Danny Huston has signed to star on Dick Wolf's remake of "Dragnet" for ABC and Universal Network Television. Huston will play one of two leads in the revival of the classic cop drama, but Wolf is so far being cagey as to whether the character of Joe Friday, embodied by "Dragnet" creator and star Jack Webb, will be included in the new version. Production on "Dragnet" is set to begin next month in Los Angeles. The series is slated to debut in January in the Monday 9 p.m. slot. "It's very rare to be able to introduce an actor of this caliber to a broadcast audience," Wolf said in announcing the casting. "I'm looking forward to working with Danny for a long time." Huston, the son of legendary film director John Huston, was most recently seen in the indie feature "Ivans xtc." His other credits include 2000's "Timecode" and the 2001 Salma Hayek starrer "Hotel." Huston is repped by ICM and manager Laina Cohn of Arthouse Entertainment.