Face/Off Reboot (Paramount Pictures)

[Creed]

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures is giving a face lift to Face/Off, the 1997 John Woo-directed action thriller that starred John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. The studio will reboot the film, with new cast. Oren Uziel has been set to write the script, and Neal Moritz will produce and David Permut will be executive producer.

Given a fairly preposterous-sounding premise, the original film was a wild ride. Travolta played FBI agent Sean Archer, who is obsessed with catching a homicidal sociopath named Castor Troy, who is responsible for killing the fed’s son. The agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and takes the mug of his nemesis so he can be sent to prison to find out the bomb’s whereabouts and stop an attack. The plan goes awry when the bad guy wakes up and takes the face of the FBI agent. Soon, the new-faced Castor visits the agent with the villainous face and takes glee in taunting him, telling him that the face surgeons have been killed, that the good guy is stuck with the face he hates most, and that the villain is going home to bed his wife and take over his home life. It escalates into a series of choreographed action sequences, and by the time it was over, the film became Woo’s biggest his with a $245 million global gross. Mike Werb and Michael Colleary wrote the original.

Uziel’s credits range from 22 Jump Street to The Cloverfield Paradox and Sonic the Hedgehog. Deal gives Paramount the opportunity to exploit its library, which it has done with Mission: Impossible film series and the upcoming Top Gun: Maverick.

Writ Large and Myman Greenspan Fox rep Uziel.

[prkprkprk]

I wouldn’t have minded a sequel if they came up with a clever idea. Reboot/remake though... oof.

[CreasyBear]

Why?

[Elgie]

Face/Off peaks (no pun intended) with Cage in the priest outfit.

Translation: this is a bad idea.

[Foggy]

[kylor]

[Creed]

[DarkSide2473]

The premise of Face/Off is incredibly, incredibly stupid. What made the original work were the insane, over-the-top performances of Cage and Travolta (both as Castor Troy) and the direction of John Woo (slow-mo!, doves!). I can't possibly see how they could catch lightning in a bottle twice.

[pwarner184]

No Cage, no watch

[ArrestedDevelopment]

No.

Oren Uziel has been set to write the script... Uziel’s credits range from 22 Jump Street to The Cloverfield Paradox and Sonic the Hedgehog

[SeanJoyce]

Let it crash like the Point Break remake.

[imsounoriginal]

Meh, why not. As long as I like the leads and the action is well-done, don't see why this can't be a fun remake.

Wait, just saw who the writer is. Nevermind.

[Michael24]

Studio exec: "Let's remake Face/Off."

Me:

[prkprkprk]

I’m confused how this Oren Uziel guy is getting so much work off of seemingly just Cloverfield Paradox (He was one of multiple writers on both 22 Jump and Sonic, guess it depends on how much he did on those). He’s also attached to the Supergirl movie and Detective Pikachu 2. He must get along well with the execs at WB and Paramount.

[TheSpruceMoose]

That's the straw, I'm off to be a hermit in Alaska now.

[ArrestedDevelopment]

Originally Posted by prkprkprk

I’m confused how this Oren Uziel guy is getting so much work off of seemingly just Cloverfield Paradox (He was one of multiple writers on both 22 Jump and Sonic, guess it depends on how much he did on those). He’s also attached to the Supergirl movie and Detective Pikachu 2. He must get along well with the execs at WB and Paramount.

Kevin Smith: "In Hollywood you fail upwards"

[Samus Aran]

I assume they'll pick from Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Luke Bracey, Jai Courtney and Sam Worthington for the two leads.

[Creed]

Originally Posted by Samus Aran

I assume they'll pick from Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Luck Bracey, Jai Courtney and Sam Worthington for the two leads.

[Cremildo]

The original isn't really my cup of tea. This one could be better, depending on the director.

[NARMAK]

I mean, it worked for when it was made and still stands up as a solid watch BUT a remake? They done lost their damn originality completely!

Seriously, why the hell has Hollywood run out of the gazillion of original content ideas that surely must abound to end up basically remaking every other 90s movies.