James Mangold remaking Icelandic thriller CITY SLATE

James Mangold is set to direct another new project aside from the X-Men spinoff sequel The Wolverine with Hugh Jackman. Deadline reports that he has signed on to direct a remake of the Icelandic crime thriller City State. Mangold and his Tree Line Films partner Cathy Konrad will produce with Danny Sherman and Josh Kesslman of Principal Entertainment.

The original film was written and directed by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson. City State is set in the Icelandic underworld and "deals with four people whose lives intersect when a foreign mafia decides to take control of the Icelandic drug market. There is a crooked police captain in love with a prostitute, an aging crime boss with a heart condition looking to get out of the game alive, a mechanic determined to avenge the death of his unborn child, and a female cop who is attacked by thugs and takes matters into her own hands.:

This sounds pretty cool, I enjoy films that have intersecting story lines. Mangold is a great director and this will be a nice change from Wolverine for him. What are your thoughts?

Check out the trailer for the original film: