Warner Brothers stupid remake of
The Dirty Dozen has found itself a new writer.
X-Men 3 and
Behind Enemy Lines scribe
Zak Penn has been hired to re-write the original script drafted by
Scott Rosenberg and two writers of
Alias which set out to contemporize the 1967 original. The Dirty Dozen for those who haven't seen it, revolves around 12 convicted murderers who get trained by US Major
Lee Marvin for a mass assassination mission, where the chances of surviving are slim. It's a mighty fun war flick and one that despite it's flaws, is hard to imagine being improved upon. I mean for a start, how do you re-cast Lee Marvin who was just off the charts in this movie. It's interesting this movie is being written at the same time
Quentin Tarantino is writing
Inglorious Bastards. Both World War 2 movies revolve around a big team of soldiers and will rely on a big cast grouping of film stars, and hell The Dirty Dozen will be one of the movies Tarantino will be homaging if you will. Could one movie hurt the other, or will the exposure of each benefit them? source -
variety