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Kurt Wimmer Set to Write Total Recall Remake

Source:  The Hollywood Reporter
Kurt Wimmer Set to Write {Total RecallIt seems that a remake of an Arnold Schwarzenegger 90s classic has found itself a writer. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kurt Wimmer has signed on to write the remake of Total Recall for Columbia Pictures.

The original, which was based off the book "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" by Phillip K. Dick, starred Schwarzenegger as a man haunted by visions of Mars and, after getting a virtual Mars vacation from a company called Rekall, goes to Mars himself to fight with rebels trying to win back control of the air supply.

Neil H. Moritz is producing the remake and, although plot details weren't given on the remake, it was said to be a, "contemporized adaptation." Wimmer also wrote the upcoming films Law Abiding Citizen and Salt, which is currently filming.


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June 3rd, 2009 8:08pm
NOOOO!
this is still an f'n classic.
a re-make is completely pointless...
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June 3rd, 2009 1:25pm
And it's pathetic when you are remaking movies less than 20 years old.
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June 3rd, 2009 1:23pm
SOMEONE IN HOLLYWOOD PLEASE HAVE AN ORIGINAL THOUGHT.
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June 3rd, 2009 12:48pm
Total Recall remake? Total disapointement...
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June 3rd, 2009 10:39am
OMFG!!! another remake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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June 3rd, 2009 10:36am
I watched this movie last night before I went to bed and I thought...man I bet they're going to remake this, if they can remake fucking Cliffhanger they'll definitely butcher this as well. And then I wake up and read this...irony!
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June 3rd, 2009 9:52am
This is sad. Hollywood needs to read up on some other Philip K. dick novels, plenty of good material to turn into films. Even Heinlein has some books that would make damn good films!
I cant take the remakes.
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June 3rd, 2009 8:39am
Nicely said Silk! It doesn't need a remake...why the heck would anyone want to re-do that??
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June 3rd, 2009 8:05am
Roasting over an open fire. AAAAHHHHH. Oh wait that's the person that thought of this idea, god I'm hungry. Sorry Neil but I have to eat you now.
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June 3rd, 2009 6:47am
Jesus Christ...can't anyone have an original idea anymore?? Total Recall is a classic Arnuld movie...please stop remaking movies!
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June 3rd, 2009 6:22am
whatever if the cast is decent, im in.
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June 3rd, 2009 6:17am
I want anyone involved in this complete bullshit, killed. No exceptions. Roasted over a slow flame should do the trick nicely.
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June 3rd, 2009 6:02am
Looks like the Head of columbia pictures is going though his DVD collection for ideas, LAZY.
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June 3rd, 2009 5:05am
what'll piss people off the most if they start remaking classics like star wars or spaceballs.then people would really be wanting to get their hands around some hollywood big shots throat and wring his fat ass until his face turns purple
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June 3rd, 2009 5:00am
fuck this.leave the damn classics alone for christ sake.get new material or go jump off a bridge.
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June 3rd, 2009 4:59am
i can only imagine.40 or 50 years from now.a new breed of hollywood numbskulls sitting on their collective thumbs with a finger up their nose

"duh what should we do now.we've remade the remakes of the orginal movies.i know.lets remake harry potter.only we'll computer generate the entire movie."
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June 3rd, 2009 4:41am
Please not James McAvoy, he might be a everyman type, but I find him hard to look at. But this film should not be remade in the first place. Next they will be thinking of remaking the classics like Gone With the Wind or The Ten Commandments.
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June 3rd, 2009 4:34am
Just call for a 'blanket reboot' on every film before 2007; that should settle it, completely...
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June 3rd, 2009 2:21am
Oooh hollywood, what has happend to you?
You used to make so many original movies and now you are just
re-making and re-making over and over...

Seriously its only been 19 years since it came out and you guys want to re-make it.
What kind of people are in controll of hollywood these days?
Monkeys, thats who are controll of hollywood!
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June 3rd, 2009 1:18am
Loved this movie back in the day...it was fun, adventuresome...vintage Arnold and a pre-Basic Instinct Sharon Stone.

This remake/reboot virus has got out of hand...most are bad ideas. I'd say that this source material is pliable enough to warrant an update...

The studio could go in a direction of another charismatic, muscle bound protagonist like the Rock/Dwayne Johnson (if Disney will release their hooks from him) or maybe a more everyman type like James McAvoy (Wanted/Atonement).

If this reboot stars Shia LeBeouf, I'll rent a car and drive to Los Angeles to the Columbia Pictures lot and curse alot/kick random street trash/stick Shia sux/is overexposed/make casting directors actually cast for a change instead of rubberstamping/validating producers' "keep their mansion sheep thinking" flyers on any parked german luxury sedans or Hybrid car of the month nearby. Or something like that...
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June 3rd, 2009 1:18am
Doesn't need to be remade.
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June 3rd, 2009 12:20am
nvr saw the movie but read the P.K. Dick...dont think ill see this one either....enought remaking or remaking ....i would like to see something original
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June 2nd, 2009 11:23pm
All I can say is WTF?
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June 2nd, 2009 10:51pm
i wasnt much of a fan of the original i did enjoy it tho, i think this is one of those films that just doesnt need to be remade but what i got more upset was about Cliffhanger with stallone. like ffs hollywood ffs! well thats it ive had enough im going to hollywood and make the s from now on!
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June 2nd, 2009 10:49pm
this is a big ol hefty bag of crap... this movie was amazing! lets watch as they fuck up another movie... AND IF THE CHICK WITH 3 BOOBS IS NOT IN IT IM GUNNA BE SUPER PISSED!!!
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June 2nd, 2009 7:10pm
This is bullshit.
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June 2nd, 2009 7:09pm
"Zz" i know huh originality sucks! (I was being sarcastic if you didnt realize Zz) haha.
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June 2nd, 2009 7:04pm
Remaking movies are getting old. its time for hollywood to REMAKE itself!!! seriously!
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June 2nd, 2009 7:04pm
This really doesent surprise me, Arnold got to be pissed. Fuck man i cant believe all these clasic films their remaking, its pathetic.
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June 2nd, 2009 6:47pm
FUCKING LAME
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