One week ago, we brought you the report about Kate Bosworth (Movie 43) and Diane Kruger (Special Forces) reading for the role of Lori, and Jessica Biel (New Years Eve) and Eva Green (Dark Shadows) being considered for the role of Melina in director Len Wiseman‘s (Underworld, The World After) forthcoming, contemporized adaptation of the original Total Recall.

Now, Variety reports that Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, John Carter of Mars) is in the process of being cast as the lead villain in the film based on Philip K. Dick‘s novelette, “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale”, which is slated to begin  production in Toronto on May 15th.

Total Recall is slated to hit theaters on August 3rd, 2012.