Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures will co-finance a remake of the classic 1967 actioner "The Dirty Dozen" reports Variety.
The studio has set "Con Air" scribe Scott Rosenberg to team with "Alias" writer-producers Andre Nemec and Josh Appelbaum on a script that will contemporize the storyline. The 1967 actioner starred Lee Marvin as a major who conscripts twelve condemned soldier-prisoners for a dangerous mission in WWII.
Joel Silver will produce with Susan Downey. Downey drafted the scribes after reading a remake the trio wrote of the 1986 daring-mission-pic "Let's Get Harry." That pic hasn't been made yet.
Downey also says "We're giving this version a personal stake. The mission isn't about finding gold or weapons or blowing up a castle. There is a personal element to it".
