Mel Gibson will co-write and direct a remake of Sam Peckinpah's classic 1969 Western The Wild Bunch.
Warner Bros. on Monday confirmed that Gibson will helm the production, with Bryan Bagby to co-write the script with him.
It will be Gibson's first time directing since his 2016 World War II drama Hacksaw Ridge, for which Gibson earned a best directing Oscar nomination.
Hacksaw Ridge was nominated for six Academy Awards including best picture.
The Oscar reception was seen by some as a comeback for Gibson in Hollywood years after he pleaded no contest in 2011 to spousal battery of his former girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva.
In 2006, he went on an anti-Semitic tirade while being arrested on suspicion of drunk driving.
No production start or release date for The Wild Bunch was announced. Gibson is first prepping a World War II drama to star Mark Wahlberg.
Australian Associated Press
