Columbia Pictures has hired Equilibrium and Ultraviolet scribe Kurt Wimmer to pen a remake of “Total Recall,” the 1990 sci-fi mind control film that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Wimmer has been working with the studio on “Salt,” the Phillip Noyce-directed espionage thriller whose lead character underwent a gender change when Angelina Jolie signed to star in the film after Tom Cruise dropped out. Wimmer wrote the story for that film and shares screen credit with Brian Helgeland.

Wimmer also co-wrote the F. Gary Gray-directed “Law Abiding Citizen,” which stars Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler, for the Film Department.

“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 for You Wholesale.”

Columbia secured remake rights from Miramax, which has the option to co-finance the film when it is ready to shoot.

[Source] Variety