Kate Beckinsale Gets Total Recall Offer, and 5 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today

Also in this Thursday edition of The Broadsheet: Robert Zemeckis hopes to take Flight... a No Strings Attached breakout star lands another role... Chris Colfer, writer... and more ahead.

· Were the reboot of Total Recall taking place on Mars, Kate Beckinsale would be getting her ass there. Maybe. The actress has been offered one of the two leading female roles in the Colin Farrell-led remake: that of Lori, the duplicitous wife made famous by Sharon Stone in the original. No word yet on whether Beckinsale will accept, but considering her husband Len Wiseman is directing, let's just say the chances are probably good. [Deadline]

· The last live-action film Robert Zemeckis directed was Cast Away in 2000, so fingers crossed this one gets off the ground. (Groan!) Zemeckis is in talks to direct Flight for Paramount with star Denzel Washington "loosely attached." Whoever winds up leading Flight will play an airline pilot who safely crash lands a malfunctioning plane, is hailed a hero, and later revealed to have been under the influence of drugs and alcohol while flying. Yikes. At least he wasn't also watching Cleaner? [Deadline]

· Nothing like good casting news to brighten your morning. Jake Johnson -- who, along with Greta Gerwig, helped form the only tolerable couple in No Strings Attached -- has been added to the cast of 21 Jump Street. [Variety]

· Scream 4 reunion! David Arquette and Adam Brody (Seth Cohen, 4eva!) will co-star in Hemlock Drive for first-time director -- and David's sister -- Roseanna Arquette. Oscar winner Susan Sarandon has also been added to the film, which follows a dying mother who assembles her children to create a living funeral for her. Sorta like Get Low. [Variety]

· Not to be out done by The Weinstein Company, the lawyer for Relativity Media sent her own letter out. Bear in mind all this legal back and forth concerns remaking The Crow. Hollywood. [Deadline]

· Glee star Chris Colfer is more than just an adorable scamp; he's also a budding writer! Not only is he writing a feature film (Struck by Lightning), but Colfer has also been tapped by Disney to pen a pilot for The Leftover Witch. If only he could write an episode of Glee, then maybe the show would actually make sense. [THR]