Joel And Ethan Coen Re-Writing The New Scarface Script

Though it lost its most recent director candidate (Antoine Fuqua) but there is good news for the latest version of Scarface. Universal has Joel and Ethan Coen providing their scriptwriting services to do a polish on the new movie's screenplay.

And the producers, which includes Martin Bregman (who shepherded the 1983 Brian De Palma/Al Pacino version to screens) appear to be close to finding a replacement director to call the shots, with Diego Luna still attached to star as a Mexican gangster who is looking to carve out his own slice of the American dream.

According to The Hollywood Reporter{ =nofollow}, David Mackenzie, who won acclaim for last year's Hell Or High Water (which is now up for four Oscars, including Best Picture), is in the mix alongside the man who coincidentally originally hired him for what would become that film, Peter Berg. Mackenzie's story is the more intriguing one; unable to secure most studio jobs (including this Scarface when he took a meeting for it), he's since become a toast of the town and is being offered scripts all over the place. And Berg, of course, has a history with Universal via Battleship and Lone Survivor.

The new version still faces an uphill battle with some who don't really want to see another remake, even given that the 1983 film is itself exactly that. Still, Universal remains confident and has handed out a 10 August, 2018 release for the film across the pond.

Diego Luna Circling The New Scarface

Antoine Fuqua Circling The New Scarface

Universal Plotting Another Scarface