In addition to Borgnine, the film featured an ensemble cast that included Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas and Donald Sutherland, among more.
Simon Kinberg, the creative force behind much of Fox’s X-Men franchise and producer of Murder on the Orient Express, has also signed on to produce the remake.
Talks of a remake of the classic war drama The Dirty Dozen have swept through Hollywood for over a decade and now it appears it’s finally set to get back on track as Warner Bros. has entered talks with Suicide Squad‘s David Ayer to write and direct the project, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
He was previously set to helm a standalone sequel and Gotham City Sirens spinoff, but James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) replaced him on the former while the latter has been delayed indefinitely in favor of Birds of Prey.