Sony Sets SOURCE CODE Scribe to Write FLATLINERS Remake

by Adam Chitwood Posted: August 26th, 2011 at 12:46 pm

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As confirmation that anything and everything is getting a remake, Sony has tapped a scribe to start work on a contemporary update of Joel Schumacher’s 1990 thriller Flatliners. Heat Vision reports that Ben Ripley, who most recently scripted Duncan Jones’ sci-fi surprise hit Source Code, will pen the screenplay. The original flick tells the story of a group of medical students who willingly induce clinical death in order to find out if there’s anything on the other side. The super 90’s cast includes Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, Billy Baldwin and Oliver Platt.

The original film isn’t really anything special, but it’s endearing in a silly 90’s sci-fi sort of way. I really enjoyed Source Code, so maybe Ripley can bring something new to the table. Laurence Mark (Julie and Julia) is set to produce.

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Lob Taylor

Loved the first movie with Kevin Bacon,Keifer Sutherland and Julia Roberts. Hope they do it justice unlike a recent babarian movie that will remain unnamed
Brian

Can NO ONE come up with an original story on their own?
Denise Holden

It’s ripe for a remake.

Shia LaBeouf, Anton Yelchin, Penn Badgley and Chad Michael Murray in the Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin and Oliver Platt roles

Mischa Barton, Sophia Bush, Kat Dennings or Leighton Meester in the Julia Roberts role
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J.R.

Jesus another remake!……….
LEM

Please please stop the remakes, reboots, redos or do overs!!!! can you just let these writers be creative? I’m sure there has to be a pile of scripts with some original ideas lying on countless studio desks can you please just TRY to bank on creativity.
Scared for Movies

It’s official. They are going to remake every movie that has ever existed in the history of cinema. I think Hollywood needs a reboot.
dude

Source Code was too original for them so they’re forcing the writer to do remakes from now on.
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billygibbons

I guess they have exhausted the 80′s section at Blockbuster. On to the 90′s! Pretty Woman is next! But the roles will be switched this time around so Julia Roberts can play the corporate raider and Justin Beiber can be the streetwise young gigolo.
Watcher

Source Code was a hit? That’s news to me. Not to mention, it was plot hole-filled meh.
Jordan N.

Wow. They truly are bereft of ideas. Flatliners was a terrible movie, and yet they’re remaking it. Sigh.
- AO1JMM
  
  Flatliners was NOT a terrible movie.
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Sony Sets SOURCE CODE Scribe to Write FLATLINERS Remake

by Adam Chitwood Posted: August 26th, 2011 at 12:46 pm

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