Variety reports that "The Notebook" director Nick Cassavetes has signed on to direct and write the "Roadhouse" remake for MGM with UFC champion Ronda Rousey playing the title role. The original 80's action film starred the late actor Patrick Swayze as Dalton, an expert "cooler" or head bouncer who ends up taking a job at the Double Deuce, one of the rowdiest bars in Jasper, Missouri.Dalton's tasked with breaking up bar fights and throw out the drunks.