Tag: Scarface
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Actors playing nightmarish versions of themselves in cinema – ranked!
Keanu Reeves’s cameo in Netflix’s Always Be My Maybe – as himself, yet absolutely ghastly – is a showstopper. But what about those other stars who have parodied themselves on screen?The collision of high and low culture that occurred when Al Pacino appeared as himself in Adam Sandler’s lamentable cross-dressing comedy must have been visible…
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Alixe Gordin Dies: ‘Scarface’, ‘Klute’ Casting Director Was 96
Award-winning casting director Alixe Gordin died at her home in Duxbury, Massachusetts on November 28. She was 96. Additional details about her death were not revealed.Born Alixe Glas on April 10, 1922 in Dayton, Ohio, she took her stage name Gordin when she started performing as a musician and an actor. She got into casting…
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Antoine Fuqua wants Denzel Washington for Scarface remake
Having originally dropped out of Universal’s long-planned Scarface remake last year, Antoine Fuqua returned to the director’s chair in February, with the studio hoping it can now finally get the project off the ground.Rogue One: A Star Wars Story star Diego Luna was previously cast in the lead role of an immigrant who rises through…
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Antoine Fuqua’s “Dream” Is For Denzel Washington To Star In The ‘Scarface’ Remake
It’s clear that filmmaker Antoine Fuqua has a great relationship with actor Denzel Washington. After the massive success of “Training Day,” which earned Washington an Oscar for his performance, the duo has collaborated on two ‘Equalizer’ films, as well as “The Magnificent Seven.” Washington’s appearance in “The Equalizer 2” is the first time the actor…
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Martin Bregman, Legendary Producer of ‘Scarface’ and ‘Dog Day Afternoon,’ Dies at 92
Martin Bregman, the seasoned producer behind
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Film News Roundup: ‘Scarface’ Set for 35th Anniversary Re-Release
In today’s film news roundup, “Scarface” will back in theaters for three days in June, Bill Hader will be at the Produced By conference, and PR vet Gita Amar is named to a statewide census panel.Re-releaseUniversal Pictures, Screenvision Media, and the Tribeca Film Festival are bringing back “Scarface” to movie theaters on June 10, 11,…
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Director Antoine Fuqua Is Interested In A Superhero Film And Talked To Sony About Marvel’s ‘Morbius’
With “The Equalizer 2” scheduled for release later this year, director Antoine Fuqua has his sights set on the future. With talks that he’s looking to remake “Scarface” next, Fuqua apparently also is thinking about a Marvel franchise.In an interview with JoBlo, the “Training Day” director opened up about talks he’s had with Sony about…
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That Disastrous ‘Scarface’ Discussion Was Supposed to Have a Different Moderator, but Brian De Palma ‘Kicked Him Off’
“Scarface” was back in the news this week thanks to a disastrous panel during which Michelle Pfeiffer was asked how much she weighed while filming Brian De Palma’s crime drama. Jesse Kornbluth, who moderated said panel as part of the Tribeca Film Festival, told IndieWire yesterday that his question was intended as a “comment on…
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‘Scarface’ At Tribeca: 7 Highlights From The 35th Anniversary Screening
The ornate Beacon Theatre served as the perfect setting for the Tribeca Film Festival’s 35th Anniversary of “Scarface,” Brian De Palma’s baroque epic of American greed. The film’s wide and enduring appeal was evident in the diversity of the rowdy, sold-out crowd, which even featured some confrontations during the film over Tony Montana acolytes in…
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‘Scarface’ Moderator Defends Michelle Pfeiffer Weight Question: It’s a ‘Comment’ on ‘Political Correctness’— Exclusive
Thirty-five years after release, Brian De Palma’s crime classic “Scarface” is still making some big waves. However, at last night’s Tribeca Film Festival anniversary screening and panel, it wasn’t Al Pacino recounting an injury sustained on set, or even Steven Bauer talking about the film’s cultural legacy, that took center stage. Instead, the night took…