Can Universal top their epic 1983 film Scarface? One thing is for certain, they're going to try.
The studio has tapped Jonathan Herman to rewrite the script, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Producers on board include Marty Bregman, who produced the 1983 version, Scott Stuber and Dylan Clark for Bluegrass Films and Marc Shmuger for his Global Produce company.
Pablo Larrain will sit in the director's chair.
In the 1983 version Al Pacino played Tony Montana, a Cuban refugee who rises to the top of a criminal empire. The remake will be similar except this time around it will center around a Mexican immigrant.
When asked about the remake Al Pacino thought it was a good idea.
"Oh, it's fine," Pacino said the New York premiere of his new film, Danny Collins via THR. "It's part of what we do. We remake things."
Are you looking forward to this new version of the classic film?
LOS ANGELES (Associated Press) — Marion "Suge" Knight is scheduled to be back in court Friday morning after a Los Angeles prosecutor asked a judge to set bail at $25 million in the former rap music mogul's murder case, alleging he has been shaking down rappers.
The bail motion filed Thursday cites numerous threats and acts of violence by Knight dating back to the mid-1990s. It accuses him of being part of an extortion ring that targets up-and-coming and established rappers and has been paid more than $10 million in recent years. It also states Knight has made threats over the upcoming film "Straight Outta Compton," which chronicles the rise of iconic rap group N.W.A.
The co-founder of Death Row Records was a key player in the gangster rap scene that flourished in the 1990s, his label once listing Dr. Dre, Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg among its artists. Knight lost control of the company after it was forced into bankruptcy.
Knight has been held without bail since early February, when he was charged with murder, attempted murder and hit-and-run after authorities say he struck two men with his pickup truck in a Compton parking lot. Terry Carter, 55, was killed in the crash.
Terry Carter (left) and Cle "Bone" Sloane were run over by Suge Knight's truck
Knight has pleaded not guilty, and his attorneys have said Knight was ambushed. A phone message for Knight's attorney, Matthew Fletcher, was not returned Thursday.
If Knight attempts to post bail, Deputy District Attorney Cynthia Barnes has requested that he prove the money has not come from illegal activities.
If Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ronald Coen grants bail, Knight would either have to post the entire amount in cash or pay a bond company 8 percent of the bail amount and the company would put up the whole amount, Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Lou Shapiro said.
The bond company would keep Knight's money — $2 million if bail is set at $25 million — as its fee, Shapiro said.
Barnes' bail motion includes a summary of a heavily redacted police report taken last year from someone who claims Knight issued threats over "Straight Outta Compton."
"Knight was angry that he was not compensated for his likeness in the movie," the motion says. It adds that Knight warned the unidentified victim that he was prepared to attack over the film and would target former N.W.A. members Dr. Dre and Ice Cube.
The prosecutor's motion also cites Knight's 1994 conviction on a federal firearms charge and a 1995 conviction on two counts of assault with a firearm that led to a lengthy prison sentence.
"Since his release from prison custody, defendant Knight has continued his repugnant life of crime," the motion states before listing allegations that include battery, criminal threats, extortion and assault.
Sheriff's Sgt. Richard Biddle said detectives began looking into the extortion scheme after Knight was shot six times last year at a West Hollywood nightclub on the weekend of the MTV Video Music Awards.
Knight has complained that he is suffering from complications from his wounds. He told a judge at a hearing earlier this month that he is blind in one eye and has limited vision in his other eye.
Movies give us timeless heroes like Atticus Finch and Indiana Jones and powerful villains like Darth Vader and Hannibal Lecter, but sometimes they give us characters that leave us with nothing but a burning desire to punch them in the face. Conniving little jerks that are so infuriatingly underhanded and cowardly that we get great pleasure in watching them get their comeuppance. Today, we’re taking a look at seven of the biggest movie jerks of all-time that we can’t help but love to hate.
7. "Percy Whetmore" The Green Mile 6. "Dennis Nedry" Jurassic Park 5. "Chet Donnelly" Weird Science 4. "Walter Sobchak" The Big Lebowski 3. "Regina George" Mean Girls 2. "Draco Malfoy" Harry Potter 1. "Biff Tannen" Back to the Future
DJ Paul shared his thoughts on Lord Infamous' flow being adopted and popularized by Migos today, and points out that Infamous was the first to develop the flow back in the late 1980s.
The Memphis emcee also addressed other young rappers adopting the style, and joked that they probably don't even know about Lord Infamous. DJ Paul adds that a lot of up and comers using the style are just looking for a hit and just "want something that works."
He closes the topic out by explaining why he doesn't listen to a lot of rap today in order to keep his music as authentic to his own style. DJ Paul furthers his point by revealing that early in his career he listened to a lot of Juvenile's "400 Degreez," and as a result he started inadvertently adopting the sound.
The death of 26-year oldA$AP Yamshas been shrouded in mystery until now. It was revealed by New York Times music criticJon Caramanicathat Yams death was drug related.
Chief Medical Examiner calls ASAP Yams's death accident caused by acute mixed drug intoxication (incl. opiates & benzodiazepine)," Caramanica wrote on Twitter.
Yams' death was devasting to the members ofA$AP Mob, who contributed many of their ideas and inspiration came to him.
"You were the brilliant mind, you put us on Game you changed our lives. You changed my life, you changed the world. R.i.P YAMZ there can never be another one after you," A$AP Ferg wrote on his Instagram page at the time. "You will be missed Bro. We done touched a lot of ground together. Landed on a lot of different soil!!! You will always be loved & your spirit will live on!!!"
Yams, real name Steven Rodriguez, passed away in January.
It's been two years sinceA$AP Rockyreleased his debut album,Long.Live.A$AP. The 26-year old rapper, real nameRakim Myers, is ready to go with a new disc. No date is set, but he tellsBillboard it's coming soon.
He also revealed surprise guest appearance by Lykke Li and FKA Twigs on the project.
You also have your sophomore album coming up. What's the state of it right now?
Honestly, it's finished. I'm mastering it right now. It's coming soon. Seriously soon.
Everyone's doing surprise albums -- Kendrick Lamar, Earl Sweatshirt. What about you?
I don't consider it a surprise -- you put it out there and it's art, that's the surprise. I hope people are surprised by my album. I don't know what to expect, I just do what I do.
What about it will surprise people? How diverse it is. People really don't know the other side of me. The deeper side, the more musical side, the more intellectual side. When I first came on the scene it was more of this trendy, bourgeois, pizazz attitude. That's still me but at the end of the day I think that kind of overshadowed the whole purpose of me doing what I do. I'm an incredibly diverse artist, I'm a universal artist. At least that's how I see it.
Who are some of the collaborators on the album?
I got one for you. [Long pause] Illz is thinking right now, like, "You know who it is!" Uh… [Long pause] Alright, fine. Three years ago, I did a song with Twigs.
FKA Twigs? Wow.
Also Lykke Li. Juicy J [who appears on single "Multiply"]. Clams Casino. I can't give nothing else away.
I mentioned Kendrick's album, To Pimp a Butterfly, which everyone's talking about right now. What do you think about it?
I didn't really get a chance to really listen to it yet. When I listened to it I was with the fellas chilling and smoking and listening through a laptop. I like it. It was a bit jazzy as opposed to his aesthetic from the last album, which had more versatility. I kinda feel like it was one mood with this one. I really need to give it a good listen and come back to it because I skimmed through it. But the production is amazing and his lyrics is impeccable as usual. And the concept alone, being black and proud? I'm all for it.
PORT GIBSON, Miss. (Associated Press) — Federal and state authorities are investigating the hanging death of a black man in Mississippi who had been missing for more than two weeks, the FBI said Thursday.
The investigation involves the FBI, the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and the United States Attorney's office. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is also involved.
The man was last seen March 2 and was reported missing by his family days later, FBI Supervisory Special Agent Jason Pack said in a statement. Pack says the cause of death has not been determined, and authorities aren't sure if it's a homicide or a suicide.
Jim Walker, a spokesman for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, told The Associated Press that the body was found by the department's officers while they were searching for 54-year-old Otis Byrd of Port Gibson.
Walker said that about 25 minutes after the officers started the search, they found the body hanging in the woods about 200 yards from Byrd's house.
None of the authorities has positively identified the body that was found as Byrd's, however. Claiborne County Sheriff Marvin Lucas Sr. said a positive identification will not be available until the completion of an autopsy, which he said also should help determine whether the death was a homicide or a suicide. Lucas said the body has been sent to the state Crime Lab in Jackson. He said the body was found hanging by a bedsheet.
Walker said the body had "obvious signs" of decomposition, indicating it had been hanging there for more than one day.
Johnie Baker, 87, owns the land where the body was found.
Baker, who did not accompany authorities on the search, described it as an area of pecan and black walnut trees, frequented by hunters and home to several wild hogs.
According to Mississippi Department of Corrections public records viewed by the Clarion-Ledger, "Byrd spent a little over 25 years in prison for the murder of a white woman, Lucille Trimm, who he shot four times in Claiborne County. Records show he robbed her of $101. He was convicted of capital murder on Feb. 8, 1980, and was paroled Nov. 2, 2006."
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Tucker reported from Washington. Associated Press Writer Jeff Amy in Jackson, Mississippi, contributed to this report.
In an explosive excerpt obtained byTMZ from an upcoming book byLil WaynetheYoung MoneyCEO speaks on finding outDrakesmashed his girl while he was locked up in Rikers Island on a gun charge.
Weezy says he found out the news when Drake confessed while visiting him.
"Yeah, it's true. Don't fuck with her like that cause I did fuck her," Drake told his boss at the time.
Wayne goes on to write that it was a good thing he was incarcerated because he's not sure what he would have done to Drake had he not been.
"This is the type of shit that a man never wants to find out when he's locked up. Or, maybe so, cause only God knows what I would have done if I wasn't locked up right now," wrote Wayne. "I woke up feeling fucked up about the fucked up day that I had ... finding out that she fucked Drake was the absolute worst thing I could've ever found out. As a man, honestly, that shit hurt ... and not because it was Drake, it could have been any man. It would've hurt the same."
The revelation was confirmed by Wayne's girlfriend. She reportedly hooked up with Drake the day before she met Wayne.
The "Lollipop" hit maker says he was so depressed after hearing the news that he didn't come out of his prison cell for days.
The book doesn't have a release date yet, although publishers are said to be very interested in it. Wayne was in Rikers Island for 8 months in 2010.
It's been a minute since we've heard some new solo music from Jhene Aiko. Today she drops off a song entitled "Living Room Flow." Take a listen to it up top and let us know what you think of it in the comment section below.
Kanye West may be the most outspoken artist of our generation. His unwavering belief in himself and opinions that range from fashion to music can at sometimes be cringeworthy. At other times he hits the nail right on the head.
CNN takes a look back at some of West's controversial moments.
Naturi Naughton, who plays "Tasha" on Power, opens up about 50 Cent comparing their show to FOX's Empire. She explains that the Queens emcee always speaks his mind, but Naturi admits that she doesn't agree with the comparisons that Empire and Power are closely related.
The "Notorious" actress also weighs in on Taraji responding to Fif's jabs about her show, but Naturi believes that they are both cool people who were playfully bantering online.
Check out more of what she had to say about the situation in the above clip.
Jhonni Blaze sat down with VladTV and shared her thoughts on Amber Rose beefing with Khloe Kardashian and Kanye West after they made comments about her past, specifically Khloe throwing Amber's past as a stripper in her face. Blaze says she felt it was a childish move, and knows that there will always be a stigma attached to being an exotic dancer. She also feels, however, that there are plenty of women who dance to pay for school, open up businesses and take care of their families knowing that they don't want to be a stripper forever, and use the money to build the life they really want. She also notes that many successful women, such as Eve and Lady Gaga, are also former strippers who worked their way out of that lifestyle.
She also briefly addresses her back and forth with Charlamagne and issue with the G4 Boyz. Peep the clip above.
Neef Buck drops off an official music video for "I Does Me." The clip was directed by Chop Mosely. This is off of Neef's latest project entitled Forever Do Me 7. Grab it from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/forever-do-me-7/id954663723.
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