Tony’s back! Scarface reboot will be directed by Call Me By Your Name filmmaker Luca Guadagnino and set in Los Angeles
A reboot of the gangster classic Scarface is set to be directed by Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino.
Deadline reports that Guadagnino – who was nominated for a Best Director Oscar for Call Me By Your Name – has been picked by Universal Pictures to helm the project.
However, there is no official word yet on while be playing the role of Tony Montana in the 1983 movie starring Al Pacino, which is itself a remake itself of the original 1932 film produced by Howard Hughes.
Reboot: In the classic 1983 movie, Al Pacino Antonio “Tony” Montana, who arrives in 1980s Miami with nothing and rises to become a powerful drug lord.
That 1932 version sees Italian immigrant Antonio “Tony” Camonte (Paul Muni) taking over as the crime boss for the City’s Sout Side.
In the classic 1983 movie, directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone, Pacino Antonio “Tony” Montana, who arrives in 1980s Miami with nothing and rises to become a powerful drug lord.
The Pacino version is regarded as somewhat as a cult classic as initial reception from critics was negative due to its excessive violence and profanity.
Director: Luca Guadagnino – who was nominated for a Best Director Oscar for Call Me By Your Name – has been picked by Universal Pictures to helm the project.
There was also backlash at the time, as some Cuban expatriates in Miami objected to the film’s portrayal of Cubans as criminals and drug traffickers.
The new imagining of the gangster story will be set in Los Angeles, with a script written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, who have been attached to the project for at least three years.
Meanwhile, Guadagnino is also expected to be making a sequel to his hit to Call Me By Your Name, titled Find Me, which will reunite stars Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer who played lovers in the movie.
Notorious: The 1983 movie received backlash at the time, as some Cuban expatriates in Miami objected to the film’s portrayal of Cubans as criminals and drug traffickers.
Call Me By Your Name bagged an impressive four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, and a win for the legendary James Ivory who adapted the screenplay from the 2007 André Aciman novel.
Guadagnino is no stranger to remakes, having directed the 2018 version of Suspiria, which was inspired by the 1977 classic Italian horror film of the same name directed by Dario Argento.