Back from the dead! Ellen Page to star in remake of Nineties sci-fi film Flatliners

By Chelsea White For Dailymail.com

Published: 12:07 EST, 6 October 2015 | Updated: 14:31 EST, 6 October 2015

Today is a good day to die - again.

Hollywood has once again found another film to pull back out of the vault, reviving questionably classic, Flatliners.

Variety revealed late Monday that Ellen Page is in talks to star in the sci-fi remake which first hit screens in 1990.

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New role: Ellen Page (pictured last week) is in talks to star in the remake of 1990 film Flatliners 

New role: Ellen Page (pictured last week) is in talks to star in the remake of 1990 film Flatliners 

Even big fans of the genre may be forgiven for not instantly recognizing the film's title, as it was not a ground breaking hit at the time.

The film received a very mixed reception when it was first released despite a who's who of Hollywood starring in it.

Receiving top billing in the original flick was Julia Roberts, Kiefer Sutherland and Kevin Bacon as well as Billy Baldwin and Oliver Platt.

Who's who: Receiving top billing in the original flick was Julia Roberts, Kiefer Sutherland and Kevin Bacon as well as Billy Baldwin and Oliver Platt

Who's who: Receiving top billing in the original flick was Julia Roberts, Kiefer Sutherland and Kevin Bacon as well as Billy Baldwin and Oliver Platt

The five actors played science students who decide to die briefly - or at least let their hearts flatline - before being brought back to prove the existence of an afterlife.

At the insistence of Kiefer's character - whose catchphrase is 'It's a good day to die' - each student allows themselves to die for a just a few minutes and each sees visions.

While none can immediately say exactly what they saw, their visions start to alter their realities and haunt them.

Each 'flatliner' must make amends or face dying for real.

Wierd science: The five actors played science students who decide to die briefly - or at least let their hearts flatline - before being brought back to prove the existence of an afterlife

Wierd science: The five actors played science students who decide to die briefly - or at least let their hearts flatline - before being brought back to prove the existence of an afterlife

The film did debut at number one at the Box Office its first weekend - and eventually earnt $61.5 million in the US.

But it only got a lukewarm critical reception with iconic film reviewer Roger Ebert praising the actors but slamming the storyline as a whole saying, 'plot manipulation that is unworthy of the brilliance of its theme. I only wish it had been restructured so we didn't need to go through the same crisis so many times'.

However, this time Sony is clearly hoping to not just revive the storyline but make it more haunting, with Variety reporting Niels Arden Oplev, who directed the brilliant and dark original Swedish Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, has been signed on to helm the project.

Back to life: After each character is resurrected none can immediately say exactly what they saw, their visions start to alter their realities and haunt them

Back to life: After each character is resurrected none can immediately say exactly what they saw, their visions start to alter their realities and haunt them

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