When the first teaser trailer was launched during the Celtics/Heat game on ABC Sunday April 1, not too many people were expecting much from the new adaption of Philip K. Dick's story We Can Remember it For You Wholesale. Otherwise known as Total Recall, it surprisingly changed some of our views on as we were introduced to a more realistic future with hovering cars, odd city scapes and more Hand to hand combat. So in response to the trailer's debut, Director Len Wiseman offers some interesting insight and triva with his brief commentary hosted by MTV.
Total Recall opens on August 3.
Total Recall is an action thriller about reality and memory, inspired anew by the famous short story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick. Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even though he’s got a beautiful wife (Kate Beckinsale) whom he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life – real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police – controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston) – there is no one Quaid can trust, except possibly a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) working for the head of the underground resistance (Bill Nighy). The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate. The film is directed by Len Wiseman. The screenplay is by Kurt Wimmer and Mark Bomback and the screen story is by Ronald Shusett & Dan O’Bannon and Jon Povill. The producers are Neal H. Moritz and Toby Jaffe.
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