Sony Pictures and Escape Artists are looking to adapt the 1980s television series into a new feature film, reported Digital Spy online. Refn, director of &quot;Drive&quot; and &quot;Bronson&quot;, has been offered the chance to helm the new version. <img alt="Denzel Washington" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/dec/Denzel.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 724px;" /> Denzel Washington Washington is attached to star, and the script has been written by Richard Wenk, who is currently working on the screen play for the live-action Masters of the Universe adaptation. The original TV series starred Edward Woodward as Robert McCall, a former black ops agent for the government who attempts to atone for his shady past by offering his skills to those in need. Refn has reunited with &quot;Drive&quot; star Ryan Gosling for the forthcoming &quot;Only God Forgives&quot;, while Washington is rumoured to be a potential Oscar contender with &quot;Flight&quot;, currently on US release and due out in the UK in February.u00a0

Hollywood star Denzel Washington is reportedly set to play the lead role in Nicolas Winding Refn's big-screen adaptation of 'The Equalizer'.

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