I mean, whatever. They wanna remake it? Knock yourself out. I've given up on Hollywood's fetish for remakes. They're gonna happen until they stop making money because it's easier to tap an old property than to come up with a new ****ing idea.
But the story described in that article sounds bloody terrible, and sounds like they're just doing the typical idiotic remake thing of slapping a name on top of an otherwise craptastic idea.
NEWS FLASH: if your sh**ty idea isn't good enough to entertain on its own, sticking a brand name (especially a not-quite-40-year-old brand name from a cult film) on it won't save you.
I wonder if the folks who remade Total Recall thought that film was a financial success? I'm guessing not.