Total Recall remake coming

[Raph's Girl]

http://www.mania.com/total-recall-re...le_113350.html

It seems that Douglas Quaid will take his own advice and get his ass to Mars again. Neal H. Moritz and his Original Films are in final negotiations to develop and produce for Columbia Pictures a contemporary version of Total Recall, which will be based on the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi action movie by director Paul Verhoeven.

Carolco was behind the original movie, which was distributed by TriStar and grossed $261 million worldwide. Dimension picked up the rights for a reported $3.15 million with the aim of developing a sequel. Columbia secured the rights from Miramax, which retained them when Harvey and Bob Weinstein left to start their own company.

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.

Plot Concept: 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.

Eh... I didn't like the original much...should be interesting who they cast tho.

[Spitfire]

Are you kidding me? Total Recall is one of my all time favorite action movies. It has some of my favorite Arnold one liners in it too. The movies not even that old for Christs sake why the hell do they need to remake it? I guess they remake everything. There's plenty of sci-fi stories they can adapt why remake one that's already been done? Remake "They Live" or something. That movie was fun to watch just because of how corny it is.

And your a girl I wouldn't expect you to understand the awesomeness of Arnold movies.

[VaughnMichael]

When will they stop? I guess when every movie has a remake and every remake has a remake of that remake.

[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by VaughnMichael

When will they stop? I guess when every movie has a remake and every remake has a remake of that remake.

Oh like Invasion of the Body Snatchers and the I Am Legend movies?

[ThirdMarioBro]

Haha, I guess we're going two for two tonight. Seriously, if Total Recall is getting a remake (as Spit said, it's not even old) Hollywood has indeed completely run out of ideas.

[Spitfire]

Well yeah I thought Hellraiser was bad enough that movies only 22 years old but this is even worse. This movies not even 20 years old yet.

[Drtooth]

Like I said in the Neverending story... this will probably tank, no one will care, and it'll be marked down perminantly for 5 bucks by Christmas of the year it's released. Seems like they're just wasting money. Just re-release them to theaters. More people would see it, anyway.

[The Stryker]

Very sad day, very sad day, very sad day, very sad DAYS.

I'm just gonna call Hollywood HELLywood from now on. They keep ruining everything that has nothing to do with me. Crap like this and Terminator Salvation are the reason nobody goes to movies anymore. Mindless Sheeple just sit there and take it too, People like YOOOOOOOOU are the reason for this crap!

[ZariusTwo]

At least base it more on the short story.

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by Spitfire

And your a girl I wouldn't expect you to understand the awesomeness of Arnold movies.

Hey! There's several Arnold movies I love. Terminator 1 and 2, Commando ("shhh...he's sleeping"...), Twins, Kindergarten Cop, Junior....

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Stryker

Very sad day, very sad day, very sad day, very sad DAYS.

I'm just gonna call Hollywood HELLywood from now on. They keep ruining everything that has nothing to do with me. Crap like this and Terminator Salvation are the reason nobody goes to movies anymore. Mindless Sheeple just sit there and take it too, People like YOOOOOOOOU are the reason for this crap!

ROFLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL LLLLLLLLLLLLL!
Amazing.

[joe-eyeball]

Hopefully they offer the lead role to Patrick Swayze. Oh and you know Hollywood puts out mostly crap but they still put out plenty of good movies you just need to look hard to find them. After all its not like the good old days where a large percentage of the films made were actually watchable, today Hollywood makes five times the movies they did then, so there is still good movies just more crap trying to cover them up.

[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Hey! There's several Arnold movies I love. Terminator 1 and 2, Commando ("shhh...he's sleeping"...), Twins, Kindergarten Cop, Junior....

"Blow off some steam"

[Jester]

Originally Posted by Spitfire

Oh like Invasion of the Body Snatchers and the I Am Legend movies?

Which did you like best? Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price, Omega Man with Charlton Heston, or I Am Legend?

I feel that the Price movie best adapts Matheson's book, while the Heston version of Neville is about the most like the character as I read him in the book. The Will Smith film could have been called something completely different and no one would have known the difference.

[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by Jester

Which did you like best? Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price, Omega Man with Charlton Heston, or I Am Legend?

I feel that the Price movie best adapts Matheson's book, while the Heston version of Neville is about the most like the character as I read him in the book. The Will Smith film could have been called something completely different and no one would have known the difference.

I agree. Honestly Last Man on Earth worked on me in the best way. The set up and the way it was done made it more atmospheric then the other two. I am Legend lacked that and the crappy looking CGI vampire humans didn't help the movie at all.

It's been so long since I've seen Omega man it's hard to say but I do like Last Man on Earth so I'd have to go with that one.

[Vivi]

i love total recall, if they do remake it, they'd have a hard time improving it (as Stockman says, it would be a side-grade). If the studios were hard pressed for sci-fi material they should think about making 'Rendezvous with Rama' into a movie (after wrestling the film rights of Morgan Freeman, that is).

[Warhorse]

Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro

Haha, I guess we're going two for two tonight. Seriously, if Total Recall is getting a remake (as Spit said, it's not even old) Hollywood has indeed completely run out of ideas.

Personally, I don't think that there is a shortage of new ideas, but more that there are too much egos. All of the studios that back the big bucks to make movies are being taken over by the juniors. They were born with silver spoons, and only care about fast money. They also have egos, where if it's not their idea, then it's no good. They also end up hiring their best friends to write screen plays and act instead of hiring real professionals, and this is what we get, remake after remake, or stories that are half ass thought out because morons are running the business.

I still can't believe no one's tried to get a Pier's Anthony novel onto the big screen.

[Spitfire]

Um they don't need to "hire" anyone to do screenplays. They need to hire someone to read them. They get so many freaking screenplays mailed to them in a week it would probably take them a year if they actually read them all. What they usually do is take 5 or 6 screenplays of similar story types and mix the best scenes from each one together and give the credit to the guy who rewrites it. Hardly matters though the writer still gets their 10 grand.

[Warhorse]

Yeah, when the studios are hiring their friends to do the screenplays, why read someone elses who they would perceive is beneath them when they can just go the easy way and rehash old favorites.

I work for a company that under the same problem. What was once a strong company, is being taken over the sons with egos the size of Jupiter. They fired all the engineers and elected themselves engineers, when they barely pass high school. And then they hire their friends t be the CAD operators and accountants, also uncertified, and I'm sure if my companies are doing this, others in all fields of work are doing this also. Why quality products are a thing of the past.

[KROW]

Trailer and website is out for this one. Colin Farrell stars in another sci-fi remake. This looks like it's more futuristic and has more explosions. I don't think this is needed, since the original still holds weight today.