It’s slower than slow and deader than dead today, so I hope you enjoy these new Colin Farrell photos just because they’re basically the only new photos worth covering. Colin is in Paris, and this is the first of many international photo calls for Total Recall, which comes out on August 3rd – the Dark Knight Rises comes out on July 20, two weeks beforehand. Will TDKR still be the #1 film two weeks after its release? Probably. But it doesn’t follow that just because everyone will still be going to see TDKR that no one will see Total Recall. I do think Total Recall will probably make some major money. But will it be enough? Enough to prove that Colin Farrell is a leading man who can deliver a box office? I don’t know.

You know what’s surprising? I can’t find any new Colin interviews. I wonder if he’s going to appear on any of the August covers of any men’s magazines? He shares the latest cover of Maxim with Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel, but he barely says a word in the “interview” (he does say his favorite word is “bollocks”). Does Colin not do longer magazine confessionals anymore? He seems very press-shy these days, for no real reason – I mean, he’s very well-spoken and he’s not a crazy alcoholic or drug-user these days, and he seems super-professional. Let him do some interviews, for the love of God.

Anyway, Colin is looking really good to me in these photos. He looks so good in blue. I want him to have more career success, and not just in a succession of weirdly-timed remakes. Give this dude some original material. Give him a good drama!

Here’s one of the trailers for Total Recall:

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.