British actress Kate Beckinsale is reportedly fighting Jessica Biel for the lead role in her husband Len Wiseman’s remake of Total Recall.

The 37-year-old Aviator star and Biel, 29, are currently said to be in talks to join Ethan Hawke, Colin Farrell and Bryan Cranston in the new film.

According to website CinemaBlend.com, Farrell will star in the movie as Douglas Quaid – the role Arnold Schwarzenegger played in the original 1990 movie.

If Beckinsale clinches the lead role in the flick, it won’t be the first time she has worked with her director husband – she teamed up with Wiseman for the first two Underworld films.

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Much to the chagrin of his fans, Zach Braff has been relatively quiet lately. ‘Scrubs’ is a distant memory and GARDEN STATE was a long time ago. But fear not, Braff-fans, he’s just signed on to star in THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA with Jessica Biel and Chloe Moretz. Very little is known about the film and if it wasn’t for him mentioning it in an interview with Movieline, we wouldn’t have known. According to IMDB, the film is described as “Unable to reconcile the grief from recently losing his wife, an introverted architect befriends a wisecracking young girl and agrees to help her build a raft to cross the Atlantic.” Sounds like an interesting concept.

Braff is also still working on getting a play her wrote “All New People” turned into a feature film. According to him, he’d reteam with his GARDEN STATE financier Gary Gilbert and make it more of a small scale film. So the good news is we should be seeing plenty of Zach Braff the next couple of years.

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Jessica Biel has reportedly been offered one of the two main female roles in the remake of the 1990 sci-fi thriller ‘Total Recall’.

Sony Pictures is casting for actresses to play two main female roles in “Total Recall”. After Colin Farrell agreed to play Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character in the remake movie, Jessica Biel and Diane Kruger are reportedly in the running for the roles of Melina and Lori Quaid respectively. Melina was originally played by Rachel Ticotin, while Lori Quaid was depicted by Sharon Stone.

Beside “Inglourious Basterds” beauty Kruger, “Superman Returns” actress Kate Bosworth is up for the role of Lori as well, Deadline reported. Bosworth has reportedly begun the reading since Monday, March 21. However, representative for Kruger has just confirmed that the “National Treasure” actress “opted out of the reading”.

Meanwhile, joining Biel in the contention for the role of Melina are “Ghost Rider” hottie Eva Mendes, “Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire” star Paula Patton, and “Casino Royale” actress Eva Green. Mendes is also said having the possibility to portray Lori.

Biel has wrapped “The Tall Man and is joining the star-studded cast of “New Year’s Eve”. Kruger recently starred in “Unknown (2011)” as Gina. Mendes starred in Massy Tadjedin’s “Last Night” while Patton will be seen in the upcoming “Jumping the Broom”.

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