Allow me to refresh your memory. In 1990, Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Douglas Quaid, a memory-wiped secret agent who finally realises who he is, and goes on a journey to overthrow a dictator based on Mars.

It’s classic sci-fi stuff, and it’s also based on “We Can Remember it For You Wholesale”, the well-known Phillip K. Dick short story. It’s definitely a film that’s going to mess with your head, but then again, that’s in vogue at the moment.

Alice in Wonderland, Inception, Shutter Island… lots of films at the moment are focusing on what happens if we go a little nuts and adventurous, and 3D technology is only going to put more emphasis on the visually weirder parts of alternate dimensions and insanity on the silver screen.

How Wiseman will approach – and cast, for that matter – this film is yet to be seen. But one thing we do know is that Wiseman knows his blockbuster action – Underworld, Die Hard, and now the cinematic adaptation of popular shoot-em-up franchise Gears of War are just some examples of his competence.

Let’s hope that the only one that loses his memory is Douglas Quaid – it’d be a shame to see this slip through the cracks, however unoriginal it may be.