Here’s your first look at Colin Farrell, looking as little as Arnold Schwarzenegger as possible, in director Len Wiseman’s remake of Total Recall thanks to Entertainment Weekly who’s on a roll!

In addition to Farrell, the cast includes Ethan Hawke, Jessica Biel as Melina (the Rachel Ticotin part in the 1990 version), Mrs. Len Wiseman aka Kate Beckinsale as Lori (the Sharon Stone role), the great Bill Nighy and Bokeem Woodbine, Bryan Cranston (who’s also got Contagion and John Carter in the can, is filming Rock of Ages and has just signed for Gangster Squad. Thank God for “Breaking Bad”. He’s always been a great character actor, now at 55 he’s a star!)

According to EW, the new story involves the nation states of ‘Euromerica’ and ‘New Shanghai’. Farrell plays Douglas Quaid (a role for which Tom Hardy and Michael Fassbender were both considered), a factory worker in the latter, begins to believe he is a spy, although he doesn’t know for which side. Brian Cranston plays Vilos Cohaagen, the leader of Euromerica who, under the cover of protecting his people, is secretly readying an invasion of New Shanghai.

This sounds more like a re-imagining than a remake. The 1990 version seemed to be loser to Philip K. Dick’s short story, “We Can Remember It For Your Wholesale”, but I could be wrong. I guess I’ll have to see the new version to find out!

If I remember correctly, Total Recall will hit theaters in August of 2012.