Death Wish is just one of a number of remakes in development from MGM's stable of properties, along with RoboCop, Poltergeist, WarGames, Mr. Mom, and Carrie, which earlier this month found a director of its own in Kimberly Peirce.  This one in particular is a partnership between now-solvent MGM and Paramount Pictures.

According to 24 Frames, Carnahan is being hired to both direct and write.  It has yet to be confirmed but the article breaking the news cites "a person familiar with the project who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to speak about it publicly."

Caranahan's past credits include Narc, Smokin' Aces, and The A-Team.  He's been attached to a number of projects that never came to fruition.  Amongst those are White Jazz, an adaptation of the novel by James Ellroy (which at one point had both George Clooney and Chris Pine involved) and Killing Pablo, an account of the manhunt and murder of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar based on the book by Black Hawk Down author Mark Bowden.

It's unknown whether or not Death Wish would be Caranahan's next project, or whether he might actually get to finally tackle Killing Pablo first.

The original Death Wish is an adaptation of the 1972 novel by Brian Garfield.  Bronson starred as Paul Kersey, a veteran of the Korean War who goes straight-up vigilante, waging a solo war against crime with his .32 Colt revolver after his wife and daughter are brutally assaulted.  The film basically set a template for the oft-repeated revenge tales of urban criminality, and was followed by four sequels ending in 1994's Death Wish V: The Face of Death.

Cue the speculation that Liam Neeson will take over the lead role.