Which 2010 western is a remake of a 1969 film starring John Wayne?

The 2010 western True Grit is a remake—or, more precisely, a new adaptation—of the 1969 film starring John Wayne. The stored answer is therefore correct.

The earlier film was directed by Henry Hathaway and featured Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn, a role that won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Both versions adapt Charles Portis’s 1968 novel about teenager Mattie Ross, who hires Cogburn to pursue the outlaw responsible for her father’s death.

Joel and Ethan Coen directed the 2010 version, casting Jeff Bridges as Cogburn, Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie, and Matt Damon as Texas Ranger LaBoeuf. The brothers said they wanted a more faithful adaptation of Portis’s novel, especially its focus on Mattie’s point of view.

The film is often called a remake because it retells the same central story, but it is not a continuation of the John Wayne movie. It follows the novel more closely in tone and structure. The 2010 version received 10 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, but won none.