Christian Bale is reportedly close to joining the cast of the James Mangold project 3:10 to Yuma. The movie will be a remake of the 1957 western of the same name, that starred Glenn Ford as an outlaw who is being held by a rancher, in a hotel room while awaiting the 3:10 train to Yuma, where the outlaw will be tried. Russell Crowe is already attached to play Ben Wade, Glenn Ford's outlaw role. This suggests that Christian Bale will be cast as Dan Evans, the Rancher who was played by Van Heflin in the original.

The original film's tagline was "The Lonesome Whistle of a Train... bringing the gallows closer to a desperado--the showdown nearer to his captor!" Russell Crowe is a great actor for Christian Bale to work with and I have always wanted to see him in the western genre! This is a very very enticing prospect. Here's hoping it happens!

Source: Hollywood Reporter