GUADAGNINO TO REMAKE ‘SCARFACE’

Italian director Luca Guadagnino will direct the remake of the iconic movie Scarface. The 1983 movie written by Oliver Stone and directed by Brian De Palma starred Al Pacino as Cuban gangster Tony Montana, and Michelle Pfeiffer as Elvira Hancock. Universal Pictures will be distributing Guadagnino’s remake as they did with Stone’s version. The screenplay, however, will be written by Joel and Ethan Coen, who’ve been working on the project for at least three years.

As of now the cast as not been announced, although the movie’s project has been underway since 2011.

The 1983 motion picture told the story of Miami drug lord Tony Montana in the ‘80s, and was in turn inspired by the 1932 ‘Scarface’ directed by Howard Hawks and distributed by United Artists. There, an Italian immigrant (Paul Muni) takes over the Chicago crime scene during the Prohibition years. The story was inspired by the life and times of reallife gangster Al Capone, also known as Scarface. In De Palma’s version, Montana corners the Miami cocaine trade only to be consumed by it. Guadagnino’s remake will explore the Los Angeles crime scene. Dylan Clark will produce it for his Dylan Clark Productions. Scott Stuber will executive produce alongside Marco Marabito. SVP Brian Williams will also executive produce for Dylan Clark Productions. Universal SVP Production Jay Polidoro and director of development Lexi Barta will oversee the project for Universal. Guadagnino achieved fame with the success of “Call me by your name” which won the 2018 Academy Award for best original screenplay. Guadagnino is due to direct its sequel called ‘Find Me.’ The cast will include the same actors as the original movie, namely Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg.