Having dealt with weapons in American Sniper, Luke Grimes should be used to being around gunslingers. That should come in handy, as Antoine Fuqua has added him to the cast of his remake of** The Magnificent Seven.
The ensemble so far includes Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Chris Pratt, Haley Bennett and Vincent D’Onofrio. The movie will once more see a small town – in this case built around a gold mine – threatened by a ruthless baron (D’Onofrio) and his gang of thugs. When they kill several people in their attempt to take the place over, a young widow (Bennett) hires a bounty hunter (Washington) to dispatch the bad guys, supplying him with the necessary funds to hire six gunmen to help him in his mission. Which is where Pratt, Hawke and others come into play. We’d guess that Grimes is another of the seven brought in.
John Lee Hancock and True Detective’s Nic Pizzolatto are among those who have contributed to the screenplay, adapted from the classic** Seven Samurai**, which became the first crack at a Magnificent Seven in 1960. Fuqua’s version recently locked in a January 2017 release across the pond and in the UK.
Grimes, who was also seen in Fifty Shades Of Grey, has several movies awaiting release including equal rights drama Freeheld, which also stars Ellen Page, Steve Carell and Julianne Moore.