THE MECHANIC Remake Photos. CBS Films To Distribute

You’ve seen the promo trailer for THE MECHANIC remake starring Jason Statham and Ben Foster. Via comingsoon.net, CBS Films has picked up the U.S. distribution for the film which is planned for a Spring 2011 release. Richard Wenk and Lewis John Carlino wrote the screenplay, it’s a remake of the 1972 action thriller starring Charles Bronson, THE MECHANIC follows an elite hit man (Statham) as he teaches his trade to an apprentice (Foster) who has a connection to one of his previous victims, but then it becomes clear that he’s double-crossed and forced to survive. Directed by Simon West brought us Con Air, The General’s Daughter, and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and then he hid under TV gigs all these years until now, also starring Donald Sutherland. With this info, CBS Films also released 2 photos from the film, check out the second one after this jump..