Variety is reporting that Jeff Bridges is in discussions with Paramount to star in a remake of “True Grit” that Joel and Ethan Coen are heading. Bridges would play the role that John Wayne did in the 1969 original film, which follows a 14-year-old girl who tags along with an aging U.S. marshal, Rooster Cogburn, to track down the outlaw that killed her father.

Bridges last worked with the Coens in the cult hit “The Big Lebowski” in 1998. The picture reunites the Coens with their “No Country for Old Men” producing partner Scott Rudin.

No other information on the project has been released yet.

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By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Variety.com)