The cultural iconic all-time gangster movie Scarface will be updated once again according to Deadline Hollywood. Now before everyone flips the fuck out with the standard, "can hollywood come up with an original idea" , "this will kill the original" "The remake is never as good as the original" nonsense, its important to know the facts. The 1983 Al Pacino, Tony Montana Scarface that we've all learned to love and quote was a remake of the 1929 Howard Hughes original. Montana and his drug smuggling, money laundering, straight gangsterness was loosely based on Tony Camonte, the hero/villain of the original. The plots, although both dealing with similar themes, were drastically different. The 1929 version, set in Chicago, focused on alcohol smuggling, bootlegging and mob wars. The 1983 version, set in Miami, dealt with Cocaine trafficking and Cuban immigration. Expect the newest version to deal with real life gang situations in today's world. No tentative schedule has been released yet but it will be produced by Universal studio head Martin Bregma and Marc Shmuger (Bregma produced the 1983 version as well). I have nothing but optimism and praise for this move, it's an update not a remake lets get that straight. Who gets the prized role? That debate is for another time. And lastly knock on wood...I'd get some serious wood if this baby was set in NYC.
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