“The treacherous world of Scarface is a natural property to translate into a cinematic game play experience,” said Michael Pole, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Studios for Vivendi Universal Games. “The game will feature cutting-edge technology, a compelling storyline and the unprecedented experience of playing as one of Hollywood’s most notorious gangsters, Tony Montana.”
“Scarface was a landmark film and has inspired countless movies and games,” said Bill Kispert, vice president of Interactive at Universal Studios Consumer Products Group. “Having the chance to now bring gamers the authentic experience is an opportunity and challenge we are looking forward to.”
Highly acclaimed screenwriter, David McKenna, has written an original event-driven storyline for the interactive game that will lead the player through a sordid underworld. The Scarface video game will create a gameplay environment that authentically recreates the historical time period of the film, touching on politics, news items and events of the day. Players will travel through the steamy, often violent streets of Miami, the irie islands of the Florida Keys, the Bahamas and various other locales and will interact with a world full of seedy and dangerous characters to procure information, negotiate business deals, smuggle contraband and avoid rivals and DEA on a mission to rebuild their fallen empire.
About the film
Al Pacino gives an unforgettable performance as Tony Montana, one of the most ruthless gangsters ever depicted on film, in this gripping crime epic inspired by the 1932 classic of the same title. Directed by hit-maker Brian DePalma and produced by Martin Bregman who brought the Godfather legends to the screen, Scarface follows the violent career of Tony Montana (Pacino), a ruthless Cuban refugee who blasts his way to the top of Miami’s drug underworld, attaining wealth and power beyond his wildest dreams. His rags-to-riches ascent is marked by memorable moments, including a scene in which the cocky Montana risks his neck to propose to Elvira (Michelle Pfeiffer), the girlfriend of murderous drug kingpin Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia). Only in the film’s devastating finale does Montana come to grips with the awful price of his lavish empire.
With its intense screenplay by Academy Award?-winner Oliver Stone, driving music score by Giorgio Moroder, and superb insights into Miami’s lifestyle, Scarface lays bare the sordid power of the American drug scene.