The director being lined up is Antoine Fuqua and, considering his credentials directing gritty crime actioners Training Day and The Equalizer, the American filmmaker seems like a good fit.
The director is no stranger to remakes having directed a version of classic western The Magnificent Seven which will open this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
This new version – again, like the two before it, being lined up by Universal – will, according to Deadline, translate the same plot to a contemporary Los Angeles setting.