Jude Law

The Jude Law-Michael Caine remake of SLUETH is a go, with Kenneth Branagh on board to direct an adaptation of the Anthony Shaffer play, scripted by Harold Pinter, reports Variety.

Financing was arranged by Castle Rock, and the film will shoot in January at Twickenham Studios in London.

It's the second time Shaffer's play is getting movie treatment, and the second time Caine is playing a major role in the drama that revolves around two men vying for the same woman.

This time, Caine will play a brilliant thriller writer and social fixture who's so upset at losing his wife to a young hairdresser (Law) that he hatches a complex revenge plan. Caine played the hairdresser in the original and Laurence Olivier played the writer.

Both got Oscar nominations for the 1972 original film, as did director Joseph Mankiewicz.

Law is stepping into a screen role originated by Caine for the second time, after "Alfie."