For several years, a remake of The Dirty Dozen has been spinning its wheels. And now, that redo looks close to finally landing a director.
Via The Hollywood Reporter, Fury and Suicide Squad’s David Ayer is in talks with Warner Bros. to write and direct this new Dirty Dozen.
The original 1967 movie saw Ernest Borgnine’s Sam Woren tasked with assembling a group of convicted criminals to take down some Nazis in order to win their freedom. In addition to Borgnine, The Dirty Dozen’s impressive ensemble also featured the likes of Donald Sutherland, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas, Lee Marvin, and Charles Bronson.
In subsequent years, TV movies such as The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission, The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission and The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission followed, not to mention the likes of The Inglorious Bastards and Ayer’s Suicide Squad pulling plentiful inspiration from The Dirty Dozen.
Despite David Ayer’s experience with Word War II action thanks to Fury, it’s believed that this new incarnation of The Dirty Dozen would be a contemporary picture rather than any sort of period piece that was set in the World War II backdrop of the original ’67 film.
Expect more on The Dirty Dozen as it develops.
