Al Pacino

Scarface poster Scarface Director: Brian De Palma Writer: Oliver Stone Cast: Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, F. Murray Abraham, Robert Loggia   Synopsis: When Fidel Castro opens the harbor at Mariel, Cuba, he sends 125,000 Cuban refugees to reunite with their relatives in the United States. Among all the refugees, there is one who wants it all, his name is Tony Montana. Tony and his friend Manny when they arrive in the United States and start in small time jobs, soon they are...Read Full Story

Actor Al Pacino, pianist Andre Watts, visual artists Will Barnet and Martin Puryear and art philanthropist Emily Rauh Pulitzer are among the winners of the 2011 National Medal of Arts, to be bestowed Monday by President Obama in a ceremony at the White House. Also announced Friday were winners of the National Humanities Medal -- including classical music scholar Charles Rosen. The ceremonies will be streamed live Monday at 10:45 a.m. (Pacific) on the White House website. Pacino, famed for...Read Full Story

After Lily Collins took her self out of the lead role in the new Evil Dead , the people behind the movie have been trying to find people to cast and it looks as though they may have found some new people. According to Variety Shiloh Fernandez ( Deadgirl, Skateland, Red Riding Hood ) will play the male lead in the movie, but does not elaborate on what role he will have. The trade also reports that director Fede Alvarez will move on to re-casting the lead female role. While its understandable...Read Full Story

Yeah, because this seems like a logical move. Following the recent move off the project by actor Javier Bardem, Deadline reveals that Universal and Illumination Entertainment have found a replacement to fill the role of villain in their upcoming sequel Despicable Me 2 in the form of one Al Pacino . The character had been rumored to be named ‘El Macho,’ but unless they decide to have a campy performance from Pacino, the role may be getting a retooling. That said, personally, I love this...Read Full Story

Al Pacino is set to make his animated film debut as he was slated to replace Javier Bardem in "Despicable Me 2". Deadline reported that the veteran actor, who is famous for playing a mobster in several iconic movies, has been cast to voice a supervillain in the Universal Pictures animation. Details of Pacino's role are still kept secret, but his character will be the archenemy of Gru. While Bardem was originally tapped to voice evil genius El Macho, it has been rumored that Pacino could...Read Full Story