Ethan Hawke and Denzel Washington are set to star in the remake of the movie "Magnificent Seven', says MGM. According to Variety Magazine, Hawke is in the final negotiations to star in the movie, and looks like all is set with regards to the cast of the movie.

The movie, which will be directed by Antoine Fuqua, will also star Chris Pratt and Haley Bennett.

The movie is a remake of a 1960 original, which itself is a remake of the movie "Seven Samurai' directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen. The movie was based on on seven gunslingers who protect an oppressed Mexican village from a group of outlaws.

The original movie, by the same name, starred Steve McQueen, Yul Brynner, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, and Robert Vaughn. The movie tells the story of a world set in the American Old West, and tells the story of town controlled by hostile bandits. A woman, whose role will be played by Bennett, hires a group of thugs to save the place.

The script was recently reworked upon by by John Lee Hancock, along with Nic Pizzolatto, the creator of the popular TV series, "True Detective', according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The trio of Hawke, Wahington, and Fuqua, previously worked on the movie "Training Day'. The movie grossed around grossed $76 million in the United States, according to BoxOfficeMojo. The movie also earned them Oscar nominations with Washington bagging the Oscar. With these statistics at hand, MGM is hoping the upcoming movie will do equally well.