Chris Pratt is circling a role in MGM’s remake of the classic western The Magnificent Seven, according to Deadline. Pratt will join Denzel Washington who is already attached to the project. Pratt is hot property in Hollywood now, being fresh off The LEGO Movie and Guardians of the Galaxy, and with Jurassic World up next.
The studio has previously tried to make The Magnificent Seven a few years back with Tom Cruise starring and a script from True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto. John Lee Hannock was then brought on board to re-write, and the film is going ahead with Antoine Fuqua directing.
The Magnificent Seven was released in 1960 and starred Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronsan and others as gunslingers who protect a Mexican village from attackers. It is itself a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai.
As of yet the remake has no official release date, but it looking to start production next year.
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Originally published December 4, 2014. Updated April 12, 2018.
