Suicide Squad director David Ayer says his unmade Scarface reboot was one of the best scripts he’s ever written

Dec. 7, 2023



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He continues: “Scarface is its biggest IP behind Jurassic Park. They want to capture as big of an audience as possible. I fucking love Universal. Amazing people. I had this really honest conversation about the movie they wish they had, and the movie that I wished to make. There’s a lot of daylight between us. It’s just easier to be like, ‘Let’s park this.'”

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