According to Empire Online, a remake of "Death Race 2000" is in the works, this time titled "Death Race 3000".

The remake will be produced by Tom Cruise and Jeremy Bolt. Bolt revealed the following about the project:

"The story will be a total reinvention, it´s brilliant. I don´t want to jinx it because we´re so close to finally making it. Paul [W. S. Anderson] and I have been trying to make this film for about eight years and we´re very, very close to making it. It´s Paul´s passion beyond everything else so I just have to hope that we can pull it out of the bag.”

The original film saw future drivers participating in dangerous driving for sport.

Given Tom Cruise´s previous racing flop "Days of Thunder", and the fact that this is primarily a Paul W.S. Anderson movie, I am not exactly filled with hope!

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