The "Scarface" reboot looks like it has found its director. Numerous reports indicate that "Harry Potter" helmer David Yates might be the man to do the remake of the venerated Brian De Palma classic.
Previous reports by firstshowing.com indicated that "End of Watch" writer and director David Ayer was hired to pen the script, and Ayer even noted that he had worked hard to get the project made.
"I sought it out; I went after it hard. I see it as the story of the American dream, with a character whose moral compass points in a different direction. That puts it right in my wheelhouse. I studied both the original Ben Hecht-Howard Hawks movie and the DePalma-Pacino version and found some universal themes," said Ayer in a previous interview with First Showing. "I'm still under the hood figuring out the wiring that will translate, but both films had a specificity of place, there was unapologetic violence, and a main character who socially scared the shit out of people, but who had his own moral code. Each was faithful to the underworld of its time. There are enough opportunities in the real world today that provide an opportunity to do this right. If it was just an attempt to remake the 1983 film, that would never work."
Yates made his career in television but rose to prominence when he was hired to direct "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix." He was then assigned to direct the final three films in franchise.
The Brian De Palma film was released in 1983 and cost an estimated $25 million. The film was a massive critical and box office success and grossed $65,884,703 during its theatrical run.
In his review for the film, noted critic Robert Ebert said: "De Palma and his writer, Oliver Stone, have created a gallery of specific individuals, and one of the fascinations of the movie is that we aren't watching crime-movie clichés, we're watching people who are criminals."
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