This is not gonna be a full recast, just the new roles, and since I'm not sure who the best third suit would be, I'm gonna pitch a few.

Selina Kyle/Catwoman: Natalie Portman



I'm already on the record for this one, so just sort of reiterating here; I think the pictures speak for themselves


Scarface/The Ventriloquist: William H Macy



If I ran the world, this guy would be in everything; imagine him with a pair of Coke-bottle glasses, too-tight suit and bow tie, and a psychotic split-personality with a creepy ass puppet. If you light him from time to time where we see the puppet, and just the dark silhouette of Macy's head in the background? Eeek!


Waylon Jones/Killer Croc: Ron Perlman



So it's a kind of obvious choice, but come on, Perlman would fuckin' rock! I can only imagine the dark and menacing sewerscapes Nolan and his art department would come up with to terrify and delight. And how scary is that damn picture?


Edward Nigma/The Riddler: Adrian Brody



This would be my first choice for a baddie, especially teamed with CatPortman; the real trick would be making him distinct from the Joker. I have no doubt Brody would own this role.


So whaddya guys think? And who would you choose?

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Okay, I'm not doing a lot of hard thought on here, more quick riffing on the casting of the major players:



Case: For now, I'm gonna stand by Rivers Cuomo, and sort of assume John Waters is my casting agent, going for an eclectic cut-up style. Sort of attractive but forgetable, brainy and distracted and a drug addict - go Rivers!



Molly: Kate Beckinsale, because why the hell not. A bad-ass chick with scalpels for fingernails who looks great in tight jeans? Fuggedaboutit! They better do her sealed-in silvery eyesockets right, one of my biggest disappointments with Johnny Mnemonic (though I like the actress they picked, especially in 'Starship Troopers' as Dizzie).



Armitage: Alfred Molina. As an ex-military man more-or-less reassembled from his own shattered parts, he could do it very well, I think. Love AM so much.



The Finn: Steve Buscemi with worse-looking fake teeth than his real ones, or maybe William H Macy. The food-stained tech guy par excellence, and a bit of a human weasel.



Peter Riviera: Zach Efron from High School Musical, preferably on a lot of 'luudes. I always saw Peter as being inhumanly beautiful and vaguely androgynous, much like this spooky little fucker. He probably can't act, but it's a limited part.



Linda Lee: Anna Ferris. Possibly too old (say what?), but I think she could convincingly play a cute girl who is basically an addictive personality personified. Ellen Page from 'Juno' might actually be better.

The Space Rastas: Please, anyone but Samuel L. Jackson - give Delroy Lindo a chance, fer chrissakes!



3Jean Tessier-Ashpool: I'm going to go with the Portman, but I'm sure there's a sexy Eurotrash babe who's taller and would be better, but I don't know her name. I just want to see NP in better sci-fi movies



Old Man Ashpool: The corpse of Peter O'Toole, while he's still alive.

I'm gone, but what say you?

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Well, Lung's discovery of this project in development inspired me to drop everything and do a Wrongrobot casting for a macross version of this film...













Rick Hunter: I wanted someone to capture both the awkwardness of youth sort of thrown against the windshield of something larger and more fantastic than he could conceive of, but eagerly diving in, competitively and enthusiastically. I think Shia leBouf really nailed that vibe in Transformers.









Lynn Minmei: I wanted a cute Asian actress, but unlike back in the day, when Minmei was the giggly, vapid proto-Japenese schoolgirl idoru type, I wanted to play up that mesmerizing quality to her character, where men like Rick would fall all over themselves, but there's an edge to it, a dark side to her intoxicating allure. Maggie Q has a dark side (and i wish i could see it.)









Lisa Hayes: No secret, she was my favorite. i loved the wisdom, the lovelorn, experienced eyes, the sadness but also the allure of an older, sexier woman that makes Minmei seem silly and immature. I don't think there's any doubt that Lisa taught me the fun of the older, experienced woman, and the office kink thing. Zowie! Anyway, i wanted an actress who could do that watery, deep eyes thing, and convey a lot of emotion in the face, with less dialog. A younger Juliette Binoche type. While she irritates me in 50% of her roles, I think Claire Forlani CAN be gorgeous and sad and emotionally conflicted. Or act like it. Anyway. She'd look good in office exec Robotech uniforms too, i'd wager.









Roy Focker: The tragic, charming hero martyr has to have roguish sex appeal, be edgy and a little bit of a loose cannon of ego and balls, and die fabulously. Simon Baker, seen recently in the Smith heist drama (read: heat ripoff) on CBS, has that vibe, the hair, the eyes, and i think could do a convincing mouth-bleeding thing...









Max Jenius: Max, the Robotech pilot who became star-crossed with the Zentraedi beauty and ace pilot Miriya, had that cool vibe of a young Johnny Depp with glasses... intelligent, a little tragic, and certainly hearing the beat of his own, uh, libido drummer. I immediately thought of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who I actually also thought would make a great Rick, but seems more thoughtful and mysterious, especially having seen Brick.









Miriya: I know this is kind of a nutty choice, but ever since she was on heroes, and then i saw her in Brick, with her proposed on-screen lover, above, I've been mesmerized by Nora Zehetner's eyes and amazing presence for someone so petite. I really dig that in a woman, and I can totally see her as the unassuming but totally bad-ass Zentraedi ace, whose bold, brash public persona masks a softer, quirkier side that Max could discover. And i mean discover as a euphemism.









Breetai: Wes Studi has that imposing, menacingly solemn face that would be dynamic and compelling, even half-covered by some sort of cyber-optic. Plus, as in some of his other roles, Studi can play that kind of character who appears dangerous, but can be revealed to be honorable.









Khyron: This scheming little bastard was all about that sneering, grimacing face and bitterly manipulative demeanor. I see Willem DaFoe playing this quite well, sort of like his man from Life Aquatic, but with a laser. And pissed.



There you go! I left out Claudia (sorry Roy) because she never made much impression on me. What do you think?

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This one comes to you courtesy of Heritage, who's post follows it. My Iron Man fanstasy casting was finished with the exception of one character, and was languishing in R3 Post purgatory, so Heritage kicked my butt into gear to finish it and post it up. Let me know what you think, IM fans!



But I have to warn you... I'm going in a younger, more stylized direction here...







Justin Theroux's career so far has been playing nutters and really ripped meanies... but ever since I saw him on Six Feet Under playing a somewhat introspective, intelligent dude, the very day after seeing him with a rippled physique and bad ass presence in Charlies Angels Full Throttle, I knew he was my Stark. Not the Cary Grant rip-off, not the faux Bond, but a brilliant, young, wry, conflicted man.









I wanted a younger, edgier Rhodey, a guy who you could see as loyal, but flushed with pride, easily swayed by the power of the armor. I wanted the glimmer of challenge in his eyes.









Of all of Tony's conquests and affairs and what not, I was always most partial to the implications of his hook-ups with Happy Hogan's lovely, freckled wife, Pepper Potts, Stark's secretary. Maybe it's the redhead thing, or the secretary thing, I dunno. But Howard is perfect for it, and I want her. For the role.









Another challenging selection. Happy was supposed to be an ex-boxer, a bruiser type with blind loyalty to Stark. I liked the idea that he might have a darker leaning towards the mean streets, had Stark not given him a better path, a legitimacy that JUST might obligate Happy from ignoring the connection between Tony and Pepper. Rooker's my man.









Obadiah was one of my last minute changes, since re-booting this Fantasy Film Casting... I had originally thought of Patrick Stewart in this role, not only for the head, but the menace he can bring when he wants to be subtle. But after X3, I decided we needed something a little different here. I always liked Pileggi's menace and calm, when he wasn't overdoing the behind-the-hand grimacing on X-Files.









OK, I know this is a random character, but I liked the fact that Stark was rockin the world of a computer geek for once, instead of a supermodel, while rebuilding his armor and running Circuits Maximus while RHodey was off with the red and gold armor. I was thinking about actresses that can play geeky and sexy at the same time. Peet can, and does.









Rumiko was Tony's most aggressive, independent lover, and she was a young, wealthy Japanese heiress too. Zi is a newcomer to Western Cinema, but may be in ANg Lee's next film, a spy thriller, and I liked her eyes.









Madame Masque is supposed to be of a different nationality, but we never see her face anyway. I liked Kamano's physique and hair, so I was sold on it.









Perhaps my best known cast selection, Michelle Yeoh is a bad ass martial artist, who can be both sexy and incredibly nimble. I liked the idea that Viper might be older and more experienced than Stark.









Finally, probably my most random selection: BD Wong, of Law & Order, as The Mandarin. WTF! I initially wanted Ken Watanabe for this, but Batman Begins turned his Ras al Ghul INTO the Mandarin, so that was too obvious. Then I got to thinking how my vsion of Stark was as a smooooth operator, but also a brilliantly calculating guy... and I liked the idea that my Mandarin could be the same. Younthful in appearance, but deceptively older, more experienced, and cunning. A conceptual Bad Twin for Stark.



So there you go... my belated Iron Man casting...



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And here was the post that got me motivated to finish and post this...

From Heritage, a vote for Timothy Dalton as Stark!







"I'm surprised this hasn't been brought up yet, what with WR's known passion on the subject; technically, I know very little about Mr. Stark or his rogues' gallery, but I'm interested to see what other people think. I think in his prime, Timothy Dalton would have made a great Stark - just look at him as Neville Sinclair in The Rocketeer! And if I could get my computer to work right, there'd be a picture here! (grrr)



I don't have a pick out of the current crop; maybe Matt Damon, but that's not an educated choice."

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So I was discussing my idea for a live action GI Joe movie over in the Transformers movie thread, and 'Lung mentioned that I should start a thread about it. So I sat back and came up with my dream cast for the greatest cartoon ever! So here it is, in all it's fanboy glory.



First the Joes:



Hawk



Played by:

Bruce Willis



You gotta have a strong team leader if you're gonna be taking on the world's deadliest terrorists, and who's better than barking out orders than Bruce Willis. Well, probably R. Lee Ermey, but Bruce would be better when Hawk has to go kick Cobra Commander's head in!



Duke



Played by:

Thomas Jane



The Joes are gonna need a tough field leader, and who better than the Punisher himself. He'd have the respect of his fellow soldiers, and the balls to kill all Cobras!



Snake-Eyes



Played by:

Jason Statham



While probably any athletic person could play 'ol Snakes, I figure there'll be a flashback scene of how he got his face scarred up. So I figure if you're gonna get somebody that can look like Snake-Eyes, you might as well get somebody who can perform his ninja skills AND combat skills. And Jason Statham fits that bill. He's already shown his expertise at martial arts, and he's pretty handy with a gun. Plus, he looks enough like Snakes pre-scarring, that you can't go wrong.



Scarlett



Played by:

Jennifer Garner



And you gotta have Snake-Eyes' love interest! Why? 'Cause she's a redhead! Plus, she'll kick all kinds of Cobra ass! And Jennifer Garner has shown she can kick any ass you throw at her. Just give her the red hair dammit! She's used to disguises anyways. Another talent she shares with Scarlett--master of disguise!



Roadblock



Played by:

Ving Rhames



You have to have at least one bad ass mo' fo' on the team, right? Well, I can't think of anybody better to play the machine gun totin', meal makin', ryhme spoutin' Joe than Mr. Rhames. Hell, his name even sounds like rhymes! And he's big enough to carry that Browning .50 cal Roadblock always had. Plus the bald head and the mustache! Perfect!



Flint



Played by:

Clive Owen



Gotta have Flint. Gotta! Why? Because he's hardcore enough to wear a beret!! That's badass! And Clive Owen proved in Sin City that he's badass and won't take shit from anyone. So 1+1=Cobra death!



Lady Jaye



Played by:

Evangeline Lilly



You gotta have Flint's love interest so they can go on a double date with Snake-Eyes and Scarlett. A double date of kicking Cobra's ass! (Hmmm...lots of ass kicking going on, huh?) Plus, you have to have the sexpot of the team. While I was always fond of Cover Girl (who I'm not even casting!!) and Scarlett, I never denied Jaye was the sex symbol. In the comics, to the toys, to the cartoon, her jumpsuit was always unzipped showing a nice amount of cleavage. And I'd sure love an excuse to see more of Evangeline Lilly's cleavage! I think she and Clive would look pretty convincing as a couple too. So if she's not playing Wonder Woman, she can be part of America's Premier Fighting Force!



Now for Cobra:



Cobra Commander



Voiced by:

Gary Oldman



What? Did you think I was gonna say Serpentor? No, there's only one true leader of Cobra. And that's Cobra Commander!! Either in the hood or the helmet, is fine. Preferably both. But since we'll never see his face, you gotta have someone with a true maniacal voice. Gary proved that in The Professional. There's that one line where he says to "kill EVE-RY-ONE!!!" that just solidifies it for me.



Destro



Voiced by:

Michael Clarke Duncan



Now before anyone brings up the fact that over in the Transformers Movie thread I was saying that the original voice actors should be the only ones doing the voices, let me say, the same goes for this movie. But I think Cobra Commander's voice actor died. I could be wrong, be one of the voice actors died a while back. So I'm just giving my choices if the originals aren't available. Besides, who wouldn't want to hear Duncan's smooth low voice as Destro??? His voice fits perfectly with the original!



Baroness



Played by:

Famke Janssen



Cobra's gotta have a couple too, right? Well, they really only had one, so here you go! Cobra didn't have too many females, so Baroness was the obvious choice. Plus she's a smokin' hot devious villain. And as she proved in GoldenEye, my queen Jean Grey herself, Famke Janssen, can use all her talents in so many evil ways. Which includes guns, AND her legs! And as shown in X3, she can give those glaring looks that kill that'll come in handy when Cobra Commander's "fool-proof" plans are foiled yet again!!



Storm Shadow



Played by:

Chow Yun Fat



You know the movie's gotta have the epic be-all end-all of ninja fights, so Storm Shadow's a no-brainer! Admittedly, my first choice was the master of ninja movies, Sho Kosugi, but he's waaay too old now. Fat's probably better with guns, but has used swords also. He's got the voice too. Plus, he's awesome!





So there you go. There's more Cobras I coulda come up with, but most of them use masks, so it's kinda pointless. Hopefully they use Zartan and Major Bludd too. I didn't pick a ton for each side, because you don't want the teams to be so big that the characters are only on-screen for a few scenes. But you do gotta have a ton of no-name Joe and Cobra soldiers so they can die in a big R-rated, bloody, action-fest! And have a big name action director to do it. Like John McTiernan, John Woo, or even Brett Ratner. Because, while this should have some plot, it better have non-stop action!!! And use tons of the vehicles. That would rock! 20th Century FOX has to release it also. They do the best at marketing. Gotta have my movie merchandise!

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Holy heck this is harder than I thought. Now if we just imagine that acting ability is not a factor:



Here we go.



Maybe for Babs:



Toni Collette



or





Linda Fiorentino



Maybe for Huntress:





Morena Baccarin



And For Black Canary:



Three almost, but not Quites:





Jennifer Hawkins: Has the Statuesque and Model look





Kimberly Davies: Has the build and attitude





Laetitia Casta: Can LOOK the part in the right light



And Just becasue she scares the hell outta me:





Jodi Foster's Character from The Inside Man



So if we could make a AFrankenActress out of the four ladies we'd be set.

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I thought it would be fun to give this a try using one of my favorite old tv shows. The Rockford Files. It’s one of the few shows I watched as a kid that I can still watch today without saying this show is stupid.



Here’s some of the original cast.









Rockford- James Garner. Rocky- Noah Berry Jr. Angle-Stuart Margolin. Detective Dennis Becker-Joe Santos.



And here is my fake cast







Rockford. Bruce Willis. He can be sarcastic, he can be a smooth talker, he looks like he could have been in jail, and he can kick ass if necessary.



Rocky. Rockford’s dad. James Garner. Yeah I know it’s cheesy to cast the guy as his own father and he’s already done it in Maverick but my admiration for Garner is the only reason I’m making this fake movie. So stick it.



Angle. Rockford trouble making friend. Steve Buscemi. You know he’d be great.



Detective Dennis Becker. Good natured cop and a friend of Rockford. He has to arrest Rockford and then let him go after being bamboozled by double talk. William H Macy.



Best thing about this cast is it will work for a straight remake, a gritty remake, or a funny one.



Cary

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So I read a little something today. Something which disturbed and frightened me, but which did not surprise me. They're making a "Magnum, P.I." movie. I know. I KNOW! Listen, I hear ya. You're right! Couldn't agree more.



For the story, click here.



Now, I liked the show enough. Didn't really follow it, but it was entertaining. However, since I already have a template for R3 Fantasy Film castings on both my home and work computers, I figured I'd just bang one out. Also, I'm light at work today, and we all know I never submit anything but vitriol and ramblings to this fine forum ANYWAYS, so there you have it.



Now, on my other Fantasy Film castings, I take the old show and approach it as if it were actually going to be a halfway serious movie. But for this one, I figured "Fuck it, I'm going with the comedy schlock I know they're going to make it into."



That said, here's my R3 Fantasy Film casting for the upcoming "Magnum, P.I." comedy schlock movie adaptation.



Magnum, P.I. - 1980







Magnum, P.I. - R3 Fantasy Film cast







Thomas Magnum - As soon as I heard of the remake, Earl Hickey came to mind. I love Jason Lee, his character of Earl looks just like Magnum, and if this is indeed going to be comedy schlock -- there's no other choice for me.



TC - Charlie Murphy is fucking hysterical -- just like his brother Eddie used to be. But he retains enough street to be the saviour of the show, just like TC was. Clank!



Higgins - This was tough, so I finally widened my age range and came up with this moron. He has that perfect British straight-man thing going on, which is exactly what Higgins was to the show. Buttoned down, by-the-book, and completely humourless.



Rick - This character was always kind of a second-seat guy on the show, and frankly, I just threw Stiffler in there cause he has the right look and is believable as always needing to be bailed out.



And there you have it. A time-waster of a project.



Enjoy.



IronLung out.

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I was cruising the web this afternoon and found a picture of Hugh Jackman which was SO Michael Knight that it inspired me to have a go at an R3 Fantasy Film for a Knight Rider movie -- famously on-again off-again dream project.



This seems to contradict an old post I put up somewhere in which I found out that David Hasslehoff was producing and starring in a Knight Rider movie project, and I thought that was fucking brilliant of him to reprise the role. In actuality, I DO still think that's the way it should be, but I'm rollin with the "fantasy" aspect of the R3 Fantasy Film, so cut me a break and read on for a laugh.



Knight Rider, 1989







Knight Rider, IronLung Fantasy Film Cast







K.I.T.T. - Purists will DESPISE that I've suggested changing the car, but the Trans Am was fucking lame and they don't make em anymore, so get over it. I tried to think of an American muscle-type car which would be believable as jumping all over the place, driving on- and off-road, and mashing off lights at Mach II. Hence, the '05 Mustang, which has a cooler front end than the '06.



NOTE : I think the voice of the new K.I.T.T. should be Anthony Hopkins. He can do anything, and has a projecting, thespians voice, much like William Daniels, who did the original voice of K.I.T.T.



Michael Knight - This is the picture that I stumbled on that made me consider this project at all. That pose is straight up Michael Knight. Jackman is a man of many talents, from theatre to film, and while he bulked up for his role as Wolverine, his natural build is much lankier than that, and I will forever see him as MK now that I've seen this pic.



Bonnie Barstow - I think Evangeline Lilly is the hottest thing this side of the sun, and 'Lost' has proven her as fitting in the tough grrl role, hence my pick.



Devon Miles - Is there really any other choice?



By way of a signoff, I offer the Season 4 cast, throwing thumbs up to their Gs. (That dude on the far left was the token non-white character, inserted in the cast in a desperate attempt to diversify the audience, done right around the same time that Latino kid came onboard "The A-Team," and I've never considered him to be part of the show.)







IronLung out.

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This could be one of those fantasy film posts where few members are familiar with the source material, but if so, I hope it encourages any of you to check the comic out, because it's definitely in my top ten, often close to the top of that pool. Runaways is a sleeper book wriiten by Brian K. Vaughan [Ex Machina] and series regular artist Adrian Alfona. The premise is deliriously simple: what if you, and all your teenage friends who hate their parents, discovered that your parents... were supervillains? What would you do? You'd get the hell out of Dodge, that's what. And so it went. Vaughan writes intelligent teen dialog somewhere between the surreally worldly Dawson's Creek and the overly-witty Gilmore Girls (yes I watch it with Mrs. Bot) and the book is easy to get into, and hard to put down.



Below are my casting choices for a Runaways feature film, which might not be so pie in the sky, the way Vaughan's other properties have been heating up in Hollywood (and Marvel's new film ambitions don't hurt...)









Nico Minoru: This young Chinese witch with the Staff of Whateverthefuck has been one of the few characters in mainstream comics almost completely consistently drawn to look her ethnicity, with perfection. I just have to think that Alphona is good friends with the Supernet, because she's a virtual doppleganger to...ahem, adult star Jade Hsu.



Gertrude Yorke: Gertie is a short, kinda stocky and completely artgeek funky chick with piles of attitude and sass and wisdom beyond her years, the culmination of every extra cool record store girl with cynicism masking vulnerability, and Ginnifer Goodwin [Ed, Walk the Line] would be a perfect match for her smile, eyes and attitude. I've seen the actress match on Gert and Nico since the first issue, and it's never wavered.



Alex Winter: The team's early leader, and let's just assume this film covers the events of book 1, Alex is articulate, intelligent, calm and cool. Dule Hill's our guy.



Chase Stein: CHase initially comes off as a slacker jack, but grows on you, proving himself to be earnest, clever and not a little bit of a stud when needed. SOmething about Jake Gyllenhal's hangdog expression and long gaze struck me right, imagining him with those bitchin goggles on his brow.



Victor Mancha: Sure, he's from book two, but he's a great character and he has to be folded in here. However, as a young half-Hispanic dude, I found him difficult to cast among the unfortunately limited pool of actors that might fit the role. I started looking instead to casting agency sites, checking out unknowns and came across Patrick Dew, who just nails it.



Karolina Dean: This character initially reads to me as a very tall, young Gwenyth Paltrow type, but the more I thought about her sexuality issues in the book, I realized that Coyote Ugly's Piper Perabo could work. She's skewing a little old here, but Karolina does vibe that way in the book, too, so there you go.



Molly Hayes: Skewing young here, but these days in film, the acrtresses playing 10 year olds have driver's licenses already, so to capture the youthful spirit, wide-eyed wonder, and childlike panic of the soul of the group, I went with the extra-expressive Dakota Fanning.



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And if you want to see their folks, the Pride, a supervillain underworld gang that completely owns Los Angeles, here they be:









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So, those three of you that actually read Runaways, what do you think?

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