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Cranston to Class Up 'Total Recall'?
Source: Variety
It wouldn't be a Thursday (or any day ending in "y", actually) without some good old fashioned remake news. The latest is that 'Breaking Bad' star Bryan Cranston is in early negotiations to play the villain in Len Weisman's 'Total Recall' reboot. If the deal is sealed, Cranston would star opposite Colin Farrell, who is set to star in the lead role.
Based upon the Philip K. Dick novelette 'We Can Remember It for You Wholesale', the book (and to a point, the Arnold Schwarzenegger action film) centers around Douglas Quail (Quaid in the movie), a lowly construction worker whose recurring dreams of a trip to Mars land him on the doorstep of Rekal, Inc. - a corporation that offers "extra-factual memories", or false implanted memories for people who don't have the time or money to travel abroad or do exotic things. However, during the process they accidentally uncover supressed memories that reveal Quail as a secret assassin with a head full of very dangerous secrets, which puts him in the cross-hairs of a shady government agency.
In the upcoming reboot however, they have changed the story significantly. Now, the story reportedly involves the two nations of Euromerica (which is sure to thrill Tea Partiers everywhere) and New Shanghai. Farrell will play a construction worker who begins to uncover memories that he is a spy, but doesn't know which side he's spying for. Cranston is apparently in talks to play the ruler of Euromerica, and since his role is also labeled as "the villain", I think it's safe to assume which side Farrell is on. Either way, the chances of seeing a Kuato or Farrell starting any kind of reactor are slim.
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Comment by Cranky Old Dude on March 31, 2011 at 8:06pm -
well, hard to call this a reboot as it does not sound anything like the movie with Arnie.
Still PK Dic's work was bastardized so much over the years, I would not call anything a reboot, but hope for a more faithful adaption
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Comment by Mr. Jumbo on March 31, 2011 at 7:39pm -
This sounds horrible. Arnold needs to terminate there asses.
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Comment by GodDamnRobots on March 31, 2011 at 7:35pm -
get your ass to mars
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Comment by kingofsnake on March 31, 2011 at 7:00pm -
Yay! More Bryan Cranston is ALWAYS good!
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Comment by Stephan on March 31, 2011 at 6:59pm -
So they're mixing Total Recall with 1984... sounds interesting.
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Comment by The GodDamn Fatman on March 31, 2011 at 6:12pm -
Why do a remake, why couldn't it just be a sequel or a whole new movie. It sounds like they had a few new ideas but not enough to make new independent story with so they wanna bank on the name of the old one.
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Comment by Ant1 on March 31, 2011 at 4:46pm -
" Come on Cohaagen you've got what you want, give these people air!" Sick of rebooting everything out there, hollywood come up with new stuff!
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Comment by Bat Magnet on March 31, 2011 at 3:56pm -
that is absolutly, the single most fucking stupid plot i've ever heard of (for a remake)
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Comment by sammy on March 31, 2011 at 3:35pm -
I really wish they got someone more appealing then colin farrell but if it's good, i'll watch it.
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Comment by THE Don THE SHO 'GUN OF SPILL on March 31, 2011 at 3:09pm -
wait who was the orginial villain I want to say michael ironside but i think im wrong
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