HONG KONG -- A Hollywood movie producer said Wednesday he plans to remake the Hong Kong action thriller "Breaking News" with "Batman Forever" director Joel Schumacher.

The new project is the latest of several U.S. remakes of Hong Kong movies, a trend that started with the 2002 crime thriller "Infernal Affairs," which Martin Scorsese remade as the Oscar-winning "The Departed."

"British writer Alex de Rakoff is attached to write. Joel Schumacher is attached to direct," said producer Guy Danella in an e-mail to The Associated Press. Actors and budget will be decided when the script is written, he said.

Schumacher's directing credits include "Batman Forever," "Bad Company," "The Client" and "St. Elmo's Fire."

"Breaking News," directed by Johnnie To in 2004, is about the live broadcast of a police hunt for five bank robbers.

To, who also directed the gangster movies "Election" and "Election 2," is one of the few Hong Kong filmmakers who continues to make the stylish action thrillers the city is noted for.

Hollywood is also planning to remake the 2006 crime thriller "Confession of Pain."