Seven Samurai Remake Has Found It's Director

British helmer Scott Mann has signed on to direct a remake of Japanese pic "Seven Samurai," which is being produced by the Weinstein Co. and Japan's Kurosawa Prods.

Pic, which has an estimated budget of $60 million, will be a contempo interpretation of the 1954 original.

It centers on a town in Northern Thailand that recruits seven paramilitary contractors from around the globe to defend it from an imminent attack.

Mann, who most recently helmed Robert Carlyle and Ving Rhames starrer "The Tournament" -- which gained cult status on both sides of the pond -- will help TWC develop the screenplay, which they hope to shoot later this year.

Scribe John Fusco ("The Forbidden Kingdom," "Young Guns") has been also been developing the project at TWC for 18 months.

Mann recently announced several projects in development under his expanding Mann Made Films banner with U.K. producing partner James Edward Barker, including horror pic "Saint Mary's" with helmer Michael Bassett ("Silent Hill 3D") attached.

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Source-Variety