Ethan Hawke Joins THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN Remake

A Training Day reunion is brewing.

Variety reports that Ethan Hawke is joining his former co-star Denzel Washington in director Antoine Fuqua's remake of the western The Magnificent Seven. Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt is also on board, along with The Equalizer's Haley Bennett.

True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto wrote the initial draft of the screenplay, and since then John Lee Hancock has rewritten it. The original movie followed a group of seven gunfighters who help protect a Mexican village from bandits. It's a classic that featured some of the best actors working at the time (along with one of the best themes ever), and it seems like Fuqua is aiming high for his remake. It should be fun to see Pratt mix it up with the veteran actors. I can easily see Hawke and Washington as two of the grizzled good guys, but wouldn't it be fun if Pratt was playing the leader of the bandits instead of one of the heroes?

This is one remake I'm actually looking forward to, and I'd be interested to hear what you all think in the comments below.