Is The "Flatliners" Remake Really A Sequel?
When it was announced that Kiefer Sutherland was joining a new incarnation of Flatliners, many assumed he would appear in a cameo role as a nod to fans of the original. However, a recent conversation Sutherland had with UK publication Metro would suggest otherwise.
Sutherland said, "I play a professor at the medical university. It is never stated, but it will probably be very clearly understood that I'm the same character I was in the original Flatliners but that I have changed my name and I've done some things to move on from the experiments that we were doing in the original film."
Sutherland co-starred in the 1990s ensemble thriller alongside Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin and Oliver Platt. Besides Sutherland, the Flatliners sequel cast includes Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev and Kiersey Clemons.
Flatliners is set for an August 18, 2017 theatrical release.
Source: Cinemablend
