Production Weekly reports that Simon West (Tomb Raider) is in talks to direct a reboot of the 1972 Charles Bronson action flick The Mechanic.
Jason Statham is stated to be taking on the lead role in the Shane Salerno-scripted film. It will reimagine the property as a spy thriller in a post-9/11 world.
The ’72 film saw Bronson playing an aging hitman who befriends a young man who wants to be a professional killer.
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