Say hello to the new Scarface director.
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Howard Hawks directed the original, Chicago-set Scarface in 1932, which was re-imagined by Brian De Palma in 1983, with a story set in the Miami drug trade that famously starred Al Pacino in the lead role of Tony Montana.
The 1960 release was based on Akira Kurosawa film Seven Samurai and was followed by three sequels – Return of the Magnificent Seven, Guns of the Magnificent Seven and The Magnificent Seven Ride Again. There is no word on casting yet.
Fuqua is now in talks with the studio to direct the third take on SCARFACE, which would take the premise of an immigrant rising to power from his meager beginnings into modern-day L.A. Jonathan Herman is the most recent writer credited with work on the script after both Paul Attanasio and David Ayer have taken cracks at the material in the past. Previous drafts were penned by Paul Attanasio (Donnie Brasco) and David Ayer (Suicide Squad).
Which means I’m always excited to hear what he’s doing next, particularly when that might be another remake of Scarface, which is what Deadline is reporting right now.
Fuqua is now attached to direct Jake Gyllenhaal in the biopic The Man Who Made It Snow. He is is producing a TV series adaptation of Training Day.
The Training Day filmmaker is preparing to premiere his reboot of The Magnificent Seven at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival in Canada, and now he is in talks to take charge of another movie classic.
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The new film is being produced by Marc Shmuger of Global Produce; Scott Stuber and Dylan Clark of Bluegrass Films; and Marty Bregman, who produced the 1983 Scarface.
