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On the promotional campaign for ‘Underworld: Awakening,’ Len Wiseman opened up to Comingsoon about his upcoming action thriller ‘Total Recall.’ The filmmaker revealed that he’s turning in his director’s cut this Sunday;“I’m very close to handing over my cut. It’s going really well. The combination of mystery and emotion and action, it’s coming together. Colin [Farrell] is a large part of that and I’m really happy with him.”

Wiseman also shed some light on what he found the most surprising and challenging aspects of the material: “I think the complexity of the dual stories was the most surprising and challenging thing. When you see Total Recall, the [Paul] Verhoeven film you experience it, it’s finished. When you’re involved in diving into the material again and going back into the Philip K. Dick story, you realize there is so much to be discussed about the dual stories. There’s the reality story and there’s the fantasy element. They’re running parallel together, so you always have to keep those two alive. That’s the inherent nature of the concept and what makes the concept so cool. I will say, at the same time, this made all of the conversation I had with my cast fun. “Every little detail has to apply to both scenarios. My actors would ask, ‘So, in this scene, am I – because I know that I’m lying, because I’m the double agent – how well do I act? It sounds like a silly question, but do you want the other character to see through that or am I so good as a double agent that you would never suspect I’m the best buddy or the wife.’ It’s all of those little things. So, that’s my long way of saying the dual nature of the story was the best thing about this.”

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SuperheroHype have got their mitts on this new batch of images of Colin Farrell and Jessica Biel on the set of Len Wiseman’s ‘Total Recall.’ The contemporized adaptation of the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger genre classic, is based on the Philip K. Dick story, “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale.” Colin Farrell and Jessica Biel are also joined in the film by Bill Nighy, Kate Beckinsale, Bryan Cranston, who’s playing the lead villain, and Ethan Hawke who’s on board for a cameo role. 

The original ‘Total Recall’ followed a man (Arnold Schwarzenegger) haunted by a recurring dream of journeying to Mars who buys a literal dream vacation from a company called Rekall Inc., which sells implanted memories. The man comes to believe he is a secret agent and ends up on a Martian colony, where he fights to overthrow a despotic ruler controlling the production of air. The new story ditches the Martian storyline and instead involves nation states Euromerica and New Shanghai, with Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell) a factory worker in the latter who begins to believe he is a spy, although he doesn’t know for which side. Vilos Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston) is the leader of Euromerica who, under the cover of protecting his people, is secretly readying an invasion of New Shanghai. Jessica Biel plays Melina, while Kate Beckinsale plays Lori. ‘Total Recall’ is scheduled for release in cinemas August 3rd, 2012. Kurt Wimmer (Salt) has written the screenplay.

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Details have emerged regarding three major casting appointments in Len Wiseman’s Colin Farrell-starring ‘Total Recall,’ the upcoming ‘contemporized adaptation’ of the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger genre classic, which was based on the Philip K. Dick story, “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale.” First off Collider bring word that Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel have signed up for the two female leads in the film, Lori and Melina respectively. In the original movie Lori and Melina were played by Sharon Stone and Rachel Ticotin. Beckinsale and Biel had been linked to this film over the last few weeks along with Eva Mendes and Rosario Dawson.

The second piece of casting news comes courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter, who reveal that Bill Nighy is in negotiations to join the film as Quatto, the leader of the resistance. Nighy (possibly), Beckinsale and Biel join Farrell, Bryan Cranston, who’s playing the lead villain, and Ethan Hawke who’s on board for a cameo role.

The original movie, followed a man (Schwarzenegger) haunted by a recurring dream of journeying to Mars who buys a literal dream vacation from a company called Rekall Inc., which sells implanted memories. The man comes to believe he is a secret agent and ends up on a Martian colony, where he fights to overthrow a despotic ruler controlling the production of air. The new story ditches the Martian storyline and instead involves nation states Euromerica and New Shanghai, with Douglas Quaid (Farrell) a factory worker in the latter who begins to believe he is a spy, although he doesn’t know for which side. ‘Total Recall’ is scheduled to hit cinemas August 3rd, 2012. I’ve got high hopes for this, fingers crossed it doesn’t disappoint!