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Wimmer Will Write “Total Recall” Reboot

June 3, 2009 by Michael Hickerson   || Category: Film News

The reboot of “Total Recall” is moving forward with the news that writer Kurt Wimmer has been tapped to pen the script according to Variety.   Wimmer’s previous credits include “Equilibrum.”

Columbia Pictures is behind the remake, which would be a contemporized adaptation of the science fiction saga based on the Philip K. Dick story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale.”

“Total Recall” was resurrected by by the studio and producer Neal Moritz and his Original Films banner after acquiring the rights from Miramax.

No word yet on a director or star for the film.

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3 Responses to “Wimmer Will Write “Total Recall” Reboot”

  1. keith on June 3rd, 2009 11:52 pm

    ugh, I can’t stand this guys work

  2. Lisa from Indiana on June 4th, 2009 2:05 pm

    It wasn’t enough that the movie industry butchered PK Dick’s work once…they need to dig it up and butcher it again? Hands off, Hollywood!

  3. Robin on June 4th, 2009 3:27 pm

    …Why?

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