Neil Marshall has told Empire Magazine that he will direct a remake of the classic British TV series, The Professionals.
In a yap with the movie mag he said: "They deal with anti-terrorism, assassinations, political intrigue. The slogan, or kind of the tagline for the film, is 'Fight fire with fire' and that was their whole thing... Primarily, it's going to be an exciting movie, but there's an inherent political angle on the story. We want to contemporise it but keep everything that made the original great, just turn it into a real wham-bam rip-roaring adventure movie."
Strong words, and Marshall is certainly a capable director having banged out Dog Soliders and The Descent - two much-loved cult flicks- but his last two films, Centurion and Doomsday, really weren't up to scratch. Expect every British actor with an inkling for action to be linked to both the roles.