According to The Hollywood Reporter, MGM+ announced that it is moving forward with the remake of the 1960 classic western film The Magnificent Seven. The original film was produced by The Mirisch Company and released by United Artists, which is now part of MGM.

“Set in the tumultuous 1880s American frontier, The Magnificent Seven is a reimagining of the classic Western tale. After a peaceful Quaker village is massacred by mercenaries working for a greedy and ruthless land baron trying to force them off the land he covets, seven gifted but flawed mercenaries are hired by the community to protect them from the land baron’s hired guns,” the synopsis reads via The Hollywood Reporter. “But as the team embeds itself in the community, preparing to defend them against overwhelming odds, they are all forced to grapple with an essential question: Is the use of violence acceptable to defend a people whose faith is based on non-violence?

“Tim Kring is a master storyteller,” Michael Wright (Hollywood Black, Hotel Cocaine), head of MGM+, said in a statement via The Hollywood Reporter. “Tim, Donald De Line , Larry Mirisch and Bruce Kaufman have crafted a series that delivers the energy of a classic western, honors the legacy of the original film, and reasserts its timeless themes of the power of unity against oppression and flawed heroes finding redemption by helping those who can’t help themselves.”

As per The Hollywood Reporter, Tim Kring (Crossing Jordan, Heroes Reborn) will write and executive-produce his streaming version. Donald De Line (Don’t Make Me Go, Observe and Report), Lawrence Mirisch (In Memory Of, Herowork) and Bruce Kaufman (Five Angry Women, Untitled Grateful Dead Musical Project) will also executive produce. The series is produced by MGM+ Studios and MGM Television Studios. The production for the series will begin in June 2026. The series will be available on MGM+ in the U.S., UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Chile.