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Denzel Washington to appear in remake of 1974 thriller
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Tuesday, 25 Sep 2007
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After collaborating on Crimson Tide, Man on Fire and Deja Vu, Oscar winner Denzel Washington will reteam with director Tony Scott for the fourth time on a remake of the 1974 thriller The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.
Entertainment Weekly first reported, and Variety has since confirmed, that Washington is in negotiations to star in the Columbia project. David Koepp penned the screeplay for production company Escape Artists.
The 1974 film starred Walter Matthau as sardonic transit cop Lt. Zachary Garber, who is pitted against a quartet of unidentified gunmen (led by Robert Shaw) that have hijacked a subway train. They demand that a $1 million dollar ransom be paid within an hour or they'll kill one passenger per minute until it is. Garber must work fast -- despite political pressure -- to piece together the hijackers' identities and foil their scheme. Pelham was remade in 1998 as a TV movie starring Edward James Olmos and Vincent D'Onofrio.
Denzel will play "Zachary 'Z' Garber" in the film, which starts filming in early 2008.
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