Jason Statham, The Mechanic?

According to a Twitter alert from Production Weekly, Jason Statham is slated to star in a remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson movie The Mechanic.PW adds that director Simon West (Con Air and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) is in talks to direct the remake.The IMDB claims the new Mechanic will be revamped as a post-9/11 spy film for Rambo V production company Millennium Films. Statham is currently shooting Millennium's The Expendables.
For more info on the original: The Mechanic.

[via IGN.com]