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A Total Recall Remake is Very Real

February 26, 2009

Neal H. Moritz and his Original Films are in final negotiations to develop and produce for Columbia Pictures a contemporary version of Total Recall, the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi action movie directed by Paul Verhoeven, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The original, based on the Philip K. Dick story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale," follows a man haunted by a recurring dream of journeying to Mars who buys a literal dream vacation from a company called Rekall Inc., which sells implanted memories. The man comes to believe he is a secret agent and ends up on a Martian colony, where he fights to overthrow a despotic ruler controlling the production of air.

The movie explores one of Dick's favorite topics, reality vs. delusion, as audiences never knew whether or not the story was a dream. Either way, the movie grossed a very real $261 million worldwide.

Calling Dick's story "prescient," Moritz said he hoped the advancements in technology and state-of-the-art visual effects can help tell the "Recall" story in a fresh way.

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COMMENTS (164)

Posted by:

February 26, 2009

Why the hell is this necessary? The original is far from classic, but it's also far from dated. Do we really need to start remaking movies that are barely 20 years old?

Posted by:

Steve D.

February 26, 2009

Sigh... No... Just... No

Posted by:

raph

February 26, 2009

Are they out of their ****ing minds?

Posted by:

realitybites

February 26, 2009

another crappy Hollywood remake.

no way.

I can't believe it.

Is anyone in Hollywood capable of coming up with something original??

ANYONE??

Posted by:

realitybites

February 26, 2009

seriously.

anyone!?!?!?

Posted by:

Doctor_Splatz

February 26, 2009

Fresh? Yeah, right!

Posted by:

transcendant

February 26, 2009

Why dont you petition hollywood to actually buy original work from no-name people? There are incredible stories out there (including mine) that never see the light of day because we dont know the right people.

Posted by:

sunnyrichardson

February 26, 2009

NNNNNOOOOO!!!! The remakes are getting worse and worse. I don't want to make a smart*** comment about another possible stupid remake because it might come true. All I can say is please stop Hollywood. If we support Proposition 8 will you stop coming up with these bad and unnecessary remakes.

Posted by:

Mitchell

February 26, 2009

My favorite part of the article was that the people behind the remake is a company called Original Films.

Posted by:

Mr. Black

February 26, 2009

Stop watching remakes, so they could stop making remakes. Don't you people get it. DUH!!