Warner Bros. is reteaming with “Suicide Squad” director David Ayer on a contemporary remake of the classic war pic “The Dirty Dozen.” Ayer will write and direct a retelling … By Vic Holtreman Jul 06, 2007. The Mortuary - Jeder Tod hat eine Geschichte. MWC Dirty Dozen remake Sign Up to reply and join the friendliest Watch Forum on the web. Tom 9 months ago. Ayer is repped by WME. Every Single Jason Kill in the ‘Friday the 13th’ Franchise Ranked, Here’s Every Aaron Sorkin Movie Ranked from Worst to Best, I Was Not Emotionally Prepared for ‘The West Wing’ Special on HBO Max, The Best Sequel of Every Horror Franchise, from ‘Scream’ to ‘Halloween’, ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Review: Aaron Sorkin Gets into the Messy Politics of…. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. The original 1967 war film was helmed by Robert Aldrich and featured an all-star ensemble that included Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas, Robert Webber and Donald Sutherland. © Copyright 2020 Variety Media, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. The movie will be set in the present day with a similar storyline as the original, focusing on a rag-tag group of soldiers. Click the button below and wait for a message from our Facebook bot in Messenger! Ayer is an…interesting choice for the project, considering he already played with this exact prototype in Suicide Squad to genuinely disastrous results. Sacha Baron Cohen: 'Borat 2' Tackles "Dangerous Slide to Authoritarianism", Armie Hammer on 'Next Goal Wins', Experiencing Taika Waititi as Director & Master Nap-Taker, Tyler Posey on the Blunt Physicality of 'Alone,' and His 'Batman Beyond' Dreams, Eddie Redmayne Explains Why 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' Is So Timely, ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Review: Aaron Sorkin Gets into the Messy Politics of Protest. And also to talk about the Lee Marvin / Charles Bronson epic THE DIRTY DOZEN. The Dirty Dozen erhält ein Remake, welches im Gegensatz zum Original nicht im 2. A couple of weeks ago, word came out that Suicide Squad director David Ayer was in negotiations to write and direct a remake of The Dirty Dozen, the 1967 classic about an … Weltkrieg, sondern in der Gegenwart angesiedelt sein wird. The Dirty Dozen. Directed by Robert Aldrich, the original Dirty Dozen saw a crew of expendable criminals and scoundrel, almost like some sort of suicide squad (ooooh), recruited to cross enemy lines during WWII and assassinate a number of German personnel. Stick around, get to 50 posts and gain access to your full profile and additional features such as a personal messaging system, chat room and the sales forum PLUS the chance to enter our regular giveaways. Interestingly enough, Ernest Borgnine also starred in this 1969 movie, probably after the splash he made with his work in The Dirty Dozen. Weltkrieg, sondern in der Gegenwart angesiedelt sein wird. Good news for you, specifically. (Cassavetes nabbed an Oscar nom for Best Supporting Actor.). The Dirty Dozen erhält ein Remake, welches im Gegensatz zum Original nicht im 2. The great Scott Goldstein drops in to turn Rob and James from the army's worst convicts to a rag tag crew of commandos. Noted at the time for its violence, the film boasted one heck of a unique ensemble cast, including Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Robert Ryan, Telly Savalas, Robert Webber, and Donald Sutherland. Ayer and Warner Bros. last worked together on the first “Suicide Squad” pic, which earned almost $750 million worldwide in 2016. © 2020 Collider Cryptomedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. (MK), Die besten Streaming-Tipps gibt's im Moviepilot-Podcast Streamgestöber. Zak Penn is working on a screenplay for a new version of the classic World War II film The Dirty Dozen. THR reports that David Ayer, the director behind Suicide Squad and Bright, is in negotiations to both write and direct a Dirty Dozen remake at Warner Bros. Simon Kinberg—who wrote and/or produced a good portion of Fox’s X-Men franchise before making his directorial debut with Dark Phoenix—will serve as producer. For more on what Ayer has been up to, here is the latest on the director’s attachment to Lionsgate’s El-Alamein and an image of a tatted-up Shia LaBeouf in Ayer’s crime-thriller The Tax Collector. Our editorial content is not influenced by any commissions we receive. Sure, a lot of that came down to the film getting chopped to incomprehensible pieces in the editing room, but the most important ingredient, team chemistry, wasn’t anywhere to be found in any of the footage. Simon Kinberg is producing the movie as is Ayer and Chris Long’s production company Cedar Park Entertainment with Long serving as an exec producer.