Well I suppose this was inevitable.  There’s a plan afoot to remake Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 classic Total Recall.

Neal H. Moritz and his Original Films banner are in final negotiations to develop and produce [the remake].  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. [THR]

Awesome, cast John Cena, throw in a shitload of CGI, what could go wrong? Moritz, by the way, most recently produced Evan Almighty, I Am Legend, Prom Night, Made of Honor, and Fast & Fourious.  I Am Legend, by the way, was the film that declined to use the relatively easy and inexpensive method of shooting mutants, i.e., actors in makeup, and instead opted to make a bunch of CGI things that all sorta looked the same.  But I’m sure this will be awesome.  Remakes where most of the audience still remember the original always turn out great.  I mean, look at… uh, that one movie. Came out last year?  Had that one guy in it? You probably didn’t hear about it.  It was big overseas.