Director Len Wiseman (Underworld, Live Free or Die Hard) has added another noteworthy actor to his remake of Paul Verhoeven‘s 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger actioner Total Recall. Although it is simply a cameo, Ethan Hawke has joined the film, which has Colin Farrell as our lead and Bryan Cranston playing the villain. [THR]
Hawke’s role is being kept secret, but the report indicates that Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel are in talks for the female roles.The former would step into Sharon Stone‘s shoes as the character of Lori and Biel as Melina, played by Rachel Ticotin in the original. Hawke has been relatively quiet as of late, with his only big releases being Daybreakers and Brooklyn’s Finest in 2009. He is a solid actor, but it is hard to drum up interest when his role is just a cameo here.
Mark Bomback (Unstoppable), James Vanderbilt (The Amazing Spider-Man, Zodiac), and Kurt Wimmer (Salt, Law Abiding Citizen) are credited with the screenplay that “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.” Cranston will play Vilos Cohaagen, “the leader of Euromerica who, under the cover of protecting his people, is secretly readying an invasion of New Shanghai.”
Total Recall will hit theaters August 3rd, 2012 with a June start date in Toronto.
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