Sidney Lumet has adapted and will direct "The Set-Up," based on the Robert Wise 1949 RKO classic that starred Robert Ryan, reports Variety.
Benjamin Bratt and James Gandolfini attached to star and Halle Berry in talks to join them.
"The Set-Up" centers on a 35-year-old professional boxer whose glory days have passed. The mob demands that he throw a big fight for a cash reward but he's unwilling to accept defeat, as a boxer and as a man. He manages to win the fight and to reaffirm his love for his long-time girlfriend.
Gandolfini would play the role of a former Vegas hotel manager, also in love with the fighter's girlfriend.
The producers hope to lense the pic in Gotham and Atlantic City, where the big fight takes place.