Next up on the remaking train ? The 1997 John Woo action reach Face / Off .
Deadlinereports that Oren Uziel , writer of The Cloverfield Paradoxand the coming Sonic the Hedgehog , will pen the screenplay , with Neal H. Moritz , best known for the Fast and Furious enfranchisement , producing at Paramount .
https://gizmodo.com/face-off-is-like-a-fine-wine-and-im-drunk-1785719655
The 1997 action film Face/Off is being remade.Photo: (Paramount)
Of course , the original film starred John Travolta and Nicolas Cage as a cop and baddie , respectively , who have their faces surgically reversed . The result was a big - budget Hollywood photographic film where John Travolta play Nicolas Cage and Nicolas Cages plays John Travolta . bestow to that the action chop shot of managing director John Woo and Face / Off grossed almost $ 250 million worldwide achieving megahit , and cult , status . Now , 22 long time later , the idea of those two play each other sounds like a direct - to - pour midnighter . But in 1997 it worked oh so welland still does .
We get the estimate of make over a film with some name recognition and a solid premise , but Face / Off is n’t good because of its name or premiss . It ’s good because of the actors and director . Now , are there two actors out there with enough angry vigor and charisma to make this premise fell again , and a director with the talent to harness that ? perfectly . We just do n’t bang who that would be .
If you have any casting ideas , let us know below .
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