Modern-Day 'Scarface' Remake Set in Los Angeles Gets Green Light
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The bloodiest rags-to-riches story in cinema history, the saga of Scarface has twice been shown on the silver screen, first with Paul Muni in the role of the criminally savvy immigrant shooting his way to the American Dream, then 50 years later with Al Pacino portraying Tony Montana in the classic Brian De Palma-directed, Oliver Stone-penned version. Now, Universal has announced plans to bring the Scarface story to modern times with a new film penned by Straight Outta Compton screenwriter Jonathan Herman, The Hollywood Reporter writes.
Director Pablo Larraín, fresh off winning the Berlin International Film Festival's Jury Grand Prix for his film The Club, will helm the remake, which will transplant the story to the present-day criminal underworld of Los Angeles (the 1932 and 1983 versions took place in Chicago and Miami, respectively). The project had long been in the works at Universal – Training Day and End of Watch writer David Ayer reportedly submitted a script at one point – but Herman's participation jumpstarted the remake.
The movie has inspired a parade of similar anti-heroes in movies and television, including The Sopranos' Tony Soprano and Boardwalk Empire's Nucky Thompson. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan often compared Walter White to the gangster made famous by Pacino. "I like to picture viewers losing sympathy for Walt. With every episode, yet another viewer or two is saying, 'You know, I'm not with this guy anymore. I'm watching him, but I'm not sympathizing,'" Gilligan said. "This is a guy moving along a continuum toward ultimately becoming Scarface."
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? this rebot lazy ? Hollywood doing bruh! How dare these ? mess with classics! Im sick of this ? !
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In b4 ? get outrage over them remaking Scarface only to not realize Al Pacino's Scarface was a remake as well
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Too early and not enough info to react.
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I assume he's going to be Mexican
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Or el Salvadorian
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TRILLip Brooks wrote: »In b4 ? get outrage over them remaking Scarface only to not realize Al Pacino's Scarface was a remake as well
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? ....THIS.TRILLip Brooks wrote: »In b4 ? get outrage over them remaking Scarface only to not realize Al Pacino's Scarface was a remake as well
Oh wait... too late
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I'll wait on a reaction until I hear the cast of this movie.
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Cant wait. This movie should be modernized every 30 years imo.
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Bet the lead is played by a white dude. If I had to guess it's gonna be this guy
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Has anyone ever seen the 1932 Scarface?
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If they're going to do some dumb ? like this, go the King Kong route and make it Prohibition Era period piece. Then the ? might be half assed interesting. In the modern version what are they going to be doing? Some ese's from 18th St. or MS 13 that engage in brutal street warfare to control the market on mollies?illestni99ainne wrote: »Has anyone ever seen the 1932 Scarface?
https://vimeo.com/38791303
The movie that they need to remake this and is still relevant,
A properly done remake of this would be the GOAT. With a few changes though. I have the youngsters already bangin' and puttin' in work. Except for the ending, instead of the O.G. gangster dude that the youngsters look up to begging and pleading for his life as he's dragged to the electric chair. I'd have the reverend tell the O.G. gangster dude to snitch on some dudes. At first the O.G. gangster dude, flatly refuses to turn into a rat, but after seeing some young muthafuckas get killed or ? in the pen, he has a change of heart and to prevent the baby gangsters from idolizing him and taking up a life of crime, the O.G. gangster dude snitches, turns state evidence on his closest homies, which in turns gets the O.G. gangster dude's mama killed in revenge by his former homies.
The impressionable youngsters are turned from gang bangin because they see even the hardest ? turn snitch and snitchin' can get your loved ones killed.
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Thats randomA$AP_A$TON wrote: »Bet the lead is played by a white dude. If I had to guess it's gonna be this guy
He seems to be the new it dude in Hollywood
Dude's girlfriend is flames tho
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Who's his gf?
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illestni99ainne wrote: »Has anyone ever seen the 1932 Scarface?
I have. ? was gully. Massive crime wave when gangsters first got their hands on automatic weapons. It's blk and wht so a lot of yall might not ? with it though. -
illestni99ainne wrote: »Has anyone ever seen the 1932 Scarface?
Yes and it's a good movie. Then again I love black and white gangster movies -
I can picture rihanna playing this I see it, I see it
