Rumor: Could Jessica Biel Join Colin Farrell In "Total Recall"?

With Colin Farrell tagged as the protagonist in the Len Wiseman-directed remake of Total Recall, and Bryan Cranston set as the bad guy, now it's time to pick the smoking hot females. There are two big female roles to cast: Lori, the main character's wife (originally played by Sharon Stone), and the beautiful resistance fighter Melina (first played by Rachel Ticotin). Variety says that Jessica Biel is circling one of the two roles, but no word as to which one she'll be portraying.
Sony Pictures may be close to landing its female lead and has offered Biel a role but no discussions are under way.
In the 1990 original, directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Douglas Quaid takes a virtual vacation and ends up convinced that he's a secret agent on a Martian colony. The revised plot omits any mention of Mars at all, focusing instead on the original Philip K. Dick story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by highlighting the conflict between nation states "Euromerica" and "New Shanghai."
The only character that has any concrete info is Cranston's role as Vilos Cohaagen, "the leader of Euromerica who, under the cover of protecting his people, is secretly readying an invasion of New Shanghai." But with Farrell's penchant for giving the chutzpah to female celebrities, is it only a matter of time before Jessica is the latest to fall for the Irish actor's charms?
Total Recall shoots soon in Toronto; the film is already pegged to open in theaters on August 3, 2012.
[Via Variety]

James Cameron Finds Inspiration For "Avatar" Sequels In Brazil

Thanks to the wonderful celebrity/civilian equalizer Twitter, James Cameron is only 140 characters and a click away from giving us updates on his sequels to the box office slaughtering, bank breaking film Avatar.

Leaving the mythical world of Pandora to join Arnold Schwarzenegger and others in Manaus, Brazil, at the International Forum on Sustainability, Cameron said he'd like to bring his actors there for inspiration. "Avatar is a film about the rain forest and its indigenous people. Before I start to shoot the two films I want to bring my actors here, so I can better tell this story. Actors could learn about the natives and what real life in the jungle is like."

During the trip, he introduced the Governator to several tribe leaders who baptized Cameron as "Krapremp-ti," which reportedly means "man who is a friend of the jungle." The filmmaker was so flattered by the gesture that he plans on using the name for Avatar 2. "If I had met the Caiapós before making Avatar," he says, "I would certainly have made a better film."

Avatar 2 and 3 are scheduled to be released in December 2014 and 2015, respectively.


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