ROTTEN TOMATOES: Warner Bros. Orders Another "Dirty Dozen"

Warner Bros. Orders Another "Dirty Dozen"

by RT Staff | March 13, 2006

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Per Variety, Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures have announced plans to remake 1967's "The Dirty Dozen," the classic WWII flick about a ragtag bunch of convicts assigned to a high-risk mission in Germany.

The new script will be updated by a trio of scribes: "Con Air" writer Scott Rosenberg and "Alias" writers Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec. Sound like a good combination? Rosenberg also previously scripted "High Fidelity," "Gone in 60 Seconds," and "Kangaroo Jack," while the "Alias" duo have writing credits on the last three seasons of that soon-to-be cancelled show.

Joel Silver will produce along with newbie producer Susan Downey.

From Variety:

"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.

"Scott had been hesitant in the past to do a remake of a known title, but they all felt that a modern version could make for a high-testosterone, fun, big movie," Downey said. "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.""

As of yet, the contemporary changes to be made to the thirty-year-old script have not been divulged.

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sathington willoby writes:
on Mar 13 2006 05:32 PM

Tarantino should hurry up and sink this shit

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chakaKAAAHHHN! writes:
on Mar 13 2006 05:59 PM

[b]WHAT THE FUCK[/b]
Wow, people are really, really dumb. Just do The Godfather and get it over with, we all know it is coming.

Come on Tarantino.

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cgcbooks writes:
on Mar 13 2006 06:52 PM

[b]You are kidding right?[/b]
If this kind of shit keeps up, people just might start reading books again instead of going to the movies. Doesn't anyone out there in Hollywood have an original idea in their so-called brain? What a waste of time and money. They won't get either of mine!

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Prosper761 writes:
on Mar 13 2006 07:44 PM

[b]Destroy All Remakes[/b]
Have Hollywood execs learned nothing from last year's disasterous box-office? Re-makes suck and audiences hate them! There are plenty of new, talented and original writers out there, begging for their work to be seen, but the idiotic number crunchers now running the studios are too stupid and too lazy to realize it. Thank God for independent cinema.

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VML writes:
on Mar 14 2006 07:43 AM

They're killing the careers of the screenwriters who are trying to get into the business by allowing the unoriginal screenwriters to make stupid movies!

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lpbreeze writes:
on Mar 14 2006 01:03 PM

Man the movie is still good. There is no point of remaking it. I agree with some remakes but not this one.

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Scotchy829 writes:
on Mar 15 2006 08:21 AM

[b]Seriously, wtf.[/b]
First Riffi, now THIS?

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DR.OZ writes:
on Mar 15 2006 05:33 PM

[b]Hollywood will remake any and everything[/b]
They are selling these movies to young idiots who have never heard of the originals and those of us who love the originals might go out of curiosity or nostalgia so they always seem to make money. Plus less money for writing. I just hope they never remake "The Wild Bunch" starring Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Steven Segal, Vin Diesel, and that Mexican guy from "That 70's Show!! Start a thread. Which movie would you least like to be remade??

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dracus writes:
on Mar 16 2006 09:37 AM

I just read somewhere that that they're remaking "The Wild Bunch" starring Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Steven Segal, Vin Diesel, and that Mexican guy from "That 70's Show!! LOL

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Fangmeier69 writes:
on Mar 16 2006 10:45 AM

[b]Stop the remakes![/b]
Have the execs learned nothing from last year?? We are sick to death of all these remakes! For the love of God, stop it! Stop! Stop!! STOP!!! STTTTTTTTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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southfrisco writes:
on Mar 16 2006 11:21 PM

In reply to this comment (#832088)
DR OZ, didn't you hear they are making a film version of Welcome Back Kotter with Ice Cube in the starring role as Kotter.....funny sh*t. This is no joke.

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xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
on Aug 22 2007 10:05 PM

What a rip-off! There%u2019s this Hollywood film company called Alpine Pictures that has been in pre-production for over a year on an animated movie called %u201CDorothy Of Oz%u201D based on L. Frank Baum%u2019s great grandson%u2019s books. Roger S. Baum wrote %u201CDorothy Of OZ%u201D in the 1980s and it was a best-seller. Can%u2019t Warner Brothers come up with a truly original idea on their own? Go to www.DorothyOfOzTheMovie.com and check it out yourself!

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