Pacino worked with producerMartin Bregman to develop the project. Bregman andSidney Lumet both conceived the idea of setting the story during the boatlift. Lumet was initially hired to direct the film but left, feeling that it was too violent and wanted it to be more of a political film. De Palma replaced Lumet as director and Bregman hired Stone to write the script. Stone, who had been struggling with his own cocaine addiction at the time, wrote the script inParis. The film was initially going to be entirely shot in Miami, but the Cuban community denied requests to film there, feeling that the script portrayed them in a bad light. Filming took place from November 1982 to May 1983 inLos Angeles and two weeks in Miami. The film's soundtrack and score was composed byGiorgio Moroder.
Scarface premiered in New York City on December 1, 1983, and was released on December 9 byUniversal Pictures. The film was a commercial success, grossing $66 million. Initial critical response was negative due to its extreme violence and depiction of stereotypes. However, in the years that followed, some critics have reappraised it, and it is now considered to be one of the greatest films ever made.[6] Screenwriters and directors such asMartin Scorsese have praised the film, and it has been referenced extensively in pop culture, especially inhip-hop culture,[7][8] as well as comic books, television programs and video games. The film is regarded as acult classic.[9][10]
In 1980, ex-convictCuban refugeeTony Montana arrives inMiami as part of theMariel boatlift with his friendManny Ribera and their companions, Angel and Chi-Chi. Miami drug lord Frank Lopez arrangesgreen cards for them in exchange for murdering a former henchman ofFidel Castro. Dissatisfied with their jobs as restaurant dishwashers, Tony and Manny meet with Frank's right-hand man, Omar Suarez, who sends the four to purchase cocaine fromColombian dealers. Tony and Angel are taken at gunpoint; Tony is made to watch as Angel is dismembered with a chainsaw, before Manny and Chi-Chi rescue him. They kill three of the dealers and deliver the drugs and money to Frank in person, suspecting Omar set them up.
Tony and Manny begin working for Frank while Tony is attracted to Frank's wife,Elvira. Tony visits his mother, and sister Gina. Tony gives his mother $1,000, claiming he earns money as a political organizer. Tony's mother is visibly angered by his lie, berates Tony for his criminal lifestyle and kicks him out. Gina, however, keeps the money. Tony warns Manny to stay away from Gina. Frank sends Tony and Omar toBolivia to meet cocaine kingpinAlejandro Sosa. Omar is angered when Tony seeks to negotiate a large deal without Frank's approval. Sosa sends Omar off but keeps Tony behind to watch his men hang Omar from a helicopter, and tells Tony that Omar is a police informant and that Frank has poor judgment for trusting him. Tony says he never trusted Omar. Sosa takes a liking to Tony for his integrity and agrees to the deal, but not before delivering Tony a stern warning to never double-cross him.
Back in Miami, Frank is furious at Tony for his unauthorized deal with Sosa and Omar’s demise. Severing business ties with Frank, Tony sets up his own cocaine operation and continues flirting with Elvira, further infuriating Frank. Mel Bernstein, a corrupt detective on Frank's payroll, attempts to extort Tony for police protection. Tony confronts Gina who's having sex with a man in a club bathroom. At the club, hitmen seek to assassinate Tony, who escapes with minor wounds. He later confronts Frank and Bernstein over the attack, forcing Frank to confess. Tony has Manny shoot Frank before killing Bernstein. Tony marries Elvira. He becomes the distributor of Sosa's cocaine and oversees his rapidly growing drug empire in a large, heavily-guarded estate.
In 1983, asting operation by federal agents sees Tony charged with tax evasion and facing prison time. Sosa offers to keep Tony out of prison via his government connections if Tony kills a journalist about to expose Sosa. During a restaurant dinner a drunken Tony blames Manny for his arrest and calls Elvira an infertile junkie; prompting Elvira to call out his criminality to the other patrons and leave him. Sosa's henchman, Alberto, puts a radio-controlled bomb under the journalist's car, but Tony tries to cancel the hit upon seeing the journalist is accompanied by his wife and children. Alberto refuses and Tony kills him before he can detonate the bomb. A furious Sosa vows revenge for Tony allowing the journalist to deliver the exposé.
At his mother's behest, Tony, high on cocaine, tracks down Gina and finds her with Manny. Tony shoots Manny dead before learning Gina has just married him. Tony takes Gina to his estate and begins a cocaine binge in his office. Gina accuses him of wanting her for himself. She shoots and wounds him, and is killed by one of Sosa's men whom Tony kills in return. Sosa's men invade the grounds and kill Tony's guards, including Chi-Chi, as Tony takes a rifle and a grenade launcher to the invaders, killing many, but suffering gunshot wounds. He taunts his attackers until an assassin shoots him in the back, killing him. Tony's body falls from the balcony into the pool, near the base of a globe with the motto, "The World Is Yours".
Ted Beniades as Seidelbaum, an undercover police officer
Geno Silva as "The Skull", a sicario and hitman for Sosa
Other cast members includeRichard Belzer as the Babylon ClubM.C.,[11]Albert Carrier as Pedro Quinn, a sugar mogul working with Sosa;[12]Victor Millan as Ariel Blayer, a Bolivian politician working with Sosa;[13]Roberto Contreras as Emilio Rebenga, a Cuban emigre Montana assassinates; andGregg Henry as Charles Goodson, an American associate of Sosa's.[14]
Oliver Stone (pictured in 1987) wrote the script forScarface while struggling with his own addiction to cocaine.Brian De Palma (pictured in 2011), director of the film
Scarface began development after Al Pacino sawthe 1932 film at theTiffany Theater while in Los Angeles. He later called his manager, producerMartin Bregman, and informed him of his belief in the potential for a remake of that film.[19] Pacino originally wanted to retain theperiod piece aspect, but realized that because of its melodramatic nature, it would be difficult to accomplish.[20]Sidney Lumet became attached as the director, developing the idea for Montana to be a Cuban arriving in the United States during theMariel boatlift.[19][21]
Bregman and Lumet's creative differences resulted in Lumet dropping out of the project. Lumet had wanted to make a more political story that focused on blaming the current presidential administration for the influx of cocaine into the United States, but Bregman disagreed.[22][20] Bregman replaced him withBrian De Palma, and hired writerOliver Stone; Stone had seen the original 1932Scarface and had not enjoyed it, so he initially rejected the offer.[23]
After he talked with Lumet, however, he was convinced to accept the offer because they agreed to transform the film from a period piece to a contemporary film.[23] "Sidney had a great idea to take the 1930s American prohibition gangster movie and make it into a modern immigrant gangster movie dealing with the same problems that we had then, that we're prohibiting drugs instead of alcohol. There's a prohibition against drugs that's created the same criminal class as (prohibition of alcohol) created the Mafia".[23] In the bookThe Oliver Stone Experience, Stone writes: "I didn't want to do an Italian Mafia movie ... We'd had dozens of these things. But then Bregman came to me and said, Sidney has a great idea — he wants to do it as a Marielito picture in Miami. I said, That's interesting! Sidney's idea was a good one."[4]
Stone researched the script while battling his own cocaine addiction.[24] He and Bregman performed their own research, traveling to Miami, Florida, where they were given access to records from the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Organized Crime Bureau.[22] Stone moved to Paris to write the script, believing that he could not break his addiction while in the United States, stating in a 2003 interview that he was completely off drugs at the time, "because I don't think cocaine helps writing. It's very destructive to the brain cells."[20][25]
Among other changes to the original story was the addition of the characterAlejandro Sosa. Stone patterned the character afterRoberto Suárez Gómez,[26] aBolivian drug lord nicknamed the "King of Cocaine".
Michelle Pfeiffer was an almost unknown actress when she appeared inScarface, and both starAl Pacino and directorBrian De Palma initially argued against her casting.
Pacino worked with experts in knife combat, trainers and boxerRoberto Durán to attain the body type that he wanted for the role. Durán also helped inspire the character, who had "a certain lion in him", according to Pacino.Meryl Streep's immigrant character inSophie's Choice (1982) also influenced Pacino's portrayal of Tony Montana. Bauer and a dialect coach helped him learn aspects of theCuban Spanish language and pronunciation.[20]
Bauer got his role without auditioning. During the audition process, casting director Alixe Gordin saw Bauer and instantly noted that he was right for the role of Manny, a judgment with which both De Palma and Bregman agreed. He was the only actual Cuban in the principal cast.John Travolta was considered for the role.[19][24][29]
The picture was shot over 24 weeks from November 22, 1982, to May 6, 1983.[30][31] Although the film is set in Miami, the Miami Tourist Board declined requests to film there, fearing that the film's themes of drugs and gangsters would deter tourism. Instead, much of the film was shot inLos Angeles.[24] In April 1983, however, one scene was shot at Miami'sFontainebleau Miami Beach.[32] The chainsaw scene was filmed onMiami Beach'sOcean Drive. A second unit team headed by David Hans Dreyfuss shot for one day atCoronado Beach inSan Diego, California.[33] Tony's opulent mansion wasEl Fureidis, a Roman-styled mansion nearSanta Barbara, California.[34]
The production was halted twice for severe weather events in California.[4] During production in March, Pacino burned his left hand on the muzzle of the gun that had been fired when he tripped during a fight scene. Production was shut down for more than a week while Pacino recovered.[4] A premature bomb explosion also injured two stuntmen during a scene shot in his absence.[4]
The gunfight scene at the end of the film includes a single camera shot directed bySteven Spielberg, who was visiting the set at the time.[24] Powdered babylaxative was used as the fake substance forcocaine in the film.[35] The special effects were performed byKen Pepiot andStan Parks.[36]
According to De Palma, he arranged for Stone to leave the set because the latter was getting in the way of the former's direction by "talking to the actors on the set".[37]
Less than two months before the film's release, on October 28, 1983,Scarface was given anX rating by theMPAA for "excessive and cumulative violence and for language".[38][4]
De Palma had already re-cut the film three times by that point; De Palma stated: "I said I've had it with these people, I'm not taking any more out."[4] Bregman toldThe New York Times that "we have been designated as a pornographic film ... We'll accept the X rating and appeal".[38] Universal would not release the film with an X rating due to the porn perception and the reduction of ticket sales being from ticket buyers, most newspapers, TV, and radio stations, who would not run ads for an X-rated film.[4]
On November 8, an appeal board composed of 20 theater owners, studio executives and independent distributors overturned the decision 17 to 3 in favor of anR rating—more than the two-thirds required.[39] De Palma believed that the changes were minor enough to be unnoticeable and requested that the original cut of the film be released with the rating. When the MPAA refused, De Palma released the film uncut anyway, admitting to it only months after the film's release.[40][41]
Instead of using popular music from the period in which the film is set, the music inScarface was produced by Academy Award-winning Italian record producerGiorgio Moroder. Reflecting Moroder's style, the soundtrack consists mostly ofsynthesizednew wave andelectronic music. De Palma has stated that he has repeatedly denied Universal's requests to re-release the film with "a rap score" because he thinks that Moroder's score is perfect.[42] In June 2022, the complete score and soundtrack was released by La-La Land Records.[43]
Scarfacepremiered on December 1, 1983, in New York City, where it was initially greeted with mixed reaction. The film's two stars, Al Pacino and Steven Bauer, were joined in attendance by Burt andDiane Lane,Melanie Griffith,Raquel Welch,Joan Collins, her boyfriendPeter Holm andEddie Murphy, among others.[44] It was given a wide release on December 9.
Scarface was initially released byMCA Home Video onVHS,CED Videodisc,LaserDisc andBeta in summer 1984—a two-tape set in 1.33:1pan and scan ratio—and quickly became a bestseller, becoming the first to sell 100,000 copies at a retail price of $79.95.[45]
A VHS formatted in the film's theatrical 2.35:1widescreen aspect ratio followed in 1998 to coincide with thespecial editionDVD release. The last VHS release was in 2003 to counterpart the 20th anniversary edition DVD. The 2003 DVD wasremastered and re-released throughUniversal Records.
The commercial television version ofScarface premiered onABC on January 7, 1989.[46] 32 minutes of violence, profanity and sex were removed, as well as much of the dialogue, including the constant use of the word "fuck", which was muted after the beginning of "f-" or replaced with less offensive alternatives.[47]
The film received a North American DVD release on the film's fifteenth anniversary in 1998 for the Signature CollectionLaserDisc release of the film, but recycled ontoDVD, featuring a non-anamorphic widescreen transfer, a "Making of" documentary,outtakes, trailers, a photo gallery, production notes, and cast and crew biographies. This release was not successful, and many fans and reviewers complained about its unwatchable video transfer and muddled sound, describing it as "one of the worst big studio releases out there".[48] The 20th Anniversary edition was released on DVD and VHS in 2003, with the DVD selling more than2 million units in its first week and becoming the best-sellingR-rated DVD title.[49]
Scarface was released onBlu-ray on September 6, 2011, in a two-disc, limited edition, steelbox package.[51] The set was criticized for its poor picture quality due to usage of an old master created from the DVD release.[52] Disc two is a DVD of the 1932Scarface, featuring aTCM-produced introduction byRobert Osborne and analternate ending. Bonus features includeThe Making of Scarface documentary, and a new retrospective documentary:The Scarface Phenomenon.[53]
A special gift set, limited to 1,000 copies, features the Blu-ray set housed in a cigarhumidor, designed by humidor craftsman Daniel Marshall. The humidor box set retailed at $999.99.[54]
A standard4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and limited edition set were released on October 15, 2019. The limited edition set contains a specially-made statue, a newly remastered transfer and, for the first time on Blu-ray, the 1932 original. There is also a standard set that contains the same 4K transfer and a remastered 1080p disk but does not include the 1932 version.[55][56][57] A month later on November 19, the 1932 original was given its own individual release.[58] The 4K release ports over all of the old special features and adds one new one, which is a reunion special in tribute to the 35th anniversary of the movie's release.
In the United States, the film sold3.7 million DVD units for$78.2 million in 2003,[59] and 285,916 Blu-ray units for $6,103,545 as of 2020[update],[60] totaling 3,985,916 DVD and Blu-ray units sold for$84,303,545 as of 2020[update].
Scarface was released theatrically in North America on December 9, 1983. The film earned $4.5 million from 996 theaters during its opening weekend, an average of $4,616 per theater, and ranking as the second-highest-grossing film of the weekend behindSudden Impact ($9.6 million), which debuted the same weekend. It went on to earn $45.2 million in North America and $20.5 million from other markets, for a total of $65.7 million.[61]
This figure madeScarface the16th highest-grossing film of 1983, and seventh highest grossing R-rated film in North America for 1983.[5][62] It has since been given three re-releases in 2003, which featured a remastered film for the film's 20th anniversary, 2012 and 2014, bringing the total earned to $45.4 million domestically, for a total of $66 million worldwide.[5] Following subsequent re-releases, the film has grossed over $66.4 million.[5]
In terms of box-office admissions, the film sold 14,197,700 tickets in the United States and Spain,[63] 1,067,544 tickets in France and Italy,[64] 250,746 tickets in South Korea,[65] and 195,872 tickets in Germany,[66] for a total of 15,711,862 tickets sold in these territories.
Critics were generally negative aboutScarface when it was originally released.[19] The film was noted for its violence and profanity.[67]New York magazine called it an empty, bullying, overblown B-movie.[68]
At the middle of the film,Martin Scorsese reportedly said to Bauer, "You guys are great – but be prepared, because they're going to hate it in Hollywood ... because it's about them."[70]
In his review forNewsweek,David Ansen wrote, "IfScarface makes you shudder, it's from what youthink you see and from the accumulated tension of this feral landscape. It's a grand, shallow, decadent entertainment, which like all good Hollywood gangster movies delivers the punch and counterpunch of glamour and disgust."[71]
Jay Scott wrote in his review forThe Globe and Mail, "For a while, Al Pacino is hypnotic as Montana. But the effort expended on the flawless Cuban accent and the attempts to flesh out a character cut from inch-thick cardboard are hopeless."[72]
In his review forThe Washington Post, Gary Arnold wrote, "A movie that appeared intent on revealing an alarmingly contemporary criminal subculture gradually reverts to underworld cliche, covering its derivative tracks with outrageous decor and an apocalyptic, production number finale, ingeniously choreographed to leave the antihero floating face down in a literal bloodbath."[73]
Roger Ebert of theChicago Sun-Times rated it four stars out of four in his 1983 review, and later added it to his "Great Movies" list.[74] Ebert wrote, "DePalma 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."[75]
Vincent Canby praised the film inThe New York Times, "The dominant mood of the film is... bleak and futile: what goes up must always come down. When it comes down inScarface, the crash is as terrifying as it is vivid and arresting."[76]
Leonard Maltin was among the critics who held a negative opinion ofScarface. He gave the film 1½ stars out of four, stating thatScarface "wallows in excess and unpleasantness for nearlythree hours, and offers no new insights except that crime doesn't pay. At least the 1932 moviemoved." Maltin included an addendum to his review in later editions of hisannual movie guide, stating his surprise with the film's newfound popularity as a cult classic.[77]
Onreview aggregatorRotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 78% approval rating, based on 82 reviews. The website's consensus reads: "Director Brian De Palma and star Al Pacino take it to the limit in this stylized, ultra-violent and eminently quotable gangster epic that walks a thin white line between moral drama and celebratory excess."[78]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 65 out of 100, based on reviews from 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[79]
During filming, some Cubans objected to the film's Cuban characters being portrayed as criminals by mostly non-Cuban actors. The film features a disclaimer following its credits, stating in red, all-cap lettering, "Scarface is a fictional account of the activities of a small group of ruthless criminals. The characters do not represent the Cuban/American community and it would be erroneous and unfair to suggest that they do. The vast majority of Cuban/Americans have demonstrated a dedication, vitality and enterprise that has enriched the American scene."[29][39]
In 2008, Damarys Ocaña ofThe Guardian wrote that the film reinforces stereotypes of Marielito Cubans, as it exaggerates the number of criminals in theMariel boatlift. She also called Pacino's portrayal of a Cuban-American as having a "ridiculous accent and overacting".[80] According to a 1985Sun Sentinel magazine article, it was rumored that, of the approximate 125,000 refugees that entered the United States on the boatlift, around 16,000 to 20,000 were estimated to be criminals, and around 350 to 400 Mariel Cubans were reported to inhabit Dade County jails on a typical day.[81] However, in aNew York Daily News editorial following the film's release, Miguel Perez charged, "The movie fails to say that even among those Marielitos who had criminal records, there were thousands whose offenses were so minor that they would not be considered criminals here, and thousands of others whose 'criminal record' was based on their opposition to the Communist regime."[4]
Demetrio Perez, the city commissioner of Miami, led the charge against the film.[4] Estimates assert that the Marisol refugee population included only 2,700 hardened criminals, over a thousand of whom were deported back to Cuba by the U.S. government.[82] InThe Oliver Stone Experience, Stone commented, "Well, Tony Montana was a gangster ... His mother and his sister represent the clean-cut Cuban community. His mother scolds him:You're a scumbag, get out of my house! You're ruining your sister! So there is a strong morality in the movie. I knew about the criticisms even in advance, that Cubans were not like that. But I'm sorry: A lot of Cubansdid becomeMarielitos. If I'd done it about Colombians, they would've said the same thing: 'You're anti-Colombian'."[4]
Notably,Scarface is the only remake to appear in the same AFI 10 Top 10 list as the original film. It is No. 10 while the 1932 original is No. 6.[citation needed]
Pacino was already an established successful actor, butScarface helped launch Pfeiffer's and Mastrantonio's careers; both were relatively unknown before, but went on to individual successes.[29]Entertainment Weekly ranked the film #8 on their list of "The Top 50 Cult Films",[89] andEmpire magazine placed it among the top 500 films of all time, at #284.[90] In 2009,Total Film listed it at number 9 on their list of the 30 Greatest Gangster movies.[91]Scarface was among the earliest films in which the expletive "fuck" is used persistently;226 times total.[24] The company set up by former Iraqi presidentSaddam Hussein to launder money was namedMontana Management after Tony Montana's money-laundering operation in the film.[24]
During a 2012police raid ofItalian Mafia gangster Carlo Padovani'sNaples home, a life-sizedporcelainbust ofTony Montana was found. Leading figures in the Italian Mafia were said to admire theScarface movie and Tony Montana, further confirming that the film depicts the life of realdrug lords.[92][93] Another Naples drug lord,Walter Schiavone, instructed to have an exact replica of Tony Montana's Miami mansion built in Naples,Italy.
The release ofScarface coincided with the rise ofhip hop, and the film has had a lasting influence onhip hop music artists.[94] American rapperNas compared himself toTony Montana and compared rapperJay-Z to Manolo, both characters fromScarface, on Nas's track "Last Real Nigga Alive" from his albumGod's Son, during the time of thehigh-profile feud between the two.[95] Rapper AZ, Nas's close associate has referred himself as SOSA over the years. In 2003, Hip Hop record labelDef Jam Recordings released a compilation album calledMusic Inspired by Scarface. The compilation album contains Rap music directly inspired by the movie or has lyrical content that can relate to the film. RapperCuban Link released "Scarface 2" in 2002, which was featured on hisBroken Chains mixtape. Cuban has frequently sampled and mentioned Scarface into his music in songs like "Off the Books", "Toe to Toe", "Shakedown", "Quiet Storm" and various of his other tracks.
RapperChief Keef uses the nickname "Sosa" after Alejandro Sosa. South-Korean rapper and member of groupBTS,Agust D also compared himself to Tony Montana and made multiple references to the movie in his track "Tony Montana" from his debut album,Agust D. InThe Lonely Islandparody hip hop 2011 song "Jack Sparrow", a rap song intended to be about clubbing is ruined byMichael Bolton singing about various films, includingScarface.[96][97]
In 2011, RapperFuture released the gold-certifiedTony Montana.[98] The beginning of the music video for the song "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" by rapper2Pac featuringSnoop Dogg is a reference to a scene from the movie. RapperTony Yayo's stage name is derived from the movie, referencing Tony Montana's first name and a moment in the movie where Tony tells Chi-Chi to "get the yeyo". In 2023,Drake sampled a monologue by Pacino in the film and included it on the song "Daylight".[99]
Nicki Minaj's 2018 song "Chun-Li" contains lines that appear to be reworked Tony Montana's quotes, such as "They painting me out to be the bad guy/ Well, it's the last time you gonna see a bad guy/ do the rap game like me" and "They need rappers like me/ they need rappers like me!"[100]
In 2010, artistJames Georgopoulos included the screen-used guns from Scarface in his popularGuns of Cinema series.[101]Dark Horse Comics'imprintDH Press released a novel calledScarface: The Beginning byL. A. Banks.[102][103] IDW publishing released a five-issue limited series calledScarface: Scarred For Life from December 2006 to April 2007. It starts with corrupt police officers finding that Tony has survived the final mansion showdown. Tony works at rebuilding his criminal empire, similar to the gameThe World Is Yours.[104] IDW published a four-issue prequel series calledScarface: Devil in Disguise from July to October 2007. It follows Tony as he grows up on the crime-filled streets of a Castro-controlled Cuba, ultimately molding himself into the potential Miami-based gangster seen in the movie.[105]
Scarface is among the films that served as inspiration for the 2002 video gameGrand Theft Auto: Vice City, which took place in a representation of 1980s' Miami and featured a recreation of Montana's mansion.[106][107][108] The video forMötley Crüe's song "Dr. Feelgood" echoes several elements of the film (the end of the video features a bloodless version of the climatic shootout where Tony Montana is killed) and the song itself describes a young man who rises to great power in the drug trade and then loses it all.
The video game seriesYakuza takes many influences from the film.[citation needed] Among these includeKazuma Kiryu's various outfits which bear similarities to those worn by Tony Montana.
The quote, "Say hello to my little friend!", from the film's climactic scene has become a pop-culture staple, and ranked 61 inAFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes list.
In 1992, professional wrestlerScott Hall joined theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) as Razor Ramon, a shady and stylishCuban American bully from Miami.[109][110] The character was modeled on the characters Tony Montana andManny Ribera fromScarface.[110] Ramon's nickname (The Bad Guy) and catchphrase ("Say hello to The Bad Guy") derive from Montana's quotes: "Say hello to my little friend" and "Say goodnight to the bad guy".[110][111] Later in his career, Hall claimed that he pitched the idea of aScarface-like character during a meeting withVince McMahon andPat Patterson as a joke.[109]
A 3D recreation of Tony's mansion was featured in the November 9, 2006 episode ofMTV Cribs as a marketing piece byVivendi (before being acquired byActivision) for the release of the video game of the same name. The episode features 3D model of Tony (voiced byAndré Sogliuzzo) leading a cameraman throughout his mansion, giving an in-depth tour of each room in a 3D environment. Tony's mansion is modeled after the same one appearing in the film and is used in game.[114][115]
In the cartoon seriesThe Batman, the character of theVentriloquist uses a dummy wearing an outfit modeled on Montana's.
In 2001, plans were made for hip hop artistCuban Link to write and star in asequel ofScarface titledSon of Tony.[116] The plans drew both praise and criticism and, after several years, Cuban Link indicated that he may no longer be involved with the project as the result of film rights issues and creative control.[117]
In 2011,Universal began developing a new version ofScarface. The studio stated that the new film would neither be a sequel nor a remake, but would take elements from both this version and its 1932 predecessor, including the basic premise: a man who becomes a kingpin in his quest for theAmerican Dream. Bregman, who produced the 1983 remake, was set to produce this version also,[118] with a screenplay byDavid Ayer,[119] andDavid Yates in talks to direct the film.[120]
In March 2014,TheWrap reported thatPablo Larraín was in negotiations to direct the film, along withPaul Attanasio to write the script. The film's update was going to be an original story set in modern-day Los Angeles that follows a Mexican immigrant's rise in the criminal underworld as he strives for the American Dream.[121] Jonathan Herman was set in March 2015 to rewrite both drafts of the script.[122]
The film was initially scheduled to be released in theaters on August 10, 2018, with the film's script written by theCoen brothers.[126] Fuqua was brought back to direct the new film, with Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer rewriting the screenplay.[127]
Fuqua again departed the project in May 2020. Instead,Luca Guadagnino signed to direct the film, with the script again confirmed to be by the Coen brothers.[128]
By 2023, the status of the film had reached a standstill.[129] In November 2023, Guadagnino toldThe Hindu that he was no longer attached to the project.[130]
In 2025, it was announced byDeadline thatDanny Ramirez and Tom Culliver were working on a new adaptation of Armitage Trail's original novel set in the modern day, with Ramirez producing and starring in the lead role.[131]
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