The cast of director Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven continues to grow today as The Hollywood Reporter brings word that “White Collar” and “The Normal Heart” star Matt Bomer has signed on for a role. He joins Denzel Washington (who took home an Oscar for Fuqua’s Training Day), Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Chris Pratt, The Equalizer‘s Haley Bennett, Boyhood‘s Ethan Hawke, Elite Squad‘s Wagner Moura, Aquaman‘s Jason Momoa, G.I. Joe: Retaliation‘s Byung-hun Lee and “Marvel’s Daredevil” star Vincent D’Onofrio.
Originally drafted by “True Detective” scribe Nic Pizzolatto (since rewritten by The Blind Side‘s John Lee Hancock),The Magnificent Seven will remake the 1960 film directed by John Sturges that itself was inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 classic Seven Samurai. Sturges’ version starred Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn and Robert Vaughn as a group of disparate gunmen who come together to protect a Mexican village from bandits led by Eli Wallach. It led to a number of sequels as well as a CBS television series.
The new film is said to feature a victimized mining town, taken over by a gold baron, rather than the Mexican village of the original. Bomer will, according to the outlet, play the husband of Bennett’s character. He unsuccessfully attempts to stand up to the baron, leading to her pulling together the titular band of heroes.
