Take Another Look @ "XIII"

Sneak Peek an exclusive first look @ the graphic novel adaptation "XIII.2", filming a police riot sequence, in Toronto, February 28, 2012.

"XIII.2", filming until July 2012, is based on the Franco-Belgina comic book series 'XIII", created by Jean Van Hamme and William Vance, following an amnesiac searching for a concealed past.

With a plot inspired by author Robert Ludlum's best-seller "The Bourne Identity", "XIII" debuted in 1984, followed by TV adaptations and video games.

In the original comic book series :

"...the first female US President, 'Sally Sheridan' is shot dead by a sniper during her 'Veterans Day' speech. Her assassin narrowly escapes the scene with his life. Three months later, an elderly couple discover the body of a wounded man in a tree, wearing a parachute. He cannot remember the slightest thing about his own identity. The only clue is a tattoo on his neck, "XIII".

"In Washington, government intelligence continues to search for the President's killer. With elections weeks away, a credible suspect could swing the vote for the administration. Hours after XIII's location is picked up by covert intelligence, elite special ops forces swarm over the elderly couple's house in 'Cape Fear'.

"Running on adrenaline and instinct, XIII tactically takes out the soldiers one by one. On the run, clinging to one desperate clue after another, XIII begins to piece back his life, fragments of his memory returning. Finally captured, he learns that he has been given a stolen identity and placed undercover to flush out a group of conspirators threatening to overthrow the government.

"Ensconced within the highest echelons of power the conspirators run their own security agency alongside the Government's. Now both are out to find him. The only way for XIII to get his own life back is to play bait. A dangerous game, especially when you don't know who you really are..."

"XIII.2" is produced by Wanda Grean for XIII Series 2 Inc. Executive producer is Jay Firestone.

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"Total Recall": Get Ready For A Surprise - August 3

Sneak Peek new posters and a teaser clip supporting the Toronto-lensed feature "Total Recall", directed by Len Wiseman ("Underworld").

The Columbia Pictures reboot filmed in Toronto May 16 to September 9, 2011, 'ditches' the Martian storyline of the 1990 feature starring Arnold Shwarzenegger , for a new premise revolving around the nation states 'Euromerica' and 'New Shanghai'.

"Total Recall" stars Colin Farrell ("Minority Report") as 'Douglas Quaid', a factory worker who begins to believe he is a spy — although he doesn't know for which side.

Cast includes Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad") as the villain, Bill Nighy ("Underworld") as 'Quatto', leader of the 'Resistance', Kate Beckinsale ("Underworld") as 'Lori', Jessica Biel ("The A-Team") as 'Melina' and Ethan Hawke ("Training Day") who will have a cameo.

"Total Recall" is based on author Philip K. Dick's novelette "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale", first published April 1966, in "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction", featuring a meshing of reality, false memory and real memory.

That story followed 'Douglas Quail', a simple and ordinary man, who wishes to visit Mars. Unable to afford it, he visits a company, 'Rekal Incorporated' that offers implanted memories, or 'extra-factual memory'. The attempt to implant Mars memories of Quail as a secret agent reveals that Quail actually is an undercover government assassin with a mind full of dangerous secrets.

The Rekal staff quickly get Quail out of their office; he heads home and finds certain physical evidence to support his new old memories. The government initially seeks his death but instead Quail manages to make a deal. He returns to Rekal to have his Mars memories once more suppressed, and is offered by way of compensation a set of heroic wish-fulfillment false memories. The Rekal staff begin the memory-implanting procedure — and uncover a different and older set of suppressed memories, revealing that the unbelievable memories they are about to insert are already there and are true.

The title of the Dick short story is an allusion to the 1962 Broadway musical "I Can Get It for You Wholesale".

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