Friday, July 30, 2010

Len Wiseman to Direct remake of Total Recall

Len Wiseman is in final talks to direct Columbia’s reboot of "Total Recall," the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi action movie directed by Paul Verhoeven.

Wiseman said recently "I've always been fascinated with Philip K. Dick's short story, and I'm excited at that prospect of diving even deeper into the type of world it evokes and the questions it asks. I love that the most crucial mystery our character is trying to solve is the one of his own soul."

"Recall" follows a man 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 joins the fight to overthrow an evil ruler controlling the production of air.

Wiseman’s directing credits include "Underworld," "Underworld: Evolution," "Live Free or Die Hard" and the pilot for CBS's remake of "Hawaii Five-0."