Total Recall Remake Gets Colin Farrell as Douglas Quaid!

Colin Farrell is now confirmed to star in Total Recall
Colin Farrell is now confirmed to star in Total Recall
Producer Neal H. Moritz talked with Collider about the upcoming Total Recall remake and confirmed Colin Farrell will star as the main character, Douglas Quaid, and offered some plot details including a more updated film start date of May 15 in Toronto.

Neal H. Moritz said:

"We're not gonna do Recall in 3D, we decided that it would be too much."

"I think the world that Len Wiseman is creating is incredible. It's a real world, a real future world, where the cities have just gotten so overcrowded that the cities are just built up, up, up, up. It's just everything I see on the movie, every pre-vis I see on the movie, every conceptual drawing on this movie that I see just makes me more and more excited. We're playing it like a real world, but there's all these technological advancements to the real world, and it's just really, it's cool. It's an awesome movie. I'm dying-as a fan of movies, more than anything, it's a movie that I'm just dying to see."

"It's closer to the book [Philip K. Dick's "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale"], the big difference is we don't go to space. Instead of it being a spaceship that takes us to another planet, there's something that takes us from one side of the planet to another that's really interesting."


Total Recall comes to theaters August 3rd, 2012 and stars Kate Beckinsale, Bryan Cranston, Jessica Biel, Colin Farrell, Bill Nighy, Ethan Hawke, John Cho, Steve Byers. The film is directed by Len Wiseman.


Sources: Collider

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Comments (34)

  1. Alison Hope Barthelemy

    Maybe if it went back to the source. And if David Cronenberg was directing. And I were able to grow wings by force of will.

    6 months agoby @Alison-Hope-BarthelemyFlag

  2. Emmytt

    why?

    1 year agoby @emmyttFlag

  3. Mutant

    And the sad thing is quite a number of people will see this reboot. Some will hate it, some will like it and if enough people see it, it may get a - sorry I have to say it, sequel.

    1 year agoby @zenderFlag

  4. Remy72883

    I TOTALLY AGREE WITH @angelheart1016 ON THIS ONE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER OWNS THIS CHARACTER, LEAVE THE SH*T ALONE HOLLYWOOD AND COME UP WITH SOMEONE ORIGINAL INSTEAD OF JUST RIPPING OFF ONE IDEA FOR ANOTHER OR USING REMAKES

    1 year agoby @remy72883Flag

  5. Pjwolsker

    relax people.. this movie will be great

    1 year agoby @pjwolskerFlag

  6. angelheart1016

    The only Douglas Quaid is ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER !

    1 year agoby @angelheart1016Flag

  7. joekerr2e

    @Supes ... sorry, man. I've been off here for awhile. Finally returned back state-side.

    1 year agoby @joekerr2eFlag

  8. Furankisan

    Colin is a good actor given the right material. Wisemen did a great job rebooting the Die Hard francise. You could never go wrong with a Philip K. story. So what's the problem. Arnold's Recall was perfect as it was, there is no reason for a reboot. And what crap is this going to the original story? A short story to boot? And no Mars? Why bother then? Waste of time...

    1 year agoby @furankisanFlag

  9. Dan

    @joekerr2e I already asked and called that a while back :P

    1 year agoby @dan1Flag

  10. Courtney O.

    @timmy and you had a cow about this

    1 year agoby @chickflickFlag

  11. Courtney O.

    As long as they can tame his eyebrows I'll be fine.

    1 year agoby @chickflickFlag

  12. nerblesmcgee

    to all you haters, colin farrel is a quality actor and len wisemen is a sick action director. did anyone see Live free or die hard? it was a little over the top at times sure but there were a few very well done action scenes. i think we're all gonna be surprised by this one. plus it's not gonna be out till like 2013 so have some patience kids

    1 year agoby @nerblesmcgeeFlag

  13. Pjwolsker

    @LengT'che the author of the story has had tons of his short stories made into movies like Minority Report... this will be good

    1 year agoby @pjwolskerFlag

  14. The Narrator: The Better Man

    This is the exact same thing with the Conan remake. A remake that sticks closer to the source material (the books) than the past films, because the past films were mere showcases for Arnold. I think it might work, might not. Hopefully it does.

    1 year agoby @narratorFlag

  15. Daveactor7

    I'll keep my judgment until after this film comes out

    1 year agoby @daveactor7Flag

  16. joekerr2e

    I've read all the statements below and I'll agree with most, but how can anyone complain about this without saying the one most important thing they have to get right??? ..... There better be a three-breasted woman in this or I'm not watching it. And if Beckinsale is in it, she gets my vote for that role! :)

    1 year agoby @joekerr2eFlag

  17. Leng T'che

    I don't understand how this is going to be based more of the book. Its a short story that's maybe 4-5 pages long. It only details him going to Recall and them finding out that he has another memory.

    1 year agoby @leng-tcheFlag

  18. Pjwolsker

    all im going to say is give this movie a chance. colin farrell is a good actor. and yeah, there's no mars but it says its based more off the book so it might be good still. just dont hate yet

    1 year agoby @pjwolskerFlag

  19. CelluloidDreams

    I guess Colin Farrell needs to pay the rent too!!

    1 year agoby @2movieguysFlag

  20. Mutant

    I really don't care if its remade or not, it might be better than Arnold's version. I said might which can be anything you want it to be.

    1 year agoby @zenderFlag

  21. bud2fresh

    Please stop f*cking up Arnolds movies!!! God for bid somebody in Hollywood comes up with a orignal movie idea !!! Just sayin

    1 year agoby @bud2freshFlag

  22. sylar

    NO MARS? F*CK THIS MOVIE WHAT ABOUT THE ALIEN STUFFS AND THE MUTANTS

    1 year agoby @sylarFlag

  23. Perickson81

    HOW THE HELL DO YOU GO FROM ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER TO COLIN FARRELL???!!!!?

    1 year agoby @perickson81Flag

  24. Rudy

    This movie better not blow up in my face with bullsh*t. "Get ready for a surprise." BOOOM!!!

    1 year agoby @rudyFlag

  25. ed_wood

    I like Farrell but not this remake. Maybe I'll change my mind but I doubt it.

    1 year agoby @ed-woodFlag

  26. justinishulk

    I like Colin but why remake Total Recall? Just leave it alone right?

    1 year agoby @justinishulkFlag

  27. Photoman

    Why oh why ???????????????
    Colin is good, but the director and the idea is WRONG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    1 year agoby @photomanFlag

  28. ChuChi

    dont hate colin farrell. but i do see him playing this role... and why remake this geez..

    1 year agoby @josedrosaFlag

  29. Timmy

    why are they making this?

    1 year agoby @timmyFlag

  30. Dan

    Beckinsale playing the wife or that other chick is A-f*cking-okay with me :D

    1 year agoby @dan1Flag

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