“Face/Off” Japanese Theatrical Poster
It was originally planned as as reboot, but now a sequel to John Woo’s 1997 actioner Face/Off is currently in-development from Paramount Pictures.
The original film centered on an FBI agent (John Travolta) who undergoes a facial transplant surgery to take on the physical appearance of a terrorist (Nicolas Cage). According to CBR, there are some solid rumors within the industry that Travolta and Cage will be returning, as their respective characters, for the sequel.
Adam Wingard – of Death Note, The Guest and You’re Next – is attached to direct, with his frequent collaborator, Simon Barrett, to write. The film will be produced by Neal Moritz (Fast and Furious franchise) and executive produced by David Permut, who also produced the original (via Deadline).
We’ll be sure to update you as we learn more. For now, we leave you with the original film’s classic Trailer:
How about the people at Paramount take a step back and literally fuck their own face…off
But now that we know it’s a sequel, I’m all for it!
But now that I know the leads will be re-cast, the people at Paramount take a step back and literally fuck their own face…off.
I thought the Face/Off reboot was Will Smith’s Gemini Man…
Gemini Man is more of a reboot of Face/Off then the crap Paramount is gonna make
As the saying goes “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” sad sad day for classics.
Another one to boycott. Next!
No Woo, no Cage and No Travolta?
I’m struggling to see the point. This will likely be a retread that gets shelved by the suits at Paramount.
The original film is currently free on YouTube.
I don’t know about this one. I would have been more excited about it 10 years ago, but I hope this would succeed. Adam Wingard has proven he knows his action with his Godzilla/Kong films, and The Guest had some good action moments.
I do hope he knows how to incorporate Woo’s techniques.