Face/Off sequel coming from Godzilla vs. Kong director Adam Wingard

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Deadline experiences that the 1997 cult traditional Face/Off will get a contemporary replace, which the director says is just not a remake however slightly a direct sequel to the John Travolta and Nicolas Cage motion thriller.

Paramount has tapped Adam Wingard, the person behind The Visitor, You’re Subsequent, and Godzilla vs. Kong, for this new venture. Wingard will pen the script together with his writing accomplice Simon Barrett, who he’s teamed with on each venture moreover the upcoming Godzilla vs. Kong. Barrett and Wingard labored collectively on The Visitor, an motion thriller that possible enticed the studio stylistically.

Wingard took to his Instagram to name this a direct sequel:

Paramount has been crafting this replace of the John Woo movie for fairly a while now. The studio initially had screenwriter Oren Uziel engaged on a script, however Deadline notes that the brand new duo will possible begin from scratch.

The plot for the unique Face/Off went as follows: “To foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgical procedure and assumes the id of a legal mastermind, who murdered his solely son. The plan turns bitter when the legal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.”

The 1997 motion thriller introduced residence $246 million worldwide. Travolta performed FBI agent Sean Archer, whereas Cage performed the homicidal sociopath named Castor Troy. No phrase on if the brand new model will comply with these characters and story or provide you with a completely new idea.

Will this new installment have a contemporary twist? Can anybody match the sheer madness of the primary John Travolta and Nicolas Cage outing? Make your ideas recognized by reaching out to Flickering Fable through our social channels…

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