The planned sequel to the 1990s action movie Face/Off now has an available director’s chair.
Adam Wingard, who was previously attached to write and helm, left the Paramount Pictures project last summer, with both sides mutually agreeing to part ways, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Face/Off 2 is now an open assignment at the studio, with other filmmakers pitching their own visions for the follow-up to the original 1997 cult favorite that starred John Travolta and Nicolas Cage.
Back in 2019, the news broke that a Face/Off remake was in the works from producer Neal Moritz, with Paramount hiring Oren Uziel to pen the script. In 2021, the studio brought on…