Los Angeles: `Men in Black` star Tommy Lee Jones is headed to the director`s chair with the remake of John Wayne`s 1972 movie `The Cowboys` for Warner Bros.
Jones will write and direct the project which will be a follow-up to his second directorial venture `The Homesman`, reported TheWrap.
The original film starred Wayne and Bruce Dern and followed the story of a rancher whose cattle drivers abandon his herd to look for gold, prompting him to train a group of boys for the job so he can avoid financial ruin.
Jones was last seen in Steven Spielberg`s `Lincoln`, `Men in Black 3` and `Hope Springs`.
He has teamed up with Robert De Niro in `The Family`, slated to release on September 13.
Jones` `The Homesman` Meryl Streep and Hilary Swank.
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First Published: Friday, September 6, 2013, 17:10
