Ryan Reynolds Eyes Remake Of Clint Eastwood & Jeff Bridges 1974 Pic ‘Thunderbolt & Lightfoot’

We can confirm that a remake of the hit 1974 United Artists action-comedy Thunderbolt & Lightfoot is in works at Amazon MGM Studios with Deadpool & Wolverine‘s Ryan Reynolds looking to star and produce under his Maximum Effort banner.

Shane Reid is directing. Reynolds is currently working on the script with writers Enzo Mileti and Scott Wilson.

The original dark comedy heist movie was written and directed by the late Michael Cimino. In fact, it was Cimino’s feature directorial debut. Pic follows a bank robber and his irreverent sidekick who reassemble their old posse for a daring new heist.

Unadjusted for inflation, the movie made $21.7M back in the day. Bridges notched a supporting actor Oscar nom for the movie. Robert Daley produced the pic.