Luca Guadagnino, the director of Call Me By Your Name and the Suspiria remake, has reportedly been hired to direct Universal’s reboot of the gangster classic Scarface.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the latest draft of the remake was penned by Joel and Ethan Coen.
Guadagnino is the latest director attached to the project, following Training Day’s Antoine Fuqua, Suicide Squad’s David Ayer, Harry Potter’s David Yates, and Jackie’s Pablo Larrain.
This would be the third film incarnation of Scarface, following the original 1932 classic and the 1983 remake starring Al Pacino.
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This latest Scarface has been in development since 2011, and had Rogue One’s Gabriel Luna reportedly in the mix to star back in 2017.
The movie has been described in the past as a reboot, which will see a Mexican immigrant in L.A. rising to the top of the underworld.
Source: IGN.com Scarface Reboot Lands Call Be By Your Name Director