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Ayer will wrap the story around a diverse cast and this is being fast tracked, with the thinking that Dirty Dozen will be his next film.   The original 1967 war film was directed by Robert Aldrich and featured a cast that included Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Robert Ryan, Telly Savalas, Robert Webber[...]

But three years before Batman and Star Trek, the actors worked together on a television pilot called Alexander the Great, along with John Cassavetes and Joseph Cotton. The pilot told of the Battle of Issus, with Shatner as Alexander leading his Macedonian army, and West as Cleander, who was more interested in wine, women, and song[...]