Looks like the much-anticipated remake of Arnold Schwarzenegger's TOTAL RECALL (1990) are gaining the right momentum especially with the smart choice of casting so far.
Apart from Colin Farrell bagging the lead role as Douglas Quaid (which is previously essayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger), director Len Wiseman has added three new cast members to his TOTAL RECALL remake, with Bill Nighy in talks to star while Jessica Biel and Kate Beckinsale have finalized their deals.
Bill Nighy will play Quatto, the leader of the resistance. If you do remember the original TOTAL RECALL, Kuato was a mutant inside another man, who is played by Marshall Bell.
In the meantime, Jessica Biel will play Melina (previously essayed by Rachel Ticotin) and Kate Beckinsale will play Lori, the wife of Quaid (previously essayed by Sharon Stone).
The screenplay is written by genre specialists Kurt Wimmer, Mark Bomback, and James Vanderbilt. Unlike the original, the remake scrapped the Mars storyline and instead, it is set in the warring nation-states of Euromerica and New Shanghai. Colin Farrell's Douglas Quaid is a character who slowly realizes that he is actually a spy, although he isn't sure of what side he is on.
TOTAL RECALL hit theaters on August 3, 2012.