Director Adam Wingard Gives Update On FACE/OFF Sequel!

A FACE/OFF Sequel? Yep, it was teased over a year ago that director Adam Wingard (V/H/S, You’re Next, The Guest, Blair Witch, Godzilla vs. Kong) was hired to direct a new take on John Woo’s 1997 action-thriller Face/Off for Paramount. The original film starred John Travolta and Nic Cage.

The film is being toted as a sequel instead of a remake and Wingard has an update on its progress.

In a new interview, Wingard reiterates to Empire that his upcoming Face/Off movie is very much an “absolute sequel” to the first movie. Furthermore, he hopes he can get Cage back!

Wingard tells Empire, “[Nicolas Cage is] just having such a moment. Even before Pig came out, we saw this as a Nicolas Cage movie. That’s become totally the obvious way to go now. A couple of years ago, the studio maybe would have wanted a hot, young, up-and-coming actor or something. Now, Nicolas Cage is one of the hottest actors in Hollywood again.”

“We’re really honing in on it,” Wingard says of the script he’s writing with partner Simon Barrett. “We’re not going to share it until everybody’s like, ‘This is the one.’”

There is no word on if Nic Cage will be returning but keep it here for all updates as we get them.

Here’s The Films Original Plot Rundown…

“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.”

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