bandit29 Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 (edited) Wimmer Penning Total Recall Remake Source: Variety June 3, 2009 Columbia Pictures has set Kurt Wimmer to write Total Recall, the remake of the 1990 film that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, reports Variety. Wimmer has been working with the studio on Salt and co-wrote the upcoming Law Abiding Citizen. Wimmer's credits include The Thomas Crown Affair, Equilibrium and Ultraviolet. Total Recall was resurrected for remake earlier this year by the studio and producer Neal Moritz and his Original Films. The film will be a contemporized adaptation of the sci-fi saga based on the Philip K. Dick story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale." http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56003 not only has Hollywood raped my childhood, now they are raping my teenage years lol hmm a more contemporary version? what is the male lead gonna be some whiny emo dude or a UFC wannabe meatball? Edited June 3, 2009 by bandit29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenius Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Another Keanu Reeves vehicle??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignacio Ocamica Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Why? Really good question, next thing they'll be remaking 2/3 year old movies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD Blade Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Uh-oh. Kurt Wimmer's style doesn't seem like it would improve Total Recall. Don't get me wrong. I like Equilibrium...but it was nowhere near as good as Paul Verhoeven's Total Recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sdf-1 Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Total Recall already is an exceptionally good Schwarzenegger film. No need for a remake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Why? Really good question, next thing they'll be remaking 2/3 year old movies This is what's starting to get to me. Remakes don't bother me so much. Hollywood's been doing that since it started. Look how many Dracula adaptations there have been, for example. It's just that the films being remade aren't all that old, and many (IMHO) don't qualify as enough of a classic to warrant a remake in the first place. Giving a 30+ year old property like Star Trek a face-lift is one thing... but 19? And Total Recall? I'd say that Arnie was responsible for more of that film's business than the film itself. It's an entertaining action flick and Arnie vehicle (Michael Ironsides and Sharon Stone don't hurt either), but as sci-fi it's only mildly engaging as it shies away from the real mind-bender that the original Phillip K. Dick story followed. Classic? Hardly. But what do we expect? Hollywood is nothing if not formulaic. With the success of reboots like Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek, they've convinced themselves there's built-in audience for every vaguely popular property from the past 30 years. It's like the 80s-90s are being viewed as some "golden era" of hot properties begging to be mined for remake material. *sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the white drew carey Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Coming soon: Terminator: Salvation the remake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginrai Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I guess you guys didn't watch the Total Recall TV series? It was less Total Recall and more Philip K. Dick's Greatest Hits: The TV Show, but that was fine with me. It was cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfx Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I'm waiting on a Blade Runner remake next. :3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areaseven Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 NO SCHWARZENEGGER = NOT A TOTAL RECALL MOVIE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I'm waiting on a Blade Runner remake next. :3 As long as it's not all dark and brooding like the first one, also all the characters should be teens, with Hannah Montanna in the lead, it could be a musical! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilSpex Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Hey Haaliwood SCREW YOUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myk Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Why? Why not. How many more original ideas are there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilSpex Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Why? Why not. How many more original ideas are there? I guess theres tons in books and stuff. The original Total Recall movie was based on a story, it wasn`t original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the white drew carey Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 (edited) I guess theres tons in books and stuff. The original Total Recall movie was based on a story, it wasn`t original. Yeah, I like how they point out that this IS actually a remake of the movie itself, and not another adaptation of the story from which the movie was derived. Edited June 4, 2009 by the white drew carey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ly000001 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 As long as it's not all dark and brooding like the first one, also all the characters should be teens, with Hannah Montanna in the lead, it could be a musical! Zac Efron: (singing) All these moments will be lost in time... Chorus: (singing) Lost in time! Everybody: (singing) ... like teeeaaarrrrs in the raaaaiiiiinnnnnnn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-ZeroOne Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Thats... thats scary. Yet... somehow... brilliant... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharky Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Any chance to show a mutated adult baby growing out of another person is a recipe for a runaway blockbuster hit in my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realdeal Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 It'll be watchable as long as they have the lady with three boobies and a midget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grss1982 Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 A remake of an Arnie movie? Jeeezzzzeeeee........ What next? A remake of Chuck Norris action flicks? Delta Force: The Remake, anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharky Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 A remake of an Arnie movie? Jeeezzzzeeeee........ What next? A remake of Chuck Norris action flicks? Delta Force: The Remake, anyone? Actually, now that you mention it, I'm really surprised they haven't already done a Delta Force or Missing in Action remake. I mean, Stallone did another Rambo movie all these years later, why not Norris? Honestly, though, I wouldn't mind if someone did remakes of bad movies and actually made them good. I really think Total Recall could stand for a remake as I never liked the last one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB0 Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 They need to remake Hercules in New York. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warmaker Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 Coming soon: Terminator: Salvation the remake. Nah, that's going to be the DVD/Blu-Ray edition that comes out 1 year after the first discs hit for customer purchase. Think Star Wars, though only on a much smaller scale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warmaker Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 Zac Efron: (singing) All these moments will be lost in time... Chorus: (singing) Lost in time! Everybody: (singing) ... like teeeaaarrrrs in the raaaaiiiiinnnnnnn! Ugh... my bowels turned for the worst... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanzerfan Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 As long as it's not all dark and brooding like the first one, also all the characters should be teens, with Hannah Montanna in the lead, it could be a musical! ... ... Not funny. Not very (screwing) funny at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big F Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 How long until we get a remake of Gone with the Wind ? This time Bret could be a brooding late twenties fairly sucessfull type living in modern day New York, a stock broker maybe and there would be no hints of white supremacy as this is not politically correct. They could some how wangle a hellicopter chase in and some type of northen Korrean type antagonist, thus snaring the action movie types. Make it a musical and you'll have all the Hi School musical types in the bag too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Knight26 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Why is Cate Beckinsale being escorted by Cerberus troops? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TehPW Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 (edited) why a remake? because as long as YOU, the retard that PAID to watch the PREVIOUS remade movie, will encourage them to make more... that insulting enough or do i need to hit you with a mallet? (I'm sorry, since I also am a retard, by definition, so pass the popcorn, will you?) now with that out of the way, its not like we have much choice in the matter what Hollywood (or anyplace else that makes movies) does? Obviously not every remake is fail (example: JJ-Trek or Fresh-Prince Karate Kid)... Edited March 27, 2012 by TehPW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB0 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 QUOTE (wolfx @ Jun 3 2009, 06:29 PM) I'm waiting on a Blade Runner remake next. :3 As long as it's not all dark and brooding like the first one, also all the characters should be teens, with Hannah Montanna in the lead, it could be a musical! Be honest here. This is just the first step in your scheme to convince Hollywood to do a Macross 7 movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Be honest here. This is just the first step in your scheme to convince Hollywood to do a Macross 7 movie. I've nearly got the new SPG 3D surround sound system ready for it. "SPEAKER POD GAMMA:- ORE NO UTA WO KIIKE!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 why a remake? because as long as YOU, the retard that PAID to watch the PREVIOUS remade movie, will encourage them to make more... that insulting enough or do i need to hit you with a mallet? (I'm sorry, since I also am a retard, by definition, so pass the popcorn, will you?) now with that out of the way, its not like we have much choice in the matter what Hollywood (or anyplace else that makes movies) does? Obviously not every remake is fail (example: JJ-Trek or Fresh-Prince Karate Kid)... I hope that was sarcasm about the Karate Kid remake. Did anybody even bother watching the remake? Graham Urghh........CG fest with slow mo Matrix style jumping. Looks like a PC game cut scene. Pass. Will stick with the original Arnie version thank you very much. Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfunk Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Crom laughs at your remakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Valkyrie Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Pass. I would prefer if SNATCHER was made into a movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketchley Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Urghh........CG fest with slow mo Matrix style jumping. Looks like a PC game cut scene. Pass. Will stick with the original Arnie version thank you very much. Huh. I was thinking all like "the Fifth Element" while watching that. Other than the circular lighted thing, nothing looks very interesting. Was that the same music as the BGM in the first "Prometheus" trailer? What's the point of all these remakes? A MW member indicated Bay's homepage in that Turtle's discussion. And his (Bay's) attitude was aggravating. If a movie "passes out of the current generation of movie goers mind", it's fair game for a remake or something. What ever happened to creativity? Coming up with new ideas, even if it's fundamentally a copy of something that's gone before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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