NEW DELHI: Actor Matt Bomer, who starred in films like The Normal Heart, Magic Mike and White Collar is reportedly joining the cast of MGM’s The Magnificent Seven, which is being directed by Antoine Fuqua.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie, which is due to release on 13 January, 2017, is a remake of the 1960 movie by the same name. Bomer will be joining the likes of Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Wagner Moura, Haley Bennett and Jason Momoa, who have also been cast in the movie.

John Lee Hancock and Nic Pizzolatto have penned the movie’s script. The report mentions that the story of the new version kicks off when a woman (Bennett) hires a disparate group of gunslingers to protect her town from rampaging bandits that are led by a robber baron. Bomer is set to be play the woman’s husband, a man who tries to stand up to the robber baron.

Roger Birnbaum and Todd Black are producing the movie, while Walter Mirisch and Fuqua are executive producers.

The MGM remake of The Magnificent Seven will be set in a victimised mining town, taken over by a gold baron, rather than the Mexican village, which is periodically raided by bandits.