News comes that Irish actor Brendan Gleeson has joined the cast of Eliza Graves, which will begin filming next week. From RTE:

Brendan Gleeson is to star opposite Kate Beckinsale, Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess and David Thewlis in the thriller Eliza Graves.

Deadline.com, which broke the news of Gleeson and Thewlis’ casting, says Eliza Graves is based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether and is directed by Brad Anderson (Fringe, The Machinist).

It tells the story of a young doctor who comes to work at a psychiatric institution and falls in love with a beautiful patient.

Production is due to begin next week.

Here is a clip of Kate’s appearance on the After Lately show.

We finally have some casting news for Kate, courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter:

 

Kate Beckinsale is in negotiations to star in Eliza Graves, a psychological thriller from Nu Image/Millennium.

Brad Anderson, whose thriller The Call opens today, is directing the tale, which is loosely based on one of Edgar Allan Poe’s early works, an 1845 short story titled The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether.

Beckinsale will play the title character of Eliza, a patient at a mental institution in which the inmates have taken over and are posing as doctors. She becomes the object of affection of a newly arrived Harvard Medical School grad who has no idea of the topsy-turvy world he just entered.

A June 21 production start date in Bulgaria is penciled in.

Producing are Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson, Mark Amin, Cami Winikoff and Oren Peli.

David Higgins, Christa Campbell and Lati Grobman are executive producing. Joe Gangemiwrote the script.

Beckinsale is the star of the long-running Underworld action franchise and last year starred with Colin Farrell in the remake of Total Recall.

She is repped by UTA, Media Talent Group and Hansen Jacobson.

Kate is set to produce her first film, from the Daily Mail:

Actress Kate Beckinsale is set to make her debut as a producer and wants Kate Winslet to star in her first movie – wearing a fat suit.

Beckinsale, 39, left, has signed up to produce a film about the life of activist Erin Pizzey, who established Britain’s first women’s shelter in Chiswick, West London.

She has commissioned novelist and screenwriter Emma Forrest to write the film based on the life of Erin. And according to the real-life Erin, Winslet, 37, will take the starring role.

‘Kate Beckinsale grew up in Chiswick and told me how she remembered walking past the refuge and seeing mothers and kids coming in and out – and wondering about them,’ says Erin, who was in LA over Christmas to discuss the film.

‘She told me she wanted to make a film of my life and that Emma would write the script.

‘Kate Beckinsale is going to be in it but she won’t play me – she’s not fat enough!’

Erin opened the first refuge for women in Chiswick in 1971.

But by the middle of the decade, she was picketed by feminists for allowing men to staff the centres.

‘A lot of the film will be about the battle and the picketing that went on and the threats and the difficulties I faced,’ Erin added.

‘The feminist movement won’t be hostile to the film as feminism is more rational now.’

Kate is on the cover of Easy Living UK’s February issue. Here is an excerpt from the interview:

On her husband, Len Wiseman:
“He’s a gentle soul, everyone who’s worked with him is sort of astonished by what a sweetheart he is. He doesn’t yell. And the directors of the kind movies he does normally have to yell at somebody just to blow off steam. I find it impressive that a person can have so much responsibility and pressure, but never seem to take it out on somebody.”

On her career as she approaches 40:
“I’m 39 – you don’t have to push me! I didn’t think of my age at all until I did this last round of press interviews. What is it about a woman being in her late thirties that brings out the ‘Oh, my gosh, are you worried?’ Questions? Worried? What about? My father died when he was 31. I think the alternative to aging is so much worse. Thirty-eight, 39, 40, 50! Great! Stay alive!

On giving her daughter advice:
“There are things I don’t want my daughter to ever know. I don’t want her to know about being betrayed. I hope that I’ve given her a really great model to know when things are authentic and when they’re not, and who you should trust. I hope she knows what it feels like to be truly loved so that she doesn’t waste her time when she’s not.”

Today is the BluRay/DVD release day for Total Recall. The extras look good, and the movie should transfer well, especially to BluRay.

Total Recall will be released on DVD and BluRay on December 18. Here are the specs:

Title: Total Recall (2012)
Starring: Colin Farrell
Released: 18th December 2012
SRP: $30.99 (DVD), $35.99 (2 disc Bluray), $40.99 (3 disc Bluray)

Further Details:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced DVD ($30.99), 2-disc Blu-ray ($35.99), and 3-disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo ($40.99) releases of Total Recall (2012) for December 18th. The DVD release will include the theatrical cut of the movie, plus 3 featurettes (“Total Recall With Insight”, “Science Fiction vs. Science Fact”, “Designing The Fall”), and a gag reel. The Blu-ray releases will include theatrical and extended cuts of the film, all of the above features, plus commentary with Director Len Wiseman, 7 Total Action features (“Colin Farrell”, “The Tripping Den”, “Quaid’s Bedroom”, “Kate Beckinsale”, “Lobby Escape”, “Jessica Biel”, “Quaid vs. Cohaagen”), and 5 Pre-Visualization Sequences (“Apartment Waterfront Chase”, “The Fall Fight”, “Flight and Tripping Den”, “Elevator Chase”, “Sequences Car Chase”). The 3-disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo will also include a digital copy.
DVDactive.com

-SPECIAL EFFECTS BREAKDOWN-

DVD Special Features

* Theatrical Cut
* Featurettes:
- “Total Recall With Insight”
- “Science Fiction vs. Science Fact”
- “Designing The Fall
* gag reel

Bluray Special Features
* theatrical and extended cuts of the film
* commentary with Director Len Wiseman
* Featurettes:
– “Total Recall With Insight”
- “Science Fiction vs. Science Fact”
- “Designing The Fall
- “Colin Farrell” (Bluray only)
- “The Tripping Den” (Bluray only)
- “Quaid’s Bedroom” (Bluray only)
- “Kate Beckinsale” (Bluray only)
- “Lobby Escape” (Bluray only)
- “Jessica Biel” (Bluray only)
- “Quaid vs. Cohaagen” (Bluray only)
* Pre-Visualization Sequences 
– “Apartment Waterfront Chase”
- “The Fall Fight”
- “Flight and Tripping Den”
- “Elevator Chase”
- “Sequences Car Chase

In an early announcement to retailers, Sony will be releasing  on Blu-ray on December 18.

This second adaptation of the Phillip K Dick short story “We Will Remember It For You Wholesale” features an all-star cast including Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Bryan Cranston, Jessica Biel, Bill Nighy, and Ethan Hawke.

The Blu-ray/DVD/UV Digital Copy combo pack will feature both the theatrical and extended director’s cuts of the movie in 1080p video, a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack, and supplements include: Total Recall With Insight; Commentary with Director Len Wiseman; Gag Reel; Science Fiction vs. Science Fact; Designing The Fall; Total Action; and Pre-Visualization Sequences.

Suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $40.99, though the actual retail price is always much lower.

Kate, Jessica Biel, and Colin Farrell on Moviefone’s Unscripted.

Total Recall had a worldwide rollout, with support from cast members, so here are some international interviews and premieres, plus a few promotional pieces.

Here’s another compilation of Kate’s junket interviews. Many of these were filmed on the same day, so she is wearing the same outfit, but they are different interviews.

My apologies for not adding this earlier. There is a part 4 of Kate’s appearance of the Jimmy Kimmel Show, where she reads an excerpt from an erotic version of Moby Dick