MUMBAI: The Oscar winner is updating the 1972 western that starred John Wayne, Bruce Dern and a pack of young'uns who are tasked with handling a long cattle drive.

Tommy Lee Jones will write and direct The Cowboys, with Donald De Line producing and Lynn Harris overseeing for Warner Bros. The remake will be Jones' next project after The Homesman, a frontier drama he co-wrote, directed, produced and stars in.

No word on whether he'll appear in the Cowboys redo.