Surrogates, released September 2009
The matrix, March 1999
video games, 1961
UAVs, first somewhere around 1916
Demonic posession, sometime BC.
Those are the first handful that come to mind, the concept of remote control is far from a new idea.
I don't really care if it's it's a story that has been done before, it's a story that's well told and looks great. If I was wanting a huge in depth plot I have TV series or books.