Jason Statham to star in 'Mechanic' remake?

Jason Statham (currently onscreen in "Crank: High Voltage") is apparently in talks to star in a reinvention of Michael Winner's 1972 action thriller "The Mechanic," according to Production Weekly's Twitter feed. Simon West, whose credits include "Con Air," "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" and the remake of "When a Stranger Calls," is in negotiations to direct the film.

The original "Mechanic" starred Charles Bronson as a gifted hit man who takes on an apprentice (Jan-Michael Vincent) and teaches him everything he knows before getting ready to retire. At first, everything goes pretty well, until the apprentice's cocky attitude and ruthlessness causes quite the tricky situation between the two men.