Amidst flashing lights and suspenseful music a camera orbits around Arnold Schwarzenegger. It's a familiar scene. But this trailer isn't to promote a new film. Schwarzenegger wants to pump us up for a different reason: his new autobiography "Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story."

It sounds like a strange promotional tactic, but for Schwarzenegger it certainly fits the bill. In the new trailer for his memoir, the 65-year-old actor says no one would believe his life if it were a movie. No kidding. Schwarzenegger started his career as a body builder, became Hollywood's biggest star, and, later, was elected governor of California. He's like Oliver Twist -- if Oliver Twist had millions of dollars, pecs, a machine gun, and a stern but practical approach to fiscal reform.

However, as Schwarzenegger states in the trailer for "Total Recall," that's the story everyone already knows. What the governator hopes to accomplish with his memoir, apparently, is filling fans in on the details that haven't been splashed across the covers of tabloids the last four decades.

This is a big time for Schwarzenegger. The star divorced his wife Maria Shriver, in 2011, and in addition to "Total Recall," the former governor is returning to the screen in January for "The Last Stand." The film marks Schwarzenegger's first starring role since leaving office. (He also briefly appeared "The Expendables 2" this summer, but in a supporting capacity.) Additionally, Schwarzenegger is set to star opposite Sylvester Stallone in the upcoming thriller "The Tomb."

In 2011 Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, separated after being married 25 years. A week earlier, it was reported that Schwarzenegger had fathered a child with his and Shriver's longtime housekeeper.

"Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story," Schwarzenegger's eagerly-awaited memoir, will be released by Simon & Schuster on Monday, Oct. 1.

According to the publisher, in the book Schwarzenegger traces his journey from his small hometown of Thal, Austria, where he was born in 1947, to Los Angeles, where he moved at the age of 21. He tells how he became "the strongest and most muscular man in the world," as he says in the trailer, and then kept climbing his unique ladder toward The American Dream: millionaire businessman, movie star, major politician married to American royalty. Schwarzenegger is proud of his accomplishments and honest about his regrets, says the publisher.

Until the book comes out, Schwarzenegger has launched a competition to win a personalized Arnold message to coincide with the release of his autobiography.

"From today until the release of my book, 'Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story', if you complete this form, I will draw one of you at random each week and send you a personalized audio file," Schwarzenegger says on his website.

He has already uploaded a video of himself recording a "Predator"-themed message for the first lucky winner, Tyler Bates. Sadly, he doesn't say "I'll be back".

"Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story" is available on Oct. 1.