Los Angeles (AFP)
A remake of the legendary gangster film "Scarface", which will be located in Los Angeles, will be released with the Coen brothers in the script under the guidance of Universal Pictures studios, AFP learned from a source close to the film on Thursday.
The feature film, the third cinematographic version of this bloody drama unfolding in the world of the American underworld, will be directed by Luca Guadagnino ("Call Me By Your Name").
The first "Scarface" was produced in 1932 by Howard Hawks, who was inspired by a novel from the life of Al Capone and located the action in the Italian mafia of Chicago.
In 1983, Brian De Palma had chosen Miami for his successful remake, with Al Pacino in Tony Montana, a ruthless and violent Cuban refugee building himself a crime empire based on the trafficking of cocaine.
The new film programmed by Universal will rethink "the story of immigrants" which is the engine of the two previous "Scarface", with the scenario the brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, who worked for a long time on the project.
According to specialized media, the Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino is working alongside a sequel to "Call Me By Your Name" - which had won him the Oscar selection - as well as an adaptation of the novel "His Majesty of the Flies" .
No details were given on the release date of the next "Scarface" or on the distribution of roles. The productions are currently completely halted in Hollywood due to containment measures against the Covid-19.
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