Luke Grimes Will Co-Star in THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN Remake

Antoine Fuqua is reuniting with his Training Day and The Equalizer star Denzel Washington for a remake of the classic western The Magnificent Seven, and though this project has been around for years (Tom Cruise and John Travolta were once rumored to star), it sounds like it's finally moving forward. Chris Pratt has signed on to star alongside Ethan Hawke (another Training Day alum), and though Vincent D'Onofrio was initially rumored to be playing the villain, The L.A. Times reports that he's actually playing one of the seven heroes.

Now Variety has another addition to the cast: Luke Grimes, who's had roles in American Sniper, True Blood, and Fifty Shades of Grey. There's no word yet on who exactly he'll play, but if he ends up being one of the seven, then there are only three more left to cast to round out the new rendition of that cinematic team. I'm not super familiar with Grimes' work, but he definitely seems like the odd man out when it comes to this film's casting choices so far.

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 work together to help protect a Mexican village from bandits. Production begins next month, so expect more casting news to hit soon. The Magnificent Seven is slated for release in January of 2017.