Neither Al Pacino nor director Brian De Palma are the all-conquering film names they were when they teamed up for the classic remake Scarface in 1983, or when they also had success a decade later with Carlito’s Way. They’ll be hoping then that a reunion can do both of them a little good, as Screendaily reports that they’re reteaming for Retribution.
The movie is a remake of a 2003 Belgian thriller called The Memory Of A Killer, and focuses ‘on the story of a hitman and a cop who will go to any length to stop a Philadelphia child prostitution ring.’ However if this follows the story of the original, the thing that makes it a little different is that the hitman has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s (indeed the original title translates as The Alzheimer Case), which alters his worldview and make him reassess his past and his future.
It’s not clear when the movie will shoot, but Retribution will be looking buyers shortly at the American Film Market.
It seems director Brian De Palma and actor Al Pacino can only work together during years with a ‘3’ at the end, as we got Scarface in 1983, Carlito’s Way in 1993 and now in 2013 they’re getting back together for Happy Valley, a biopic based on the life of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno.
For a while now, Brian De Palma has been putting together a movie called Passion, which will be his first film since 2007’s Redacted. Now the cast has grown as 
With the European Film Market gearing up at the Berlin Film Festival, loads of new movies are being announced, in the hope they’ll pick up sales at the event. One of the latest to be revealed is a remake of the 1987 Burt Reynolds feature film Heat, with Jason Statham set to star and Brian De Palma directing the action film from a script adapted by two-time Oscar winner William Goldman (Witness, Butch Cassidy).
Back last January, Brian De Palma (who’s been slightly missing in action for the last few years), attached himself to a movie called Passion,which is a remake of a French movie called Love Crime. Now