Universal’s Scarface update has taken a step close to becoming a reality, with The Wrap reporting that Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larrain (No, Tony Manero) has signed on to direct the studio’s planned remake of the gangster classics from Howard Hawks and Brian De Palma.
According to the site, the new version “will reimagine the core immigrant story told in both the 1932 and 1983 films [and] will be an original story set in modern day Los Angeles that follows a Mexican immigrant’s rise in the criminal underworld as he strives for the American Dream.”
Scarface has been written by Paul Attanasio (Donnie Brasco), with Mark Shmuger (We Steal Secrets) producing alongside Marty Bregman, producer of the 1983 version.
Originally published March 25, 2014. Updated April 12, 2018.
