Simon Cowell is said to be planning a remake of classic movie Saturday Night Fever.

The Sun reports that the American Idol boss is chasing High School Musical’s Zac Efron, for the lead role of Tony Manero.

The original movie, controversial for its time, starred John Travolta as Manero and featured many Bee Gee’s tracks in its soundtrack.

A source said: “Simon has been looking into buying the rights for years and opened discussions with Robert about the remake.

“The charm offensive has been in full swing and they made a breakthrough over the last couple of weeks.”

They added: “Robert was keen to get some assurances the original wouldn’t be completely butchered before he agreed to the deal.

“Simon has been drawing up a list of people he wants to get involved. When that meets Robert’s expectations, the contracts will be signed.”