This news came at an interesting point in Yates’s career, as it emerged during a multi-month period where it looked like his Legend of Tarzan movie was dead at Warner Bros. Two years later, the project got a massive jolt of life by getting Harry Potter veteran David Yates in talks to helm the project. ![]() Still, Universal was committed to the idea of doing another Scarface movie. At the time, the exact approach of the project, specifically in what ethnicity this Tony Montana would be, was shrouded in mystery, while a screenwriter was not yet attached to the production. By 2011, those plans had shifted to just doing a whole new take on the Scarface story, with the project not being intended as a straightforward remake of the Brian de Palma movie. Universal has spent much of the 21st century obsessed with finding ways to extend the shelf life of the Scarface brand name, with the studio initially pursuing a sequel named Son of Tony.
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