"Replay" Robert Zemeckis May Return To Time Travel And Human Actors

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A time travel sci-fi film based on the time-loop concept.

Replay – a thriller involving time travel that’s based on Ken Grimwood’s bestselling novel. Unlike the director’s Back to the Future trilogy, Replay would center around a far more tragic set of circumstances – the novel tells the story of 43-year-old Jeff Winston, who dies of a heart attack in 1988 and then wakes up as his 18-year-old self in 1963. He begins to live his life over again, but with the aid of all the memories he’s retained from the next 25 years.

Despite all of his efforts to improve his cardiac health, Winston still dies of a heart attack in 1988 and is again sent back to 1963 – this time arriving a few hours later than his previous “replay”. Winston finds himself trapped in a time loop – always dying in 1988 and always beginning the cycle over again from a later date. He eventually accepts that he can’t prevent his own death and begins to explore other reasons why he might be stuck in this limbo. After meeting a woman who’s experiencing the same phenomenon, things really start to get interesting.

The Replay novel was published in 1987.

Earlier this month [April], Zemeckis was reportedly eyeing the film Flight – a drama written by John Gatins (Real Steel) with Denzel Washington attached to star. Washington has evidently been somewhat non-committal, however, so it looks like there’s a good chance that Replay will go before cameras first.

He may also tackle “Timeless,” yet another film about time travel.

Robert Zemeckis in Talks to Direct Time Travel Thriller ‘Replay’
Apr 30, 2011


http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/04/zemeckis_heading_back_to_the_f.html

It's the Groundhog Day-meets-Back to the Future drama you never knew you wanted,

Robert Zemeckis May Return To Time Travel And Human Actors With Replay


This sounds a lot like
Frequency (2000)

Also the time-loop concept was used recently in
Timecrimes (2007) Los cronocrímenes (original title)

and for kicks here are the rest.

 

[Greg Cox]

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Replay is a great novel. As I recall, it won the World Fantasy Award that year.

Alas, Ken Grimwood died a few years back.

 

[Admiral_Young]

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I believe that Ben Affleck was considering this as his follow up to "The Town".

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Re: "Replay" Robert Zemeckis May Return To Time Travel And Human Actor

Sounds pretty interesting. I've added the book to my long list of books to read.

 

[Myasishchev]

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YEAH!

Sorry. Replay is fucking awesome. I am excited at the prospect of a feature film.

 

[Snaploud]

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Replay is one of my favorite books of all time.

 

[Hound of UIster]

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Pity it won't see a release in China.