Vinnie Jones plans Escape To Victory remake... but what other stars should rework classic films?

By Mirror Football in Football Banter

Published 15:49 22/03/10

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Note thespian Vinnie Jones is planning a remake of Escape To Victory, recently named by MirrorFootball as the greatest football film ever made .

Optimist Vinnie thinks he can persuade David Beckham to join him in the new flick, with original Escapees Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone and Pele making cameo appearances.

A 'source' claimed: "The original footballers' acting skills were so wooden they wouldn't have looked out of place in Ikea. This time many players have acting experience and the producers reckon they can really make it work.

"Vinnie's already spoken to a few and some big names are keen to get involved."

But we reckon those big names might have Hollywood reboot projects of their own underway - like the ones below.

Have a look and if you think you can do better with a footballers' remake, leave your suggestion below, email it to mirrorfootballstaff@mirror.co.uk or tweet it to @MirrorFootball.

Footballers' remakes top 10:

Unforgiven starring John Terry

Fight Club starring Jimmy Bullard and Nick Barmby

Invisible Man starring Owen Hargreaves

The Dark Knight starring Sir Alex Ferguson

Far From The Madding Crowd starring Wigan Athletic's players

Das Boot starring   Michael Ballack

No Country For Old Men starring David Beckham and Gary Neville

Scarface starring Franck Ribery

A Clockwork Orange starring Phil Brown and Simon Jordan

The Silence Of The Lambs starring The Emirates crowd

The Football Oscars: Escape To Victory, The Damned United, Goal and our awards for the greatest football films ever made

Vinnie Jones: His 25 maddest moments  

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