May 17, 2011 01:06 PM EST

"Bloodsport" Reboot in the Works

"Bloodsport" the film that launched the career of Jean Claude Van Damme, is next on the list for a reboot.

Phillip Nooyce will helm the project with Robert Mark Kamen, who wrote "Taken" and The Transporter", will be writing the script. Ed Pressman and Alberto Lensi will be producing.

The film will feature an American who travels to Brazil to recover from violence he has witnessed in Afghanistan. While there, he winds up getting involved in a martial arts contest.