--- title: 'Memento' Remake in the Works description: The breakthrough Christopher Nolan film from 2000 will be remade canonical: https://time.com/4115178/memento-remake-christopher-nolan/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-16T21:16:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T12:40:38.645Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Christopher Nolan's 'Memento' Is Getting a Remake og:description: Maybe the filmmakers have a memory condition and forgot about the original og:url: https://time.com/4115178/memento-remake-christopher-nolan/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5fba79f50645b29/698871618e06015fd646357e/memento.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: memento og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Christopher Nolan's 'Memento' Is Getting a Remake twitter:description: Maybe the filmmakers have a memory condition and forgot about the original twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5fba79f50645b29/698871618e06015fd646357e/memento.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Memento_ Is Getting a Remake  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Nov 16, 2015 9:16 PM UTC  Newmarket Films  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Nov 16, 2015 9:16 PM UTC This sounds familiar: a movie about a man hunting down his wife’s killer while suffering from a mysterious form of amnesia is coming to theaters. Yup, director Christopher Nolan’s breakthrough film _Memento_ is [getting the remake treatment](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/christopher-nolans-memento-get-remake-840587). AMBI Pictures announced that it will finance and produce a new version of the 2000 film that starred Guy Pearce as a man suffering from anterograde amnesia, which prevents him from forming new memories, according to _The Hollywood Reporter_. The film’s unique storytelling—one storyline was told in reverse order while another was chronological—earned Nolan widespread critical acclaim upon release. The company earned the rights to remake the movie after acquiring Exclusive Media Group, whose library also boasts films such as _Donnie Darko_ and _Cruel Intentions_. “_Memento_ is a masterpiece that leaves audiences guessing not just throughout the film, but long after as well, which is a testament to its daring approach.” AMBI Pictures co-head Monika Bacardi said in a statement. “We intend to stay true to Christopher Nolan’s vision and deliver a memorable movie that is every bit as edgy, iconic and award-worthy as the original.” \[[_THR_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/christopher-nolans-memento-get-remake-840587)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4115178/memento-remake-christopher-nolan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4115178/memento-remake-christopher-nolan/"},"headline":"Memento Is Getting a Remake","datePublished":"2015-11-16T21:16:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:40:38.645Z","description":"Maybe the filmmakers have a memory condition and forgot about the original","url":"https://time.com/4115178/memento-remake-christopher-nolan/","keywords":["movies","Christopher Nolan"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5fba79f50645b29/698871618e06015fd646357e/memento.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5fba79f50645b29/698871618e06015fd646357e/memento.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"memento","caption":"","creditText":"Newmarket Films","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4115178/memento-remake-christopher-nolan/","name":"Memento Is Getting a Remake"}}]}] ```