Director Rob Cohen will be helming "Medieval" for New Regency and has backed out of the option of reteaming with Vin Diesel on "XXX: The Return of Xander Cage"
New Regency will finance and distribute the film via Fox. They picked up the spec script by Alex Litvak and Michael Finch in an $800,000 against $1.6 million deal. McG ("Terminator Salvation") will additionally be involved as a producer on the project.
Cohen calls "Medieval" "The Magnificent Seven" in the Middle Ages. Cohen last helmed "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" starring Brendan Fraser, Jet Li and Maria Bello.