Denzel Washington and director Tony Scott are set to collaborate for a fourth time.

The Oscar-winning actor and Scott will work together on a remake of 1974’s “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three,” with Washington in the role originally played by Walter Matthau.

Washington will play Lieutenant Zachary “Z” Garber, a cop who must face off against four hijackers who take over a subway train and hold the passengers for ransom.

Based on a novel by John Godey, the original film was also remade as a 1998 TV movie starring Edward James Olmos and Vincent D’Onofrio.

Production will begin in early 2008.

Washington and Scott have previously collaborated on “Crimson Tide,” “Man on Fire” and “Deja Vu.” Washington will next appear in theatres in Ridley Scott’s “American Gangster.”

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