Simon West to Direct The Mechanic Remake
In the 1972 film, which Winkler and Chartoff also produced, Charles Bronson played a hitman who takes the son of one of his victims under his wing. Jason Statham will be taking on the Bronson role in the remake.
Pre-rights to the film were recently on the block at the Berlin Film Festival last February.
The Mechanic was released January 28th, 2011 and stars Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Tony Goldwyn, Donald Sutherland, Jeff Chase, Mini Anden, James Logan, Eddie J. Fernandez. The film is directed by Simon West.
Sources: Variety
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Illuminati
Sounds like the kinda thing Statham can manage with little effort. Good.
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Illuminati
i think Charles Bronson WAS the actual 'mechanic' in the 72 film.
The guy has the same look whether you told him he won the lottery OR his mom died!
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Jefferson
Yeah Movieweb, stop reporting on sh*t that Newpus200 has already read.
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Newkill3000
I've already read this movieweb. Put up new sh*t.
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DaleJr88AmpFan
this was a damn good film from back in the day-1972-Charles Bronson was great at playing tough guy roles in the 70's-Jason Statham is perfect for this role-hopefully it will tun out to be a good remake of a classic film
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Shelley
Never saw the original, but it sounds good.
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