Luca Guadagnino Talks His ‘Scarface’ Idea & Why Remakes Aren’t “A Lazy Way” To Make Films

Three of America’s most influential first ladies are at the center of Showtime’s historical drama, “The First Lady.” The trailer for the first season, directed and executive produced by Susanne Bier, sees Viola Davis as Michelle Obama, Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford and Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt.

Keith Urban's Las Vegas residency has attracted fans from around the country and the world, and they were left ecstatic when he revealed that there were additional shows for them to catch.MORE: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's $80k wedding favours had special messageHowever, in a recent interview, the singer opened up about the unfortunate moment that led to that situation and how it all happened.WATCH: Keith Urban shares glimpse inside family life with unexpected detailIn an interview with PEOPLE (The TV Show!), he recalled the call that he received asking if he'd be able to add more shows to his residency after Adele was forced to tearfully cancel hers."We got a very panicked call one night, asking if we could fill in a bunch of shows and it worked out perfect, we were able to do it," he said.MORE: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban bring the heat for romantic beachside snapshotHe further shared why he was so excited to be performing at The Coliseum at Caesars Palace, saying: "I love that room.

Michael Strahan loves nothing more than spending time with his children and is a doting dad.MORE: Michael Strahan sparks conversation with star-studded new photoThe Good Morning America star made sure to celebrate his loved-ones on Valentine's Day at the beginning of the week, after sharing a rare picture featuring all five of his children.The former football star is dad to four children and a loving stepfather to son Dorian, who is his ex-wife Wanda Hutchins' oldest child.VIDEO: GMA's Michael Strahan shares incredible glimpse inside his New York homeMichael and Wanda went on to welcome Michael Jr.

Ciara's family sure knows how to dress up and have fun while doing it. MORE: Ciara attends Mary J.

Miranda Lambert left fans thrilled following an exciting post featuring a snippet from her recent music video for If I Was a Cowboy.MORE: Dierks Bentley and Miranda Lambert team up to surprise fans with special NHL projectThe country star wore a series of figure-hugging outfits for the video, featuring a variety of sequined cowboy hats, fringed jackets, and even sheer undershirts.WATCH: Miranda Lambert shares surprising news about CMA performanceIn the behind-the-scenes compilation, she talked about the making of the video and highlighted how she was able to go through the scenes, with the song playing in the background. However, the main focus of her post was her boots, which she revealed were up for grabs by any one of her lucky fans, writing in her caption: "Enter to win the @idyllwind boots I wore in the 'If I Was a Cowboy' music video at the link in my bio."MORE: Miranda Lambert makes incredible donations to animal shelters on Valentine's DayFans were excited at the prospect of getting exclusive Miranda Lambert boots, and many raved over how good she looked in the video, with one writing: "Omg now I gotta know which boots you were wearing…so I can buy them if I don't win."A post shared by Miranda Lambert (@mirandalambert)Miranda announced a giveaway for the boots from her latest videoAnother said: "Entered! P.s. I LOVE THIS SONG," with a third also adding: "I need boots...and all the clothes and accessories too! Especially the sparkly pants."Miranda's special giveaway comes a week after she received five Academy of Country Music nominations, including a record-tying 16th Female Artist of the Year nomination.

Sesame Street will see Ted Lasso star Brett Goldstein pay a visit to Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch and co.In a new clip shared to social media, Goldstein, who stars as retired footballer Roy Kent in Apple TV+’s hit football comedy, is seen hanging out in a trash can alongside Oscar the Grouch as Big Bird wanders by.“Isn’t it a beautiful day?” Big Bird asks the pair, who proceed to shake their heads in disapproval.Sesame Street captioned the post: “Grouches gonna grouch on Sesame Street.

Romeo Beckham is a star footballer, and on Thursday the star shared some photos of him in his element as he trained with Inter Miami CF.SEE: Victoria Beckham looks exactly like son Romeo in childhood throwbackThe 19-year-old was in the team's kit as he went through some drills with the team. He was decked out in the team's pink top, and he also had a mesh blue top covering the shirt, alongside some navy shorts and black football socks.

Kristen Stewart had some apprehension — at first, anyway — about mixing business with pleasure. Her fear? A blemish to her «beautiful relationship» with fiancée Dylan Meyer.In an interview with, the star revealed that she and Meyer, a screenwriter, have been working on a TV project together.

Simon Cowell is back in action after breaking his arm and back on an electric bike.ET's Kevin Frazier spoke to the TV show judge about how he's recovering since his latest fall, and the type of stunts fans can expect to see on his new show, .«I was just saying to your team, that now you can change the color [to what] you want,» Cowell said, lifting up his arm to reveal a blue cast, accessorized with sparkles per request of his 8-year-old son, Eric. «It was Eric's birthday a couple of weeks ago.

Jonah Hill is putting a rumor to rest regarding his relationship with Sarah Brady. On Wednesday, the 38-year-old actor took to Instagram to dispel speculation that he and Brady are engaged. «The rumors are not true,» Hill wrote. He went on to joke, «I'm engaged. But not to my girlfriend.

Tyler Perry, the mind and face behind the grits-slinging, gun-toting, foul-mouthed grandmother, this is more like Madea's «fourth quarter of her 29th inning.» Folks might remember that Perry «officially» hung up the iconic character's gray wig and colorful housecoats after the 2019 film. The 52-year-old media mogul has portrayed Madea in every appearance and said he wouldn't be putting the suit on again after the film. During an appearance back in October 2018 on Bevy Smith's SiriusXM radio show, , he explained, «I just don't want to be her age, playing her.»But a pandemic and social reckoning sparked by the Black Lives Matter movement inspired the actor to bring the muumuus and gray wig out of retirement.

Kris Jenner is one proud grandma! In a sneak peek clip of Kris' upcoming appearance on , the 66-year-old momager gushes over her youngest grandchild, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott's son, Wolf.«My 11th grandchild. He's so cute! It's amazing,» Kris says.

The teaser for the latest edition of Teen Mom 2 just dropped and, well… fans definitely won’t be disappointed! The intense, 30-second clip posted to the show’s Instagram on Wednesday (Feb. 16) brings all the extra drama the long-running MTV franchise became famous for, including cast members breaking down in tears. This time, Jade Cline gets an emotional close-up for the series’ promotion.

It’s a good thing Brad Pitt was around to prevent things from escalating between Scott Eastwood and Shia LaBeouf.

Amazon has announced that its award-winning comedy The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has been renewed for a fifth and final season.It comes just one day before the series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and executive produced by Daniel Palladino, and starring Rachel Brosnahan as housewife-turned-comedian Miriam “Midge” Maisel returns to Amazon Prime Video for its fourth season.“Amy, Dan, and The Marvelous Mrs.

Elvis Costello & The Imposters have unveiled details of a new, North American tour today (February 17).The Imposters are comprised of Steve Nieve (keyboards), Pete Thomas (drums) and Davey Faragher (bass/backing vocals).

Frankie Knuckles has been released on Soundcloud. Listen to ‘Frankie Knuckles Recorded Live @ COD Valentine’s Day 1986’ below.The mix is over an hour long and was originally recorded in Chicago in February 1986.

Rosalía has been unveiled as a new musical guest on Saturday Night Live.NBC, the host network of the long-running late night sketch show, announced today (February 17) that Rosalía will appear as a guest on March 12, alongside host Zoe Kravitz.On the upcoming February 26 episode, the previously announced LCD Soundsystem will appear as musical guests, while Charli XCX will now appear on the March 5 edition of the show alongside host Oscar Isaac.Coming soon! pic.twitter.com/d3Pk3HF1zJ— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) February 17, 2022Just hours out from her scheduled slot on Saturday Night Live last December, Charli XCX announced that her performance wasn’t able to go ahead due to “limited crew”.Charli was set to perform with Caroline Polachek and Christine And The Queens on the December 18 episode of the show, hosted by Paul Rudd. However, new COVID restrictions were brought in by the NBC programme in response to the Omicron variant, reducing the number of cast and crew.“Due to the limited crew at tonight’s taping of SNL my musical performances will no longer be able to go ahead.

Elliot Page is telling his story.

There’s a lot of Teen Mom news today!

Ava DuVernay‘s company is backing out of a big deal.

Here’s some news that we weren’t expecting to wake up to today. Call Me By Your Name and the Suspiria remake director Luca Guadagnino is set to direct a new version of Scarface, so reports Variety.

Hey Luca? You wanna job?

You know that “Scarface” with Al Pacino we all know and love, well Universal Pictures wants to go ahead and make a new one.

Luca Guadagnino will be directing the upcoming reboot of Scarface!

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LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) — Call Me by Your Name filmmaker Luca Guadagnino will direct a reboot of Scarface for Universal Pictures.

Joel and Ethan Coen have penned the movie's script

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By Anthony D'Alessandro

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaLuca Guadagnino, the Oscar-nominated auteur behind “Call Me By Your Name,” is taking his swooning, lyrical style to the small-screen with “We Are Who We Are,” an immersive and deeply moving coming-of-age story.The series, which debuts this September on HBO, follow two teenagers, Fraser (Jack Dylan Grazer) and Caitlin (Jordan Kristine Seamón), who live on a military base in Italy. It explores their burgeoning friendship — Fraser is artistic, shy, and volatile, while Caitlin is more outgoing, but also dealing with her own nagging insecurities.

The studio has also changed its mind about it being an all-female version

By Anthony D'Alessandro

Despite a pretty great career leading up to the release of “Call Me By Your Name,” there are a large number of fans that really discovered filmmaker Luca Guadagnino from his Oscar-nominated work on that feature. And then to follow that up with a “Suspiria” remake might have been a bit of a sharp left turn for most.