Mel Gibson will lead the remake & # 39; Wild Bunch & # 39; Co-Write

Bryan Bagby will co-write the screenplay with Gibson, who will also produce the film.

The wild group will roll again.

Warner Bros. put Mel Gibson to co-write and direct a remake of the violent and influential western, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed.

Bryan Bagby will co-write the screenplay with Gibson, who will also produce the film.

Sam Peckinpah, known for his action and his macho films, directed the 1969 original, which tells of aging criminals trying to live the last days of the Wild West, while the 20th century does not need it anymore. .

The wild group William Holden and Ernest Borgnine, among others, have been nominated for the Oscars for the original screenplay and score. But it is in his action scenarios and his images that the film has had an impact, with an image that also divides the public and the critics about his portrayal of violence.

The wild group is considered the zenith in the filmography of Peckinpah, who also directed images such as Straw Dogs and L & # 39; s getaway

The material can be sympatico with Gibson, who won an Academy Award for Best Director for the epic 1995 Brave heartwhich was also remarkable for its violent scenes. His follow-ups The Passion of Christ, Apocalypto and the Oscar nominee Crest of the hacksaw were also distinguished for their cruel and bloody descriptions of man-man conflicts throughout history.

the Strip of thugs movie would not be Gibson's next project. It remains Destructive, his film about the Navy of the Second World War that he hopes to launch in 2019.