In development news, Antoine Fuqua has stepped down as director of Universal Studios’ upcoming Scarface remake. Fuqua had been attached to the project since last year, but was forced to leave due to scheduling conflicts. A sequel to his 2014 thriller The Equalizer, starring Denzel Washington, has been moved up the slate at Sony Pictures, forcing him to choose between the two. Now that he has opted for the latter, Universal is on the hunt for a replacement so that they can begin pre-production immediately. While it has lost a director, the project shouldn’t bleed too much momentum after announcing Rogue One’s Diego Luna will star in the lead role. This will mark the third rendition of the original 1932 immigrant tale chronicling the rise and fall of a gangster trying to make it in America. The original followed Italian-American Tony Camonte, while Brian De Palma’s 1983 remake gave us Al Pacino at his scenery-chewing “Say Hello to my little friend” best as the Cuban-American Tony Montana. This time around the story will follow a Mexican-American immigrant trying to wheel and deal his way to the top of the organized crime world, but there’s no word on which Tony Diego Luna will be playing.
