Universal announced Friday (February 10) that a remake of Hip Hop’s favorite movie Scarface is slated to debut the summer of 2018.
Training Day and The Equalizer‘s Antoine Fuqua was originally supposed to be the director of the film, but due to scheduling conflicts over creating a sequel to The Equalizer with Denzel Washington, he had to step away from the project.
Fuqua tried to coordinate where he could work on both Scarface and part two of The Equalizer, Variety reports. But Universal is currently searching for a new director. The film already has a release date for August 10, 2018.
The film will be a Bluegrass Films and Global Produce production with the producer of the 1983 remake of Scarface, Martin Bregman, on board and Boardwalk Empire‘s Terence Winter as the writer.
Four-time Academy Award winners Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, known as The Coen Brothers, will be publishing the script.
The classic crime movie will maintain the immigrant story told in both the 1932 and 1983 films, except it will be based in Los Angeles and focus on a Mexican immigrant. It’s rumored that Rouge One: A Star Wars Story‘s Diego Luna will star in the film.
“It touches on a more modern day, not just gangsterism but how everything moves now on the streets,” Fuqua said of the film in an exclusive with HipHopDX’s Editor-In-Chief Trent Clark in September. “How money moves now. The Scarface [from 1983], he couldn’t survive today. We saw that. The Pablos came and went. El Chapo is about to go. So what’s next?”
As word makes its rounds the Scarface will be remade, Twitter, of course, reacted to the news. Some are not very happy about a remake, of the 1983 remake of Howard Hawks 1932 gangster movie, Scarface.
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Oh yeahhhhh
This sounds like Trump propaganda that is being used to attack the Mexican community.
Immigrants are what make America great.
Nothing pisses me off more than these anti-remake hating cliches. Fk up and don’t watch it. From what I’ve read about it it’s going to be vastly different anyway, and I mean, when the Pacino version is a remake anyway, the hypocrisy from these ‘fans’ is amazing.
A “reboot” is considerably different than a “remake”, which is what the 1983 Pacino film was. Reboots are only utilized to push the nostalgia of something older in order to sell the new product. It’s a cash-cow, pure and simple. If they wanted to REMAKE Scarface (i.e., an immigrant seeking asylum in Japan, imposing his ambition amid gangland violence, and something like the Yakuza), then I would say that sounds dope as hell, and would welcome another spiritual sequel to the Howard Hawks original. But, this Scarface will be political bullshit wrapped in a blanket of mild nostalgia–incidentally, just like the new Star Wars movies.
” The new version of Scarface is set in Los Angeles and focus on a Mexican immigrant. When Fuqua was going to direct the remake, he was attracted to its relevancy. “The promise is that everyone gets a fair shot, but that’s not always the case,” he said. “So that’s always relevant, and right now with what’s happening in Mexico, which is where [the main character] comes from – he comes out of Mexico – that’s relevant, especially when you’ve got people talking about putting up walls and other kinds of stuff. We’re still dealing with immigration, we’re still dealing with what would turn someone into Scarface.” ”
Take a chill pill. Hollywood sucks.
You contradict yourself about 10 times throughout this post. FOH. You’re the problem.
i don’t think they should remake scarface, it’s one classic that shouldn’t be touched, a small part of me is intrigued to see how they would remake it but am very worried they could completely fuck it up. although with 83 scarface producer martin bregman on board…who knows.
are they using real coke in this one also hehe
Corn brothers, boardwalk empire writer high hopes I suppose some good names behind it
I have but one question.. why?
Por que??????
The one ppl love was a remake too. Everyone chill. Just because there’s a new one coming out doesn’t mean you have to watch it, also doesn’t erase the one of the past. Ppl get so dramatic over this dumb shit, no wonder why CHI-na is running things.
i hope they incorporate hip hop culture in this movie. black people need to be in this movie too.
Shut up. Scarface was NEVER about black people. You’re ENTITLEMENT knows no bounds. Ain’t always about y’all.
If it weren’t for black people, Scarface holds no legacy. Sometimes it’s about y’all.
What? Wasn’t for black people? There isn’t one black person in the movie. ALL of America has seen the film. It is a classic. So if it wasn’t for 15% of the population? You are a ducktard, dumbass. Stop with all the black whining. BLACKTEARSMATTER
So….a remake of a remake? Ok…
Damn I was hoping that rapper scar face was bringing out an album called “Remake” but I’ll take this too.
I’ll give it a chance. Terrance Winter was behind Sopranos too and the Coen Brothers usually make good movies. They have no room for error tho
Remember when Hollywood had some creativity and innovation? They should try to remake those eras instead of grave digging.
People who cry about bad remakes like it ruins the original are the biggest losers around.
No doubt it will be full of sp!cs and //iggers.
it is about time that Hollywood put a Latino playing a Latino. Scarface was good movie but the story was about a Latino and Al Pacino fucked up. It was an Italian story now should be a Latino play by a Latino. You don’t like, go fuck yourself , Latino first
rick ross got material for some more albums
PLEASE DONT DO THIS !!!!!!
Lol people seem to forget that the 1983 scarface is also a remake
But the original wasn’t as iconic as the 1983 remake
Leave this CLASSIC alone some things need not to be touched…..