Sneak Peek "Total Recall"

Sneak Peek the first full trailer 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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Toronto Start For New "Carrie"

According to reports, director Kimberly Peirce' upcoming MGM/Screen Gems remake of author Stephen King's supernatural novel "Carrie" will shoot in Toronto, starring actress Chloe Moretz ("Kick-Ass") as 'Carrie White'.

"Never been so happy in my life!", said Moretz. "Thank you Kim Peirce and thank you MGM for the chance of a lifetime I will never forget!"

First published in 1974, "Carrie" follows 'Carrie White', a shy and naive high-school student, who uses newly discovered 'telekinetic' powers to exact revenge on the school bullies who tease her.

Several adaptations of "Carrie" have been released, including a 1976 feature film directed by Brian De Palma, a 1988 Broadway musical, a 1999 feature film sequel and a 2002 television movie.

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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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Sneak Peek Cronenberg's "Cosmopolis"

Sneak Peek a new international teaser trailer and poster supporting director David Cronenberg's Toronto-lensed feature 'Cosmopolis".


The new film stars Samantha Morton, Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Paul Giamatti and Mathieu Amalric , based on the novella "Cosmopolis" by author Don DeLillo.

The Canadian-France co-production is produced by Paulo Branco through his Paris-based Alfama Films Production and Martin Katz of Toronto-based Prospero Pictures.

"...'Cosmopolis' is a contemporary thriller about a hedge fund trader who is stalked while his fortune evaporates under the weight of his cynical bets against the survival of the global economy..."

Grégoire Melin's Paris-based Kinology is handling international sales, with RAI Cinema SpA also distributing in Italy.

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Bell Buys Astral For $3.38 Billion

Canada's largest telecommunications company BCE Inc. reports it has reached an agreement to buy Astral Media Inc. for $3.38 billion in cash and stock, giving the Montreal-based company a slate of media assets that include television channels and radio stations across Canada.

Astral is noted as Canada's largest pay and specialty TV broadcaster, owning 83 radio stations in 50 Canadian markets.

Bell's new acquisitions include Astral television stations HBO Canada, the Movie Network and the Family Channel, as well as radio stations under brands like Virgin Radio and EZ Rock.

"We believe that the transaction with Bell is an excellent opportunity for Astral, its shareholders and employees," said Astral president and CEO Ian Greenberg. "After 15 years as commercial partners, we know each other well and share many important values."

As with all things Canadian, the transaction will require approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and the Competition Bureau before it's a done deal.

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"21 Jump Street" Leaps Into Theatres March 16, 2012

"21 Jump Street", the 2012 action comedy film from Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Original Film and Relativity Media, opens March 16, 2012.

The original Vancouver-lensed 1980's dramatic TV series the film is based on, was created by Patrick Hasburgh and Stephen J. Cannell.

Actor Johnny Depp starred in the original series for Stephen J. Cannell Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television and makes a cameo appearance in the new film :

"...'Schmidt' (Jonah Hill) and 'Jenko' (Channing Tatum) are more than ready to leave their adolescent problems behind.

" Joining the police force and the secret 'Jump Street' unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover in a local high school.

"As they trade in their guns and badges for backpacks, Schmidt and Jenko risk their lives to investigate a violent and dangerous drug ring. But they find that high school is nothing like they left it just a few years earlier and neither expects that they will have to confront the terror and anxiety of being a teenager again and all the issues they thought they had left behind..."

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Anchor Bay Wrestles With "Monster Brawl" - March 27, 2012

"Monster Brawl", the $200,000 independent horror-comedy feature filmed in Collingwood Ontario last year, will be released on Blu-ray and DVD in Canada, March 27, 2012.

Written and directed by Jesse T. Cook in the tradition of a 'Pay-Per-View' main event, "Monster Brawl" stars Dave Foley ("NewsRadio") as play-by-play announcer 'Buzz Chambers', with the voice of Lance Henriksen ("Near Dark") as the 'Narrator' :

"...laying out wrestling bouts like you've never seen before, 'Monster Brawl' depicts a wrestling-style fight to the death set inside an abandoned and cursed graveyard, shown in a pay-per-view style atmosphere.

"The fighters are eight 'classic' monsters including 'Cyclops', 'Swamp Gut', 'Frankenstein', 'Lady Vampire', 'Werewolf', 'Mummy', 'Witch Bitch' and 'Zombie Man'..."

Cast also includes Kevin Nash, Jimmy Hart, Herb Dean, Jason David Brown, Kelly Couture, R.J. Skinner, Rico Montana, Holly Letkeman, John Geddes, Mark Gibson, Christopher Goddard, Jason Deline, Jesse T. Cook, Rachelle Corbeil, Ari Millen, Chris Rutte and Matt Wiele.

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Wanted : The Next "Toronto Cat Woman"

According to TorontoCatwoman.Com 'Kit Cat', the first 'Toronto Cat Woman' that appeared in an online video in 2010, has since retired from the 'superhero game':

"...now the casting search continues for a performer to play the next 'Toronto Cat Woman', to be filmed on the streets of Toronto..."

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