Say hello to my little friend! Well, Suicide Squad’s David Ayer to be precise. More news of the Universal press comes in the form of Ayers in deep negotiations to step into the director’s chair for the reimaging of Scarface, a chair which was left vacant by Southpaw and The Equalizer director Antoine Fuqua.

The reimagining of the Brain De Palma’s 1983 classic which starred Al Pacino in the lead as Tony Montana, will hit screens thirty-five years after De Palma’s version with a scheduled release date of August 2018 and currently has Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Diego Luna attached to play Montana, but with a new director set to take over the helm’s a cast shake-up could very well be on the cards for the remake of a film which should be left very well alone.

Scarface

The Wolf of Wall Street writer, Terence Winter had already come on board to write the original script, but the studio have since hired the services of the Coen Brothers to give the Winter penned script the once over and give it a fine tuning with their own unique style to the delight of the fans of the brothers.

For those that didn’t know, the De Palma outing wasn’t, in fact, the original of the cocaine fuelled-shootout that is loved by many across the globe, The original Scarface hit cinemas back in 1932, while the Pacino remake arrived in 1983 and made $65.9 million at the global box office.

The 2018 version and third remake will be produced by Dylan Clark for his Dylan Clark Productions and Scott Stuber. Martin Bregman, who produced the 1983 original, will return to produce again. The studio first bought rights to “Scarface” in 1932.

The film is set to be released on August 10, 2018.