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[AgentChris]

Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) is in talks for the villain role in the Total Recall remake.

With Colin Farrell this sounds awesome aside from the director Len Wiseman (Underworld, Live Free or Die Hard) and writer Kurt Wimmer (Salt, Law Abiding Citizen). LOL

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[aronnov reborn]

Total Recall has a very special place in my heart.

Growing up we only had 3 channels and would rent a VCR from the store. any movie i got to see i would watch from start to finish and enjoy it and be thankful.

Total Recall is the first movie i was unable to finish. it was that bad to me.

 

[backflip10019]

I'm still kind of pissed they're remaking this. I mean, there's no way they can hold onto that late-80s, early-90s vibe that the original portrayed so well.

Ah, nostalgia.

 

[G-Fex]

I'm still kind of pissed they're remaking this. I mean, there's no way they can hold onto that late-80s, early-90s vibe that the original portrayed so well.

Ah, nostalgia.

Yeah it's gold. Remake's gonna be a dull forgettable. Especially with Collin Farrel.

 

[AgentChris]

I'm still kind of pissed they're remaking this. I mean, there's no way they can hold onto that late-80s, early-90s vibe that the original portrayed so well.

Ah, nostalgia.

Agreed. I would rather they have other stories and characters within this universe.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

 

[sankt-Antonio]

Total Recall has a very special place in my heart.

Growing up we only had 3 channels and would rent a VCR from the store. any movie i got to see i would watch from start to finish and enjoy it and be thankful.

Total Recall is the first movie i was unable to finish. it was that bad to me.

try harder junior...

edit:
its kind of eye opening that movies i watched as a child are now considered as reboot material

 

[DrForester]

He'll always be Hal to me.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Yeahhh Mr. White!!

Spoiler

science!!

 

[Sinatar]

Whether he's playing Michael Ironside's character or Ronny Cox's I don't really see him pulling it off.

Or anything about this movie pulling anything off really. Len Wiseman is an awful director of PG-13 derivative pablum.

 

[Micius]

Hard to picture him as the dad from Malcolm in the Middle nowadays.

 

[demon]

That would be fucking awesome. He's a fantastic actor and I always thought he'd make a great villain, as funny as his roles tend to be. He deserves to be big.

 

[samus i am]

I fucking love Total Recall. I'm not sure why Hollywood always wants to take what I love and turn it into shit.

 

[Raging Spaniard]

Great actor but with that director and writer I expect terrible things.

 

[Jackson50]

Whether on Malcolm in the Middle or Breaking Bad, I enjoy Bryan Cranston's performance. Regardless, a Total Recall remake is lame. Leave it alone, please.

 

[SimleuqiR]

Remake must have 3 boobs Mars mutant girl or I will boycott. This must also be rated R.

 

[Danielsan]

That would be fucking awesome. He's a fantastic actor and I always thought he'd make a great villain, as funny as his roles tend to be. He deserves to be big.

Bryan Cranston won 3 consecutive emmys (Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series) for his role in Breaking Bad, which hardly is a comedic role. Semi-spoiler for Breaking Bad:

Spoiler

he pretty much plays a villain in Breaking Bad

. Cranston is phenomenal.

 

[Snake]

Remake must have 3 boobs Mars mutant girl or I will boycott. This must also be rated R.

This, ladies and gentlemen, is a deal-breaker.

 

[Furret]

I don't understand, what was wrong with the original Total Recall?

What glaring flaws stand out that Hollywood feels need to be fixed with an inferior cast and director?

 

[Boonoo]

Hard to picture him as the dad from Malcolm in the Middle nowadays.

Or as the dentist in Seinfeld.

 

[sixteen-bit]

More reminders that I need to watch Breaking Bad.

 

[Expendable.]

This isn't taking place on Mars at all too. Completely different plot as we uncovered.

It has the chance to be decent, waiting on who gets cast in the two female lead roles.

 

[Seraphinianus]

More reminders that I need to watch Breaking Bad.

do this immediately

 

[LM4sure]

The original Underworld and Live Free or Die Hard were both entertaining films. That writer worries me though.

You could tell the screenplay in Salt was shit. The whole movie suffered because of it.

 

[FoneBone]

This isn't taking place on Mars at all too. Completely different plot as we uncovered.

Nice "uncovering," linking directly to a Hollywood Reporter article and having no information of your own.

Anyway, as massively overrated as the original is, it's best that they differentiate it. No Mars is probably for the best.

 

[samus i am]

I don't understand, what was wrong with the original Total Recall?

What glaring flaws stand out that Hollywood feels need to be fixed with an inferior cast and director?

It isn't about making improvements. They know that the original is popular so it already has an instant fanbase. Why risk money on a new story that no one knows when they can just do a remake.

 

[Hilbert]

Anyway, as massively overrated as the original is, it's best that they differentiate it. No Mars is probably for the best.

Hahahaha.

I can't tell you how happy I am that someone else thinks this too.

 

[Mr_eX]

Whether he's playing Michael Ironside's character or Ronny Cox's I don't really see him pulling it off.

Or anything about this movie pulling anything off really. Len Wiseman is an awful director of PG-13 derivative pablum.

Len Wiseman has directed 3 movies and two of them are rated R.

 

[ConradCervantes]

Yeahhh Mr. White!!

Spoiler

science!!

Lulz.

Total Recall remake, as lame as it sounds, will be automatically better with Bryan Cranston involved.

 

[Parallax]

Hard to picture him as the dad from Malcolm in the Middle nowadays.

or isamu alva dyson for that matter

 

[Draft]

He'd be a pretty great Richter.

Or will he be Cohagen?

Better Richter, I think.

 

[Draft]

or isamu alva dyson for that matter

OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD.

Holy shit :rolling

This is right up there with Uncle Phil voicing the steel barbarian in FOTNS.

 

[Casp0r]

They're just naming it Total Recall so people get interested in it ...

Ergh ...

 

[Parallax]

OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD.

Holy shit :rolling

This is right up there with Uncle Phil voicing the steel barbarian in FOTNS.

tell me about it

They're just naming it Total Recall so people get interested in it ...

Ergh ...

to be fair, the only thing that needs to remain constant is recall industries, since the first one could be an either or situation .

 

[beelzebozo]

i think he would've been great as the lead, i.e., a guy who finds himself in a very weird situation and slowly remembers what is really happening to him, who he really is, etc. he's instantly likable, easy to relate to, and so when he starts having to do crazy things to survive it would be really effective. this would instantly and very strongly separate this remake tonally from the original.

 

[Battersea Power Station]

The villains don't get a lot of screen time in the original -- I'm sure this one will be different.

I like Cranston a lot (<---), but I also like Total Recall. Hope they don't screw it up too much.