{"id":67284,"date":"2013-10-30T12:57:06","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T12:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2013\/10\/30\/sean-combs-looking-to-remake-king-of-new-york-for-universal\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T08:50:05","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T08:50:05","slug":"sean-combs-looking-to-remake-king-of-new-york-for-universal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/sean-combs-looking-to-remake-king-of-new-york-for-universal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Combs Looking To Remake ‘King of New York’ for Universal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sean Combs Looking To Remake King of New York for Universal<\/strong> Pictures<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

October 30, 2013<\/p>\n

Source: PageSix<\/a><\/p>\n

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According to Page Six of the New York Post<\/a>, Sean Combs<\/strong> is looking to do a remake of Abel Ferrara<\/strong>‘s cult classic gangster film, ‘King of New York.’ <\/strong><\/p>\n

Combs has recently teamed with Imagine Entertainment\u2019s Brian Grazer<\/strong> to do an update on the 1990 film, which starred Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, David Caruso, Wesley Snipes, Victor Argo<\/strong>, and Giancarlo Esposito<\/strong>. The media mogul may also have a starring role in the new version.<\/p>\n

The film centered on a former drug lord who returns from prison to wipe out his competition and distribute the profits of his lucrative operation to help the poor by building a public hospital in a ghetto neighborhood.<\/p>\n

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Grazer has told Page Six, “Sean optioned the rights to remake \u2018King of New York\u2019 for two years. The film is a cult classic, and it will be great to remake it. Our version won\u2019t be exactly the same, but will have the same hard-core gangster feel. Sean wants to be in it, he was amazing in \u2018Monster\u2019s Ball,\u2019 and such strong characters sit perfectly with him.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

While the original was never a box office hit, only grossing a little over two million dollars, it became of one of Ferrara’s best films besides Bad Lieutenant.<\/p>\n

In 2005, Combs starred in ‘Carlito’s Way: Rise to Power,’<\/strong> the prequel to Brian De Palma’s 1993 film, ‘Carlito’s Way.’<\/strong> His last big screen role was opposite Jonah Hill<\/strong> in 2010’s ‘Get Him to the Greek.’<\/strong><\/p>\n

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