Coen Brothers working on 'Scarface' remake

[y4j1981]

www.thewrap.com/coen-brothers-bring-back-scarface/

Coen Brothers to Bring Back ‘Scarface’ in 2018

Universal will release the remake as a summer flick

Universal Pictures announced Friday that they will release a remake of Al Pacino’s classic crime tale “Scarface” on Aug. 10, 2018, filling in a slot previously listed as “Untitled Universal Event Film.”

The studio has Joel and Ethan Coen attached to the project to polish the script, which had been previously worked on by “Boardwalk Empire” creator Terence Winter. The plot will follow the basic framework of Pacino’s film, but will change it from a Cuban immigrant in Miami to a Mexican immigrant in Los Angeles. Antoine Fuqua was originally brought on to direct the film, but had to back out due to prior obligations. Universal has yet to announce a replacement.

Martin Bergman, who produced Pacino’s 1983 “Scarface,” is returning in the same role. Marc Shmuger, Scott Stuber and Dylan Clark are also on to produce the film.

[HMARK Center]

I had no real interest in reviving Scarface again at all...but the Coens?

Now you have my attention.

[Deleted]

Please Fuqua no more remakes. But shit now I'm interested. Like Scarface really only works as a time capsule movie with the same plotline but different setting and slightly different social commentary.

[Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie]

sod that
SCARFACE FROM MARS .....

[Mister Pigwell]

Feb 10, 2017 21:04:04 GMT -5 Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie said:

sod that
SCARFACE FROM MARS .....

Bigfoot deals drugs?

[BorneAgain]

How dare they remake an old film that itself was a remake of even older film.

[lionheart21]

After the phenomenal True Grit remake, the Coen Brothers have earned my trust, I think they can pull it off.

[Push R Truth]

Feb 10, 2017 21:06:36 GMT -5 Mister Pigwell said:

Feb 10, 2017 21:04:04 GMT -5 Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie said:

sod that
SCARFACE FROM MARS .....

Bigfoot deals drugs?

Merge Scarface, Dune and Bigfoot facts.


Guy builds an empire on Mars by selling invaluable Bigfoot turds that make you trip balls.

At the end he snorts a mountain of shit, rides a giant worm and has a shootout with hillbilly bigfoot hunters.

[badkarma]

I absolutely believe they can pull this off and I like their angle on the story from what I'm reading here. So it sounds like, instead of retelling the Cuban/Miami early 80's cocaine scene, they're freshening things up by using the Mexico/LA (insert drug here, my guess would be heroin) scene. What era they use remains to be seen but late 90's or early 2000's seems the most likley. They can easily pull material from all of the brutal cartel stories that we've all heard about and weave it into some spellbinding shit.

[SAJ Forth]

Now we're remaking remakes. No more ideas.

[Bub (BLM)]

But who plays Tony Montana? Those are some bigass shoes to fill.

[The Thread Barbi]

Feb 11, 2017 2:20:10 GMT -5 Bub (BLM) said:

But who plays Tony Montana? Those are some bigass shoes to fill.

Ed Norton or Christian Bale come to mind immediately for me.

[G✇JI☈A]

The Coens are 50/50 on doing remakes:

True Grit - awesome
The Ladykillers - shithouse

But I will hold hopes for this one.

[Deleted]

Whoever plays Tony has big shoes to fill. I can't see a remake ever overshadowing Paul Muni's performance.

[SmashTV]

Feb 11, 2017 4:27:47 GMT -5 The Thread Barbi said:

Feb 11, 2017 2:20:10 GMT -5 Bub (BLM) said:

But who plays Tony Montana? Those are some bigass shoes to fill.

Ed Norton or Christian Bale come to mind immediately for me.

Edward Norton was my first thought, funnily enough. Maybe Sam Rockwell?

[badkarma]

Feb 11, 2017 7:09:10 GMT -5 SmashTV said:

Feb 11, 2017 4:27:47 GMT -5 The Thread Barbi said:

Ed Norton or Christian Bale come to mind immediately for me.

Edward Norton was my first thought, funnily enough. Maybe Sam Rockwell?

Javier Bardem makes the most sense to me.

[BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps]

The Coens are incredible, but if David Mackenzie (Hell Or High Water) wound up directing it, I wouldn't mind that either.

[SmashTV]

Feb 11, 2017 10:55:55 GMT -5 badkarma said:

Feb 11, 2017 7:09:10 GMT -5 SmashTV said:

Edward Norton was my first thought, funnily enough. Maybe Sam Rockwell?

Javier Bardem makes the most sense to me.

I thought of him too, especially after No Country For Old Men, but I think his size goes against him - he's too imposing, you'd want someone average sized who doesn't look threatening but turns out to be a badass.

[Juice]

Wonder how they fit in all of their usual actors into this. Who will Clooney play?

[thirteen3]

Much like the 80's Al Pacino film it'll be nothing like the movie they're remaking. And that's a good thing.