It was announced back in 2019 that Paramount was developing a new take on John Woo’s 1997 action-thriller Face/Off, and we’ve learned today via Deadline that Adam Wingard (V/H/S, You’re Next, The Guest, Blair Witch, Godzilla vs. Kong) has been hired to direct!
UPDATE: According to Wingard, this will actually be a *sequel* to the original movie!
Wingard will be writing the script with frequent collaborator Simon Barrett.
The original film starred John Travolta and Nicolas Cage as an FBI agent and a sadistic terrorist who quite literally swap faces, but Paramount’s reboot will feature a new cast.
In the 1997 original, “In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind, who murdered his only son. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.”
Producers on the reimagining include Neal Moritz and David Permut.