West and Mark Valley previously worked together on Keen Eddie.

This is the second TV pilot for the character, who was played by pop star/actor Rick Springfield in a 1990 version produced for ABC.