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Rate Matt Damon: The private campaigner who became Hollywood's biggest star

Original at EducationGuardian.co.uk external link    Sat, Nov 7

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from a story by the late Philip K. Dick, the prolific writer whose work was adapted for Blade Runner, Total Recall and Minority Report, ... and more »

Rate Arnold Schwarzenegger's Total Recall

Original at Entertainment and Showbiz! external link    Sun, Jun 14    36 related articles

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 India The original film was based on the Philip K Dick story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale. The movie details the life of a man who is haunted by a recurring dream of travelling to Mars - where he has never been - and a woman he has never met.

Rate "Night Of The Creeps"

Original at Decider Austin external link    Fri, Jun 12

 TX star-crossed (The Way We Were), arranged by destiny (Breakfast At Tiffany's), or arranged by Molly Picon (Fiddler On The Roof), while Arnold Schwarzenegger fights for the people of Mars in Paul Verhoeven's Philip K. Dick adaptation Total Recall. ...

Rate Writer confirmed for Total Recall remake

Original at Examiner.com external link    Thu, Jun 11

The remake will again be a modernized adaptation of "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale," a story by Philip K. Dick. Moritz is well-known for having Vin Diesel in his films. Could Vin Diesel be the next Douglas Quaid? Remakes really shouldn't be done ...

Rate Before Twilight… I can, I still exist

Original at Arab Times external link    Sun, Jun 7

 Kuwait LOS ANGELES: Kurt Wimmer will write the script for Columbia Pictures' new version of “Total Recall,” 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 ...

Rate Friday Buzzkills: Seeking not to know the answers, but to ...

Original at A.V. Club external link    Fri, Jun 5    36 related articles

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While Total Recall: Total Recallier scribe Kurt Wimmer—famous for faithful, nuanced adaptations like his James Ellroy update Street Kings—seems to be the one most likely to be drilling glory holes in Philip K. Dick's grave right about now, ...

Rate MEDIALOG: HEAR THE CRY OF THE LISTENER! - STARLOG

Original at starlog.com external link    Thu, Jun 4

Currently in theaters with TERMINATOR SALVATION, the Halycon company also has a movie deal with the estate of legendary SF author Philip K. Dick (whose works have been filmed as BLADE RUNNER, TOTAL RECALL, MINORITY REPORT and SCREAMERS). ...

Rate 'Short Circuit' and 'Total Recall' Remakes… Why Should I Care?

Original at RopeofSilicon.com external link    Thu, Jun 4

actioner Total Recall as a contemporized adaptation of the science fiction saga based on the Philip K. Dick story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale. ... and more »

Rate Kurt Wimmer Hired to Write the Total Recall Remake

Original at First Showing external link    Wed, Jun 3    36 related articles

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 CA Producer Neal Moritz is developing this remake as a contemporary adaptation of the movie based on the Philip K. Dick story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale." Columbia secured remake rights from Miramax, which has the option to co-finance the ...

Rate Arnie's sci-fi thriller Total Recall to be remade

Original at Oneindia external link    Wed, Jun 3    36 related articles

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Arnie's sci-fi thriller Total Recall to be remade  India The original film was based on the Philip K Dick story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale. The movie details the life of a man who is haunted by a recurring dream of travelling to Mars - where he has never been - and a woman he has never met.

Rate Arnie's sci-fi thriller Total Recall ''to be remade''

Original at TopNews external link    Wed, Jun 3    36 related articles

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 India The original film was based on the Philip K Dick story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale. The movie details the life of a man who is haunted by a recurring dream of travelling to Mars - where he has never been - and a woman he has never met. ...

Rate Wimmer to write 'Total Recall' remake

Original at Variety external link    Wed, Jun 3    36 related articles

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Wimmer to write 'Total Recall' remake  CA Total Recall" was resurrected for remake earlier this year by the studio and producer Neal Moritz and his Original Films banner. Pic will be a contemporized adaptation of the science fiction saga based on the Philip K. Dick story "We Can Remember It ...

Rate Kurt Wimmer Penning "TOTAL RECALL" Remake

Original at Oh My Gore ! external link    Wed, Jun 3    36 related articles

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Kurt Wimmer Penning "TOTAL RECALL" Remake TOTAL RECALL" was resurrected for remake earlier this year by the studio and producer Neal Moritz and his Original Films. The film will be a contemporized adaptation of the sci-fi saga based on the Philip K. Dick story "We Can Remember It for You ...

Rate Total Recall Remake Gets 'Ultraviolet' Screenwriter

Original at Screen Rant external link    Wed, Jun 3

 UT Wimmer will be trying to write a “contemporized adaptation” of “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale”, the Philip K. Dick story that inspired the original Total Recall, which was directed by Paul Verhoeven (The Surrogate) and starred “Governator” ...

Rate Wimmer scripting 'Total Recall' remake

Original at Digital Spy external link    Wed, Jun 3    36 related articles

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By Simon Reynolds, Movies Editor Kurt Wimmer has been hired to write Columbia's remake of Arnold Schwarzenegger's sci-fi hit Total Recall. The 1990 original was directed by Paul Verhoeven and based on the Philip K. Dick short story We Can Remember It ...

Rate I'll be back: Schwarzenegger sci-fi hit Total Recall will be remade

Original at CBC.ca external link    Wed, Jun 3    36 related articles

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Based on a Philip K Dick story, We Can Remember It For You Wholesale, the Schwarzenegger film follows a man who has a persistent dream about travelling to Mars and being with a woman he has never met. The man's life begins to unravel after he decides ...

Rate 'Salt' writer spices up 'Total Recall'

Original at From Inside the Box external link    Wed, Jun 3    36 related articles

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Salt' writer spices up 'Total Recall' Based on those credentials, it's safe to say the new "Total Recall" will hew closer to Ahnold's actioner than Philip K. Dick's more cerebral source material. "Total Recall" follows Douglas Quaid, a normal guy who visits a service that implants false ...

Rate And Here Comes the 'Total Recall' Remake

Original at Cinematical external link    Wed, Jun 3

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Total Recall will receive a "contemporized adaptation," according to The Hollywood Reporter. Kurt Wimmer has been hired to write the script, which may or may not be based on "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale," the Philip K. Dick story that inspired ...

Rate Totally remaking Recall

Original at Malaysia Star external link    Wed, Jun 3

Total Recall, based on the Philip K. Dick story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale", was resurrected for remake status earlier this year by the studio ... and more »

Rate Totally remaking Recall

Original at Malaysia Star external link    Wed, Jun 3    36 related articles

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 Malaysia Sci Fi Wire reports that Kurt Wimmer (Equilibrium) has been hired by Columbia Pictures to write a new version of of the 1990 sci-fi action movie Total Recall which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. Total Recall, based on the Philip K. Dick story "We Can ...

Rate Wimmer Writing TOTAL RECALL

Original at Comics2Film external link    Wed, Jun 3    1 related articles

 CA Columbia secured remake rights from Miramax, which has the option to co-finance the film when it is ready to shoot. Plot Concept: The story will be a contemporized adaptation of the science fiction saga based on the Philip K. Dick story "We Can ...

Rate 46 movie remakes and reboots currently in the works

Original at Den Of Geek external link    Wed, Jun 3

 UK Based on the Philip K Dick story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale, Total Recall proved to be a sizeable global hit on its original release, and while things have been quiet since the original announcement, news now reaches us that a screenwriter ...

Rate Equilibrium Screenwriter To Pen Total Recall Remake

Original at /FILM external link    Tue, Jun 2    36 related articles

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 MA Not much is known about the new film, other than that the story will be a more “contemporized” adaptation of Philip K Dick's story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, the book that spawned the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger film. First published in April ...

Rate Total Recall writer tapped

Original at Moviehole external link    Tue, Jun 2    36 related articles

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 Australia Total Recall" was resurrected for remake earlier this year by Columbia and producer Neal Moritz ("Fast and the Furious") and his Original Films banner. Pic will be a contemporized adaptation of the science fiction saga based on the Philip K. Dick ...

Rate Kurt Wimmer to pen 'Total Recall' update

Original at Hollywood Reporter external link    Tue, Jun 2

MovieWeb  United States By Borys Kit and Jay A. Fernandez Kurt Wimmer has been tapped to write Columbia's new version of "Total Recall," which Neal H. Moritz is producing through his Original Films banner. The original, based on the Philip K. Dick story "We Can Remember It ...

Rate Blu-ray review

Original at DVDTOWN.com external link    Mon, May 18

Whatever would Hollywood sci-fi do without author Philip K. Dick? Think among his other titles of "Blade Runner," "Total Recall," "Screamers," "Minority Report," "Imposter," "A Scanner Darkly," and the motion picture reviewed here, John Woo's 2003 ...

Rate New Philip K. Dick Novel Set For Screen

Original at Empire Online external link    Tue, May 12    2 related articles

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 UK Philip K. Dick's work has inspired some of the most interesting sci-fi films ever made: Blade Runner, Minority Report, Total Recall, A Scanner Darkly. And now another of his books is headed to the screen: Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said has been ...

Rate Philip K. Dick's 'Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said' Being Adapted

Original at First Showing external link    Tue, May 12    2 related articles

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If they can do that with Terminator, just imagine what they can do with Philip K. Dick - whose stories have been the inspiration for such sci-fi classics as Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report and A Scanner Darkly. If anyone is interested, ...

Rate Double Helix: Religion Requires Memory; Memory-Killing Drugs ...

Original at Religion Dispatches external link    Fri, May 1

 CA Surely you remember Total Recall, the hugely successful 1990 film starring California's current governor and based on the great Philip K. Dick short story? But what just happened when you tried to remember whether you remember it? ...

Rate Review -- Dollhouse: Gray Hour

Original at Firefox News external link    Mon, Mar 9

 AZ Which, to a Sci-Fi geek such as myself, appears to be a wink to the film "Total Recall" (which is based on a Philip K. Dick story) where people are programmed with memories that can't be distinguised from reality, and ultimately we're never clear about ...

Rate Total Recall is Recalled

Original at Artistdirect.com external link    Mon, Mar 9

Total Recall is noteworthy since it marked one of Sharon Stone's earliest film roles. The original, based on a Philip K. Dick story, was a worldwide success, pulling in $261 million in box office tallies. It has not been determined if Stone will have ... Total Recall remake in the works Atomic

Rate A "TOTAL RECALL" Remake is Very Real

Original at Oh My Gore ! external link    Sun, Mar 8

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 ... Total Recall remake in the works Atomic

Rate Un remake pour "TOTAL RECALL"

Original at Oh My Gore ! external link    Sun, Mar 8

 France Pour rappel, "TOTAL RECALL" était réalisé en 1990 par Paul Verhoeven et s'inspirait d'une histoire de Philip K. Dick, We Can Remember It for You Wholesale. Le film mettait en scène Arnold Schwarzenegger dans le rôle d'un homme poursuivi par un rêve ...

Rate Film adaptations that work

Original at The Western Gazette external link    Fri, Mar 6

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 Canada However, many seem to be unaware Total Recall is actually based on short story by prolific science fiction author/methamphetamine abuser Philip K. Dick called We Can Remember It for You Wholesale. The short story deals with issues of false memory and ...

Rate Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: March 1st, 2009

Original at Screen Rant external link    Sun, Mar 1

 UT An unnecessary remake of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Total Recall is in the works at Columbia. The irony of the story being that the film is being produced by Neil Moritz’s Original Films. The original film was based on the Philip K. Dick story We Can ...

Rate Remakes! - Movie Mom

Original at Beliefnet.com external link    Sat, Feb 28

 NY New versions of "Total Recall," based on a Philip K. Dick story, "Clash of the Titans," and "The Never-Ending Story" are all in the works. The upcoming "Race to Witch Mountain" is being billed as "a "modern re-imaging" of 1975's "Escape to Witch ...

Rate Everything new is a remake

Original at Gay Wired external link    Fri, Feb 27

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 CA TOTAL RECALL California Governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1990 hit is getting a revamp thanks to Neil Moritz and Columbia Pictures. Based on Philip K. Dick’s short story, We Can Remember If For You Wholesale the story follows Douglas Quaid who is ...

Rate BWE.tv Recasts the Total Recall Remake - BestWeekEver.tv

Original at bestweekever.tv external link    Fri, Feb 27

BWE.tv Recasts the Total Recall Remake Based on a short story by Philip K. Dick, Total Recall is, in a sentence, one of the best sci-fi movies ever made, due in large part to Arnold, a hilarious script, and unbelievable, ass-blowing visual effects. So who should be recast in the Total ...

Rate A Contemporary Ver...

Original at Insomniac Mania external link    Thu, Feb 26

 UK A contemporary version of "Total Recall" is in the works?! Based on the Philip K. Dick story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale"; the plot revolves around a man who is haunted by a recurring dream of journeying to Mars who buys a literal dream ...

Rate Total Remake Of 'Total Recall'

Original at G4 TV external link    Thu, Feb 26

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 CA I always thought the original Recall, based on Philip K. Dick short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale," was disappointing. It takes the trippy, heady, dark source material and dumbs it down in a huge way to make a boilerplate, ...

Rate Stories I Don't Believe: A 'Total Recall' Remake?

Original at Cinematical external link    Thu, Feb 26

 CA They might re-adapt the Philip K. Dick story, "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale," but that's a different matter. Dick adaptations are a dime a dozen. So, Mr. Moritz, I don't believe you. Shouldn't you be busy getting The Green Hornet off the ground ...

Rate Gimme Remakes: Total Recall Recalled Back to Theaters

Original at /FILM external link    Wed, Feb 25

 MA Earlier today, /Film’s Brendon Connelly reported on a new Matt Damon movie based loosely on a short story by one of the most important and precocious authors of all time, Philip K. Dick, and now, well, THIS. Columbia Pictures and producer Neal H. ...

Rate A Total Recall Remake is Very Real

Original at Comingsoon.net external link    Wed, Feb 25

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Empire Online 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 ...

Rate Remake Total Recall zeer waarschijnlijk

Original at Filmtotaal external link    Wed, Feb 25

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 Netherlands Het origineel had Arnold Schwarzenegger in de hoofdrol en werd geregisseerd door onze eigen Paul Verhoeven. De film, die gebaseerd was op een verhaal van sci-fi auteur Philip K. Dick, was in 1990 een enorm succes. Moritz hoopt met de remake dit kunstje ...

Rate Memorable movies about memory

Original at San Jose Mercury News external link    Mon, Feb 23

  USA Total Recall" (1990). Inspired by the Philip K. Dick short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale," the sci-fi flick puts a twist on the perennial "Who am I?" theme with an everyday schmo (Arnold Schwarzenegger) who learns that neither are his ...

Rate Android illuminati blocks release of widow's book (we assume)

Original at Orlando Sentinel external link    Tue, Feb 17

The Owl in Daylight is the title of a film currently in the works about the life of Philip K. Dick, the late, notorious author whose surreal fiction was fodder for some of the best (Blade Runner) and cheesiest (Total Recall) sci-fi films of our time. ...

Rate Exclusive: 'Screamers: The Hunting' Clip!

Original at FearNet external link    Thu, Feb 12

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 PA - Is there any science-fiction author whose tales are so adaptable to film as Philip K. Dick? With Blade Runner, Total Recall and A Scanner Darkly all based ...

Rate Total Recall (1990)

Original at Den Of Geek external link    Sun, Feb 8

 UK - Based loosely on a Philip K Dick story, Total Recall is the story of Douglas Quaid (no relation to Dennis) a construction worker plying his trade in the ...

Rate Disney Previews Surrogates at Comic-Con

Original at Comingsoon.net external link    Sun, Feb 8    36 related articles

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 - Feb 8, 2009 like something Philip K. Dick might come up with and sure enough, the trailer makes the movie look like a cross between Blade Runner, Total Recall and ...

Rate Hell is plastic: 18 calamitous music and movie packaging gimmicks

Original at A.V. Club external link    Sun, Feb 1    36 related articles

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 - Feb 1, 2009 The Total Recall: Special Limited Edition DVD Mars box Paul Verhoeven's 1990 Philip K. Dick adaptation is set on Mars. Mars is round. DVDs are round… ...

Rate The Future of EDD in a Wounded Economy

Original at New York Law Journal external link    Mon, Jan 26

 CA By Craig Ball In something of an impromptu Philip K. Dick film festival, I had a chance to revisit the still-inspired 1982 "Blade Runner" and the still-disappointing 1990 "Total Recall." The first showed a billboard for Pan American Airlines, ...

Rate Deep Space - Tuscaloosa News

Original at Tuscaloosa News external link    Fri, Jan 16

Deep Space subscription), AL - were posited in the stories of Philip K. Dick, she said, known to many as the basis of the movies 'Blade Runner,' 'Minority Report' and 'Total Recall. ...

Rate From real war to sci-fi war: Ari Folman's next feature

Original at The Guardian (UK) external link    Thu, Dec 18

By Ben Child Lem, who died in 2006, was a prolific novelist and essayist. Philip K Dick, meanwhile, has provided the source material for several Hollywood films, including Blade Runner, Total Recall and Minority Report.Science fiction and fantasyguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2...

Rate AdFreak: Canadian Tire has power over the seasons

Original at adfreak external link    Wed, Nov 26

the type of commercial Philip K. Dick would've created if he had been a copywriter. PKD was, however, not an ad scribe but a mind-bending novelist whose works inspired Blade Runner, Total Recall and Minority Report. ...

Rate Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia: In Which I Actually Enjoy A Guy Movie

Original at mocklog.typepad.com external link    Tue, Nov 25

However, it seems I do like Philip K. Dick flicks, like Blade Runner, Total Recall, and the one I saw tonight, Next. Next has a great premise (guy can see the future, but only 2 minutes ahead), and a good plot, and excellent music. ...

Rate Next, Lee Tamahori Movie review

Original at ReviewStream.com external link    Mon, Nov 24

Story of its own appointed novel The Golden Man works of Philip K. Dick. Next is the umpteenth movie that had lifted from the book works K. Dick, after Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, Impostor, A Scanner Darkly, ...

Rate kuehler blog » Blog Archive » The Gospel According to Philip K ...

Original at kuehler external link    Wed, Nov 19

The visionary work of science fiction legend Philip K. Dick inspired the films Blade Runner (1982), Total Recall (1990), and Minority Report (2002). Films from John Carpenter’s They Live to David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ to The 6th Day ...

Rate Old BBC Video Documentary: "Philip K. Dick - A Day in the ...

Original at Echodemic external link    Mon, Nov 17

By trainspot Most people will be familiar with the films that Philip K. Dick's writing inspired, for example "Blade Runner," based on his short story "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" and "Total Recall" derived from "We Can Remeber it for you ...

Rate Virtually criminal

Original at Moneyweb external link    Thu, Nov 13

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 South Africa - Nov 13, 2008 Philip K. Dick, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" became Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982), Paul Verhoeven's 1990 movie Total Recall was inspired ...

Rate My Own Worst Enemy - Eleventh Hour -- New York Magazine TV Review

Original at New York Magazine external link    Sat, Oct 18

Like Blade Runner and Minority Report, Total Recall was based on a science fiction by the paranoid pillhead Philip K. Dick—in this case, his short story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale.” Dick, for whom Carlos Castaneda, ...

Rate DVD Review: The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick

Original at The Trades external link    Sun, Sep 28

 OR - Sep 28, 2008 His stories have been adapted into such films as Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly. He is also the subject of the ...

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