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Next Up in the Remake Dept: Scarface

Just don't call it a remake...

By Kate Seamons,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 22, 2011 11:32 AM CDT

(Newser) – Say hello to my little friend ... again. Sort of. Universal Pictures is preparing to make (but not remake) a third Scarface, which it says will not be a rehashing of or sequel to either the 1932 or 1983 films, but a new version, reports Deadline. It'll share the same premise (outsider busts his way into the criminal underworld in a bid to achieve the, ahem, American dream; violence is involved). No word on ethnicity or geography (Italian/Chicago, Cuban/Miami played big in the first two versions, Deadline reminds us). Former Universal head Marc Shmuger will produce, along with Martin Bregman, who produced the Al Pacino version.

No word on what Al Pacino thinks.
No word on what Al Pacino thinks.   (miagy1)
The Scarface poster from the George Cosmatos vintage film poster collection is valued at $20,000 to $30,000 at Christies Los Angeles, October 12, 2001, in Beverly Hills, CA.
The Scarface poster from the George Cosmatos vintage film poster collection is valued at $20,000 to $30,000 at Christies Los Angeles, October 12, 2001, in Beverly Hills, CA.   (Getty Images)
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hatchling1
Sep 22, 2011 4:13 PM CDT
No. No. No. 
msftchic
Sep 22, 2011 12:21 PM CDT
oh, sweet Jesus. Hollywood, I DARE you to come up with an original idea!
Cat-Lover
Sep 22, 2011 11:55 AM CDT
Let's just hope it doesn't include computer generated special effects, computer enhanced blue-cast people-like characters or 3D.
 

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