Total Recall Remake Has A Director

Total Recall Remake Has A Director

The action movie remake has signed director Len Wiseman to helm the project

By bleedthefreak - Jul 29, 2010 08:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Source: collider

It seems Len Wiseman Director of the first to installments of Underworld and Live Free Or Die Hard is set to direct. This will be a remake of the 1990 movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone. The remake is being written by Kurt Wimmer. They are going for a more faithful adaption of the original story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale”. Here is the official press release.

"CULVER CITY, Calif., July 29, 2010 – Len Wiseman is in final negotiations to direct Columbia Pictures’ Total Recall, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach, presidents of Columbia Pictures. The film will be a new, contemporized adaptation of Total Recall, which was based on the story, “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick. Kurt Wimmer is writing the screenplay. Neal H. Moritz will produce through his Original Film banner.

Commenting on the announcement, Tolmach said, “Len has an incredible love of the genre and a great gift for action. He’ll bring a contemporary feel to the film while taking care with everything we love about Philip K. Dick’s original story.”

Moritz said, “I have been trying for years to work with Len and fortunately we finally found a great project that he loves as much as we do. Len is terrifically talented and we know he is the right director to re-imagine Total Recall for a new generation of fans.”

Wiseman added, “I’ve always been fascinated with Philip K. Dick’s short story, and I’m excited at that prospect of diving even deeper into the type of world it evokes and the questions it asks. I love that the most crucial mystery our character is trying to solve is the one of his own soul.”

Toby Jaffe will oversee production on behalf of Original Film. Tolmach and Sam Dickerman are overseeing the project on behalf of the studio. Columbia Pictures secured the rights to Total Recall from Miramax. Wiseman is represented by ICM and attorney Howard Abramson.

LEN WISEMAN began his career in the art department on the blockbuster films Godzilla, Stargate, Men in Black, and Independence Day. With his natural visual flair and eye for design, he was soon behind the lens directing commercials for PlayStation, Time Warner, Oracle, Intel and Activision, which quickly lead to a career in music videos, working with such artists as Quarashi, Rufus Wainwright, Megadeath, En Vogue, Static X, Paul Oakenfold, and Brooke Allison.

Wiseman went on to write and direct Underworld, which was so well received that he went on to direct Underworld: Evolution, a film he also executive produced. He went on to produce Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. His next directing project was the blockbuster hit Live Free or Die Hard.

He most recently directed the pilot for “Hawaii Five-O” and is co-writer and producer of the upcoming Underworld 4."

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TheGambitFreak
TheGambitFreak - 7/29/2010, 9:07 PM
Hey that's cool @Freak but OMG! this website is so FREAKING SLOW!!!!!! No it is not my computer! If this does not get better I'm leaving!!!! I guess because So many people on, and people downloading these trailers! So don't expect me around here For a while!
soperman
soperman - 7/29/2010, 9:53 PM
[frick] this, total recall was awesome, noone can live up to arnold schwarzenegger, its impossible, this is blasphemy!
ckyallie69
ckyallie69 - 7/29/2010, 10:21 PM
the original was awesome...the have to really make this movie kick ass and cast the right people in order to make it great..but who can beat arnold???


GET TO THE CHOPPA!!!
Creature
Creature - 7/29/2010, 11:10 PM
Recasting Arnold will be the biggest dilemma of cinema ever.
Betty
Betty - 7/29/2010, 11:42 PM
get your ass to mars...

Total recall is a classic but totally unlike the short story. It'll be cool to see a more faithful adaptation.
Tobuttica
Tobuttica - 7/30/2010, 12:32 AM
I'm usually okay with remakes, but this is ridiculous. If anything. Still one of the best Ah-nuld movies in my opinion.
marvel72
marvel72 - 7/30/2010, 3:40 AM
@ taboo13 i'm with you,stop making remakes.
the film industry is getting so [frick]ing lazy,no one is bothering to think up new stories anymore.
thank [frick] for inception & sucker punch,i believe they are both original stories.
ClintEastwood
ClintEastwood - 7/30/2010, 4:53 AM
YOU CAN'T REMAKE TOTAL RECALL! ONLY ARNIE IS BAT SHIT CRAZY ENOUGH FOR IT TO BE ENJOYABLE! WTF.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 7/30/2010, 5:44 AM
Once I hit puberty, I actually thought Total Recall was a load of arse. But it wouldn't be as bad as anything Len Wiseman could crap out.
blueorangeny
blueorangeny - 7/30/2010, 6:19 AM
it seems like they're remaking every Arnold flick lol
soperman
soperman - 7/30/2010, 8:42 AM
i like how everyone is forgetting about the new conan movie =)
SlaughterHouse
SlaughterHouse - 7/30/2010, 9:05 AM
They at least better have a chick with 3 knockers in it...
comicb00kguy
comicb00kguy - 7/30/2010, 9:07 AM
Once again, I have just one question: why? The original movie is a classic. There is no point to remaking it.
ThoroughbredSteele0
ThoroughbredSteele0 - 7/30/2010, 11:34 AM
as long as they give us the chick with 3 boobs and the midget 'tute count me in.
Ranger14
Ranger14 - 7/31/2010, 7:15 AM
WTF?? For the love of all that is good and sacred...quit with the frickin' remakes of classic movies! :-(
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