Original was directed by Joel Schumacher. Read the full article on AICN Pleeeeeease tell me she’s up for the Kiefer Sutherland role. “Today’s a good day to die.” Niels Arden Oplev is directing a remake of Joel Schumacher’s FLATLINERS, and Ellen Page is in talks to star. If you’ve never seen the 1990 original, it featured a crazy cast of then-young stars/starlets (Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin, and Oliver Platt) as young doctors who take turns flatlining their heart rate to get a short glimpse of “the other side.” It’s got all the visual flourish you could hope for from circa-1990 Schumacher, which helps add a little flavor to the increasingly silly premise (which ends up focusing on an unrelated childhood drama for some reason). Sutherland played the mad genius role, the guy undeterred by the increasing warning signs of his endeavor who continually pushes his comrades further and further towards the edge.