Antoine Fuqua In Talks For ‘Scarface’ Remake
Fresh off of one high-profile remake,Antoine Fuquais already circling another. TheMagnificent Sevendirector is reportedly in talks to direct a remake ofScarface. Like the 1960 Like the 1960Magnificent Seven, the 1983Scarface— the one everyone knows with Al Pacino — is itself a remake. TheoriginaloriginalScarfacewas a 1932 drama from Howard Hawks and Howard Hughes, and that, in turn, was an adaptation of a 1929 novel.
Deadlinebroke news of the Antoine FuquaScarfaceremake. Like the otherScarfaces, this one will center on an immigrant who arrives in the U.S. and claws his way to the top of the criminal underworld. In the 1932 film, it was an Italian immigrant, played by Paul Muni, in Chicago. In the 1983 one directed by Brian De Palma, it was a Cuban refugee, played by Al Pacino, in Miami. The latest iteration will move the action to present-day Los Angeles.
We’ve been tracking Universal’s plannedScarfaceremakefor a few years now. The most recent draft of the script comes fromJonathan Herman(Straight Outta Compton).Paul Attanasio(Donnie Brasco) andDavid Ayer(Suicide Squad) also previously contributed to the script.David Yates(Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) andPablo Larraín(No) have flirted with the directing job at various points.
Fuqua seems like a natural fit for theScarfaceremake, as his resume features several crime dramas includingThe Equalizer,Brooklyn’s Finest, andTraining Day. And asThe Magnificent Sevenshows, he clearly isn’t afraid of remaking classics and potentially attracting the ire of cinephiles. Then again, Fuqua is the kind of in-demand filmmaker who gets linked to lots of projects that never actually happen, and he’s got several projects on his to-do list already including a small-screen adaptation of Mario Puzo’sOmertáwith Sylvester Stallone.
The newScarfaceremake will be produced byMark Shmuger,Scott Stuber, andDylan Clark, along withMarty Bergman, who produced the 1983Scarface. There’s no word yet on when it’ll hit theaters, but it’s described as a “priority” for Universal, so look for more news to come out of this one sooner rather than later.
