Scarface
The Equalizer 2director Antoine Fuqua ’s long - gestatingScarfaceremake is reportedly set to begin yield this declination , on October 1 . Fuqua recently say he has been trying to recruitDenzel Washington to take the leadScarfacerole , but without any success . NarcosstarDiego Lunawas antecedently reported to be dress for the spark advance , but this has not yet been confirmed .
Universal has been trying for years to get aScarfaceremake off the ground , but has met many delay and barricade along the fashion . legion directors have been observe in connexion to the task in recent years , including David Yates , Pablo Larrain and David Ayer . Fuqua stepped in back in 2016 but had to bow out whenEqualizer 2went into product . But more delays onScarfaceallowed Fuqua to returnto the projection afterEqualizer 2was completed .
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With Fuqua now unwaveringly back in place as the theater director - at least for now -Scarfacereportedly is ready to go into production start on October 1 , as reported byTheGWW . The film is do to fritter away in Los Angeles , Atlanta and Mexico . The plot of land will focus on a Mexican immigrant climb up the criminal ravel in California .
The originalScarface , made in 1932 by legendary director Howard Hawks , star Paul Muni as a vicious Chicago gangster slackly base on Al Capone . The 1983 remake directed by Brian De Palma shifted the setting to Miami and , controversially , vomit Italian - American Al Pacino as a Cuban - American who rises to become a cocain kingpin . With its over - the - top violence and in truth scenery - chewing Pacino performance , De Palma’sScarfacehas become a classic . As iconic as Pacino’sScarfaceperformance has become , any actor who step into the lead role in a movie calledScarfacewill have a intimidating chore in the lead of him .
A veteran of action movies , Fuquahad his most recent successthis summer withThe Equalizer 2 , starring his long - time collaborator Washington . As previously mentioned , Fuqua says he has been trying to get Washington interested in playing the lead inScarfacebut to no avail . put down Washington would clearly give the newScarfacean instant infusion of credibleness that would help push through any objections about remaking a classic ( that was itself a remake of a classic ) . However , casting Washington would obviously completely alter the movie ’s reported story , which worry a Mexican immigrant .
With production onScarfacegetting ready to zigzag up in just a few months , casting confirmations undoubtedly will soon be on the mode . Universal has yet to reveal a release day of the month for the film .
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