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Cult classic film The Warriors will be getting the TV remake treatment. Even more interesting, the Russo Brothers, who directed Captain America: Civil War, will be behind the video cameras. 

Reports Deadline:

Joe and Anthony Russo are taking a breather from the Marvel world to adapt cult-classic film The Warriors as a one-hour drama with Paramount TV and Hulu. The brothers will reimagine Walter Hill’s iconic 1979 film, itself an adaptation of Sol Yurick’s classic novel. Their take will honor the original film while adding its own unique brand of grit, pulp, sex and violence. The Russo brothers will team with writer Frank Baldwin on the series. The Russo brothers will direct the pilot, although no word yet as to any directing commitment beyond that.

Released in 1979, in The Warriors the gang has to fight their way from a meeting up in The Bronx (after being framed for a murder) all the way back to Coney Island. Rival gangs, cops and even a female crew with knives and a gun, get in their way, though.

Despite no b-boys in sight, the film is a Hip-Hop classic; see Rembrandt tagging up “Warriors” and the famed “Warriors, come out to play” quote permeating the culture.

We hope the Russo brothers do the film justice.

Photo: WENN.com