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[Garmonbozia]

Yeah, Nah.

Both the 30's and the 80's Scarface are stone-cold classics and Pacino's performance is iconic. They're setting themselves up for failure.

 

[robotrock]

scarface might be a bad movie but this sounds even worse

 

[Ithil]

Apparently the actual original doesn't exist.

Obviously the de Palma film is the famous one, but you'd think you could stand to mention it's already a remake.

 

[Yaboosh]

It was a remake itself so not sure you can really complain about it.

 

[CrunchyFrog]

This is fucking shameless

 

[Sectorseven]

Figured they'd go the soft reboot route and make him Tony's son.

 

[strafer]

LEO?

HAHAHAHAHA



HAHAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHA


HAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHA


NO

 

[Robot Pants]

The latest edition to that Unintentionally Terrible Movies thread.
Jesus H WHY are they doing this to me

 

[Kill3r7]

Where is he gonna immigrate from?

Maybe they are making Sofia Vergara play Tony's character.

 

[Col WillieSharp]

.....and featuring Jonah Hill as Ernie.

If he wants the job.

 

[Amagon]

White washing still continues to be an issue. Smh

 

[Busty]

Empire Herald?

Who?

C'mon, son.

 

[cw_sasuke]

I like Leo and Sofia. But this doesnt sound good at all.

Ouch.

 

[Tom Nook]

This 10x.

...Why?

 

[kmfdmpig]

Good luck topping the original one...

Agreed. The 1932 one was pretty solid and much better than the remake from 1983, which is massively overrated.

 

[Mechazawa]

Next up: Carlito's Way reboot starring Tom Cruise.

 

[FloweryMarston]

but the brian de palma one was already a remake, right?

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

Figured they'd go the soft reboot route and make him Tony's son.

Scarface Jr:
The mask of Scarface.

 

[Sunster]

ew why?

 

[dohdough]

Plot twist: Gina and Tony roles are reversed

 

[Fancyarcher]

Yeah, I'm not sure what to think about this. Sounds like something that would never happen, and I'm amazed Leo even agreed to it.

wait so GOD De Palma is doing this one too?

He hasn't been confirmed, I doubt he's involved with the film.

 

[Discotheque]

It won't touch the DePalma classic but I'm just so happy Fuqua isn't making this. I haven't seen Jackie but it looks dope so I have a bit more faith with Larrain behind it

I'm mixed on Leo but a role like this would be pretty good for him. I hope he hams it the fuck up like pacino did as Tony.

 

[GeordieMark]

My first reaction was "oh god no", but Leo doesn't make many bad movies, and Sofia is Sofia, so I'm going to adopt a 'wait and see' attitude to this.

 

[yankeehater]

Where is he gonna immigrate from?

Palo Alto.

 

[DrunkShogun]

Still think this is fake. Sofia vergara is one of the worst modern actress and Tony Montana is too big a character for Leo. He's made good films but he's never carried a film the way al did for the original. The article must have missed the part where it states it's a comedy.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

He's sniffing coke off her..book it.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

The movie isn't a very good movie, and has a ton of fuckin problems, but it's been canonized so that's gonna be hard to get around.

However, Pablo Larrain making it with Leonardo DiCaprio should be enough of a "okay, wait a min" to slow people up from the automatic "GRARARARAGHGHGHG" response.

This is more or less the gangster-movie version of being super upset Blade Runner is getting a sequel until you find out it's Villenueve and Gosling.

The question is whether they're hiring DiCaprio to play a Cuban. Because that shouldn't be happening in 2017.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Hmmmm

Pablo Larraín directing means they cared enough to hire a gifted director with an eye for intimate character study.

Leo is the same age Pacino was when he filmed Scarface, and he can throw himself into any role.

The casting of Vergara instead of someone half her age shows a production team that isn't fucking stupid.

This will probably be great, guys.

The question is whether they're hiring DiCaprio to play a Cuban. Because that shouldn't be happening in 2017.

Well they did say it's a rewrite set in LA so he won't be Cuban. He'll be a fair-skinned Mexican. :V

 

[BioHazard]

It's probably worth mentioning that the beloved '83 Scarface is also a remake, for those that insist films can't me retold/remade for new generations or times

 

[soundscream]

Well atleast this thread is pointing out who thinks the 80's version was the original version.

 

[robotrock]

My first reaction was "oh god no", but Leo doesn't make many bad movies, and Sofia is Sofia, so I'm going to adopt a 'wait and see' attitude to this.

great gatsby, j.edgar, and the revenant are some of the worst times i've had at theaters

 

[LordOfLore]

Still think this is fake. Sofia vergara is one of the worst modern actress and Tony Montana is too big a character for Leo. He's made good films but he's never carried a film the way al did for the original. The article must have missed the part where it states it's a comedy.

Yeah, I felt unsure about making the thread but then people started talking about it seriously on twitter so...

 

[kess]

Yeah, Nah.

Both the 30's and the 80's Scarface are stone-cold classics and Pacino's performance is iconic. They're setting themselves up for failure.

Paul Muni is pretty great, too

 

[harSon]

Next up: Carlito's Way reboot starring Tom Cruise.

The original was some bullshit too, it's not like Pacino is Puerto Rican. Or Cuban...

great gatsby, j.edgar, and the revenant are some of the worst times i've had at theaters

 

[segasonic]

1983 film already is a remake...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarface_(1932_film)

 

[Nategc20]

I swear to god I'd be more interested if Shia lebouf or Wayne Brady or someone wacky like that approached the role of Tony Montana. This is an unnecessary reboot because it's not even a reboot. It could have been another title on the manuscript in every which way.

 

[Violence Jack]

Figured they'd go the soft reboot route and make him Tony's son.

But I thought Elvira couldn't get pregnant in the 1983 film?

I don't have a problem with Leo, but he shouldn't be playing a Cuban immigrant if they are indeed going that route.

 

[Ithil]

but the brian de palma one was already a remake, right?

It was. I wonder if that guy who got repeatedly furious in the thread for the 2017 Mummy film that people kept mentioning that the 1999 Mummy film was a remake of the 30s film (and not the first remake either) will be in here too, angry that people are aware the 1983 version was not the first.

 

[iuxion]

Leo is great.

But this is horrible, horrible casting.

 

[Ray Down]

scarface might be a bad movie but this sounds even worse

Considering the Al one is a remake ehh, though I agree with you its a bad movie.

 

[Fularu]

Next up: Carlito's Way reboot starring Tom Cruise.

Cruise is more credible than Leo any day of the week (he was phenomenal in Collateral)

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Waaaaaaiiiiiiiiit a minute.

wait hold up.

What the fuck is the Empire Herald?

Where are these quotes coming from? What's the sourcing here?

Why is this one of the top stories on the site's main page?

Like, seriously, this is the image associated with the 2nd story underneath the main:

Goddammit, you guys.

goddammit.

 

[gutter_trash]

isn't Sofia Vargara 20 years too old to play Gina Montana?

The Gina character in the in 1981 movie was a 16 year old girl moving on up to 18

 

[kswiston]

The question is whether they're hiring DiCaprio to play a Cuban. Because that shouldn't be happening in 2017.

The original 1932 character was Italian. Maybe they will go a different ethnicity route again.

 

[discospider]

Great squinting and screaming opportunity for Leo

 

[Apathy]

the 30's original was losely based on al capone, the 80's one that took inspiration from that one has Tony being Cuban, I just hope they come to their minds and change the character from being Cuban to something else if Leo is going to be the star. If they make the character Cuban again, then wtf Hollywood, give the part to a latin man

 

[robotrock]

keep posting "You know the al pacino one is a remake right"

 

[Blader]

I mean Jackie wasn't bad I guess.

I thought it was just ok myself, but Larrain doing this jumped out to me as a pretty interesting and unusual choice, given the usual hacks that are attached to 1980s remakes.

 

[Wolfe]

Before people freak out about this, it's worth pointing out that the Al Pacino version was already a remake of the 1932 original.

Don't get me wrong I know there will always be "remakes" and "reimaginings" and whatnot but I'm just tired of the current trend of pulling popular shit out of the 80's (well any of the last recent decades really) in what feels like an attempt at cashing in on popular nostalgia.

I mean one reason I enjoy shit from the 80's and 90's so much is that a lot of it feels rather original and it's own thing. We need to get these execs back out of Hollywood and get some creative people back in charge imo.

But in the end it's not like I'll lose sleep over it or anything.

 

[Borgnine]

Like, it's just a gangster picture with Leo in it, something he's done many times before. What the hell is everyone's problem.