‘Total Recall’ and ‘Neverending Story’ Getting the Reboot

I know these could have been two separate articles, but why bother, really? Â  It seems Hollywood has, yet again, thrown is javelin into the dartboard of potential remakes, and it has hit two film from, surprise, surprise, my childhood. Â  I think they’re doing it on purpose now.

First up, Original Films is in final negotiations to revive and update the 1990Â  Schwarzenegger film, ‘Total Recall’. Â  From the sound of it, it seems Neal Moritz, the man behind Original Films, is looking to make the new version more like the Philip K. Dick story, “We Can Remember it For You Wholesale”.

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.

Next in line will be Warner Bros., who is in the early stages of rebooting ‘The Neverending Story’. Â  The Kennedy/Marshall Co. and Leonard DiCaprio’s shingle Appian Way are in discussions with Warners about reviving the 25-year-old franchise with a modern spin. The studio recently acquired rights to the property, clearing the way for a potential remake.

The new pic will examine the more nuanced details of the original book that were glossed over in the first pic. Â  Those familiar with the project emphasize that it is in its early stages and that writers have not been attached.

I guess the only thing going for these two projects are the fact that they are based on other source materials and not wholly remakes of the original film. Â  However, I’m sure the name recognition of the films are what put them in Hollywood’s sights.

Oh, God, if there is one thing they bring back from the original film, I hope, hope, hope at some point, someone says the line, “I’ll see you at the party, Richter!”

What do you think? Â  Both bad? Â  Both good? Â  One bad, one good? Â  Has there been a true-to-Dick adaptation of one of his stories/novels other than ‘A Scanner Darkly’? Â  Are we really going to keep making jokes, as we did when we were kids, that ‘The Neverending Story’ actually ended? Â  Let us know by commenting below!

Source: The Hollywood Reporter