Newsbites: The remakes-in-the-works edition!

1. Joe Carnahan, director of Narc (2002) and Smokin’ Aces (2006), is now on board to direct the big-screen remake of the 1980s TV show The A-Team. Instead of being Vietnam vets, the four main characters will now have served a tour of duty somewhere in the Middle East. Ridley and Tony Scott have also come on-board as producers. — Variety, Hollywood Reporter

2. Seth Rogen is insisting that his adaptation of The Green Hornet is still very much in the works, despite recent rumours that it was about to have its plug pulled. — Hitfix

3. Warner Brothers is in the very, very early stages of rebooting the Lara Croft: Tomb Raider franchise. — Hollywood Reporter

4. Johnny Depp has signed on to play Tonto in Jerry Bruckheimer’s new version of The Lone Ranger, but who will play the Lone Ranger himself? Bruckheimer is asking the fans — assuming the Lone Ranger has fans — to send him their ideas. — MTV Movies Blog