Antoine Fuqua says his Scarface remake is more relevant than ever right now

Posted 10 years ago

Antoine Fuqua's remake of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN hits theaters in just a few days but the director already has his eye on a remake of Brian De Palma's SCARFACE. The 1983 crime drama which starred an over the top Al...

Cast This: Tony Montana

Posted 10 years ago

The remake of SCARFACE is still lingering in the air as just this week we learned that Antoine Fuqua might be sitting in the director’s chair when cameras finally roll. The third take on SCARFACE would take the premise of...

Antoine Fuqua may say hello to Universal’s Scarface remake

Posted 10 years ago

Antoine Fuqua has been coming on strong in recent years after seeing a bit of a downturn in his career following TRAINING DAY. But following the successes of OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN, THE EQUALIZER and SOUTHPAW and with a promising remake...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Brian De Palma

Posted 10 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of actor Alec Baldwin who, somehow, has never gotten around to making a movie with this week’s subject… Brian De Palma Of all the directors I’ve featured in this column,...

The Scarface remake is fine with Al Pacino, “It’s what we do” he says

Posted 11 years ago

While I hardly consider SCARFACE to be my favourite gangster film (that would be GOODFELLAS) I can appreciate its place in film history and its impact on the genre. So when news broke yesterday of the proposed SCARFACE remake taking...

Straight Outta Compton writer to draft the new remake of Scarface

Posted 11 years ago

SCARFACE is one of the best crime movies in Hollywood history. The question is whether you think it is Brian De Palma's 1983 version starring Al Pacino as a Cuban immigrant turned crimelord or the 1932 Howard Hawks version starring...

No director Pablo Larrain in talks to helm Scarface remake for Universal

Posted 12 years ago

Yes, Universal is still developing a SCARFACE remake, and the studio may have found their director for the movie. The Wrap has learned Pablo Larrain is in negotiations to direct the remake. Larrain is a Chilean filmmaker who has directed...

Could Harry Potter director David Yates be the man to remake Scarface?

Posted 13 years ago

First you get da money. Den, you get da remake. Universal has been gestating a remake of SCARFACE for a while now, developing it "quietly" so as not to enrage a fanbase that worships both the 1932 original or the...

Universal brings on a new scribe to polish David Ayer’s script for modern-day Scarface redo

Posted 14 years ago

Here’s something you might (or might not) have forgotten about the Brian De Palma/Al Pacino singular piece of pop-culture presence: it’s a remake. The first version hit theaters in 1932, and there was a certain amount of dissension and annoyance...