James Wan back on MacGyver reboot

Aussie director James Wan will helm the reboot of MacGyver after all.

The Saw and Conjuring director had pulled out of the pilot due to a scheduling conflict and was due to be replaced by David Von Ancken.

But he is now returning to the project which will premiere in Australia on TEN.

Lucas Till plays a 20-something Angus “Mac” MacGyver with an extraordinary talent for unconventional problem solving and vast scientific knowledge to save lives.

Deadline notes George Eads will play a new character, maverick former CIA agent Jack Dalton, who joins MacGyver‘s team on high-risk missions around the globe. Under the aegis of the Department of External Services, MacGyver takes on the responsibility of saving the world, armed to the teeth with resourcefulness and little more than bubble gum and a paper clip. Justin Hires plays MacGyver’s ambitious roommate, Wilt Bozer who entertains him at home.