John Travolta (left) and Nicolas Cage in 'Face/Off.' Courtesy of Everett Collection Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text 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 Wingard to direct from a screenplay that he was writing with Simon Barrett. Related Stories Business James Cameron Sounds Alarm Over Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal, Backs Paramount Business Paramount's Savvy Legal Maneuver for Warner Bros. Alarms Democratic Senators Wingard's next feature is the forthcoming A24 thriller Onslaught, starring Adria Arjona, Dan Stevens, Drew Starkey and Rebecca Hall. His previous films include The Guest and the 2016 sequel Blair Witch, along with the Monsterverse hits Godzilla vs. Kong and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire from Warner Bros. and Legendary. Courtesy of Photofest Director John Woo's original Face/Off centered on an FBI agent (Travolta) and a terrorist (Cage) who swap faces and identities through an experimental procedure. Paramount released the movie in June 1997, and it surpassed $240 million at the global box office, along with landing an Oscar nomination for sound effects editing. During a 2024 interview with THR to promote Godzilla x Kong, Wingard teased his excitement for the progress that he had made on Face/Off 2. "I don't want to get too much into the weeds on the Face/Off thing, but yeah, I think the script is really fucking awesome," the filmmaker said at the time. "It is one of those things where you read it, and you're like, 'Oh, shit! This is a true sequel to Face/Off that I could have never dreamed of.'" Collider first reported on Wingard's exit. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Oscars 2022 Liza Minnelli Says She Was "Ordered" to Sit in a Wheelchair at 2022 Oscars: "I Was Heartbroken" Warner Bros. Emma Mackey Exits Nancy Meyers' Warner Bros. Movie Heat Vision 'Venom' Animated Movie in the Works With 'Final Destination' Filmmakers Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. Stein (Exclusive) Heat Vision Viola Davis Tackling Adaptation of Afro-Fantasy Graphic Novel 'The Untamed' (Exclusive) Irish Film and Television Awards Leonardo DiCaprio, Emma Stone, Paul Mescal, Jessie Buckley, Among Irish Film & TV Awards Winners Heat Vision 'How to Make a Killing' Star Jessica Henwick Talks the "Dream Big" Trend, Her Feature Directorial Debut and 'Daredevil: Born Again' Oscars 2022 Liza Minnelli Says She Was "Ordered" to Sit in a Wheelchair at 2022 Oscars: "I Was Heartbroken" Warner Bros. Emma Mackey Exits Nancy Meyers' Warner Bros. Movie Heat Vision 'Venom' Animated Movie in the Works With 'Final Destination' Filmmakers Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. Stein (Exclusive) Heat Vision Viola Davis Tackling Adaptation of Afro-Fantasy Graphic Novel 'The Untamed' (Exclusive) Irish Film and Television Awards Leonardo DiCaprio, Emma Stone, Paul Mescal, Jessie Buckley, Among Irish Film & TV Awards Winners Heat Vision 'How to Make a Killing' Star Jessica Henwick Talks the "Dream Big" Trend, Her Feature Directorial Debut and 'Daredevil: Born Again'