Speaking with
Collider while promoting
Underworld Awakening, director Len Wiseman updates the status on his upcoming remake of
Total Recall, a sci-fi film released in 1990 and based off of a Philip K. Dick novel. Wiseman talks about the editing process for his film, saying that the director's cut is about two hours long (but isn't completely assembled yet). He also reveals that we can expect the first trailer for the film to be released in March, saying that he's seen it and it was 'great'. In addition, Wiseman talks about what he thinks fanboys are most excited to see in the movie.
Do you know when we’ll see the first trailer for Total Recall? I’ve seen it, and it’s great. I believe it will hit in March. I could be wrong, but I think March.
Where are you at now in the editing process? I am two days away from turning in my director’s cut. I’m actually just doing some finishing touches on it. So, I’m done with that, and the studio takes a look at it fairly soon. So far, it’s actually been a very fun process. There’s a lot of excitement around it, and I’m very happy with it.
How long is your cut at this point? I think we’re close to two hours, but it’s not all completely assembled. We still have a lot of the visual effects shots that we’re putting in, last minute. I’ll be here for about 20 hours today, and another 20 hours tomorrow.
Is there anything that you’re most excited for fans to see? I would say how much it really plays with fantasy versus reality, in a way that I wanted to dive into a little bit more. It’s a thing I’ve always been fascinated about with Philip K. Dick’s story and the concept itself. It really has to operate on two playing fields, at any given time. It’s either the fantasy or reality. That’s the thing that I think is the most exciting. It’s got a load of really fun action sequences and visuals, and a whole new world to experience as well, that is really fun, but what makes that all super-engaging is this constant mystery of what world we’re existing in, whether it’s his fantasy or reality.
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Total Recall is scheduled to hit theaters August 3rd, 2012.
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