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New SCARFACE Developing

A new modern update to the Scarface tale.

By Jarrod Sarafin     September 22, 2011
Source: Deadline


Al Pacino in Scarface now on Blu-ray
© Universal Pictures/Bob Trate

It's been 79 years since Howard Hawks brought the Scarface tale into theaters and 28 years since Brian De Palma remade it. Universal Pictures feels another update is in order, with Deadine reporting that the studio has brought in producers Marc Shmuger via his Global Produce banner along with Martin Bregman---a producer of the classic 1983 version---to search for writers to pen an updated version of the tale.

The online trade reports this update is not intended to be a remake or a sequel. It will take the common elements of the first two films: an outsider, an immigrant, barges his way into the criminal establishment in pursuit of a twisted version of the American dream, becoming a kingpin through a campaign of ruthlessness and violent ambition. The studio is keeping the specifics of where the new Tony character comes from under wraps at the moment, but ethnicity and geography were important in the first two versions. In the 1932 Scarface, an Italian (Paul Muni) took over Chicago, and in the Brian De Palma-directed remake, a Cuban cornered the cocaine trade in 1980s Miami, only to be consumed by it.

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Arnor83 9/22/2011 7:42:25 AM

 Sure. Why not? The two first were good and third time's the charm.

monkeyfoot 9/22/2011 7:50:42 AM

Agreed. Why not do a remake. One of my Rules of Thumb for Remakes is if the some major aspect of the plot or FX can be updated for modern times it is alright to remake it. Current changes in America, politcally, culturally, and socially are alittle different than the 80's. If someone can successfully use that for an update then go for it.

The problem will be if they can do a really good job of it. Odds usually aren't in favor of that, but we'll see. Will Tony be an illegal immigrant from Mexico or some other country?

Wiseguy 9/22/2011 8:11:59 AM

Scarface is already being remade, it's called Breaking Bad

I wouldn't mind a remake provided that as it's suggested above it's a new story and not being remade verbatim. This time we can deal with the Mexican cartels which are so prevalent today right along our border.

VTGamehendge 9/22/2011 8:14:02 AM

Hell yeah, Wiseguy.  I actually just started watching Breaking Bad a couple weeks ago right after Netflix put seasons 1-3 up on their instant streaming library.  Shit is saweeet!

Moz72 9/22/2011 9:03:04 AM

True, a post-modern remake using todays geopolitical and cultural climate would be interesting to watch. I agree that this version should focus on the Mexican cartels which ,as Wiseguy pointed out, are prevalent in the news these days. I also agree that the new Tony should be a Mexican immigrant working for the cartel who makes his way to the US and grows his drug based empire in Los Angeles forshadowing a confrontation with local/federal law enforcement as well as rival drug lords.

MrJawbreakingEquilibrium 9/22/2011 10:20:35 AM

I either see them using a Muslim or Jamaican but the Jamaican would probably be too close to the Cuban story that Pacino portrayed. I'm not a remake hater and probably could get into this but I don't see the need to call it Scarface - though. But I don't really care either way as long as it's a good flick.

jedibanner 9/22/2011 11:15:05 AM

Of course, why not another remake...most of them fail and bomb at the box office and can't compare to the originals in no way, shape or form...WHY NOT!!!

Make it a Scarface 3-D and the failure will be complete.

ThrillerSam 9/22/2011 11:37:00 AM

I'm with Mr. JE why call it Scarface just make it something else completely.

SarcasticCaveman 9/22/2011 2:26:48 PM

 I don't really care one way or the other.  Never saw the original, and the 1983 version bored the piss out of me...and this is coming from somebody who watches Ben Hur at least once a year, and loves the Extended Versions of Lord of the Rings AND King Kong.  

kinetoscope 9/22/2011 7:19:49 PM

Call it Scareface... to get people to talk about it. People will go to see just to complain about it... easy money... This will make money and be a hit with gang bangers and kids...

 

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