Recast Your Favorite Movies - 2011 Edition! - Page 24

Axel, swap out Rockwell for Jeremy Renner and you've got a deal.

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Originally Posted by Rene (Mr.Eko) 

Benjamin Melnicker and Michael E. Uslan have bought the rights to Batman. They want to make it, but can't find the funding in the states. Lo and behold Dino De Laurentis approaches them and says "Yes yes we make de Batman movie! BIG MOVIE!" He talks to a noted Italian filmmaker, and since they don't know whether it will spawn sequels or not, they go for broke with an epic film, and we get

 

 

 

SERGIO LEONE's IL BATMAN

 

 

STARRING

 

Henry Silva as Bruce Wayne/Batman

 

Klaus Kinski as Jack Napier/The Joker

 

Franco Nero as Victor Fries/Mr. Freeze

 

Fabio Testi as Harvey Dent/Two-Face

 

Vincent Price as Alfred Pennyworth

 

Mario Brega as Harvey Bullock

 

Claudia Cardinale as Vicki Vale

 

Rosalba Neri as Selina Kyle/Catwoman

 

Telly Savalas as Rupert Thorn

 

David Hemmings as Jervis Tetch/The Mad Hatter

 

William Finley as Dr. Jonathan Crane/The Scarecrow

 

Oliver Reed as Commissioner Gordon

 

Richard Kiel as Solomon Grundy

 

With Charles Bronson as Matt Hagen/Clayface

 

And Lee Van Cleef as Ras Ahl Ghul

Rene, you mad genius! Was this another one of those eight-hour deals for Leone?

TRIVIA: Dino De Laurentiis strongly insisted on including a "strongman" villain who could match both Batman's intelligence and physique, with the demand that he wear a mask. Thus, bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger was cast as the hulking criminal genius Bane, who was then adopted into the character's rogue gallery by DC.

Further, Woody Strode appears as Lucius Fox, a Wayne Enterprises executive who'd just debuted in the comics around the same time, while Ernest Borgnine earned the production's biggest paycheck in the role of Oswald Cobblepot, a.k.a. The Penguin.

And from the "Recast Classics" vault: my 2010 reimagining of Walter Hill's Extreme Prejudice, slightly modified, directed by James Mangold and written by Mark Boal:

Christian Bale as Jack Benteen
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Cash Bailey
Bryan Cranston as Maj. Paul Hackett
Alice Braga as Sarita Cisneros
Tom Berenger as Sheriff Hank Pearson
Ray Stevenson as MSgt. Larry McRose
Walton Goggins as Sgt. Buck Atwater
Todd Farmer as SSgt. Declan Patrick Coker
Michael Jai White as Sgt. Charles Biddle
Erik King as Sgt. Luther Fry
Terry Crews as Monday
Danny Trejo as Lupo
Clifton Collins Jr. as Deputy Cortez

Of course it's an 8 hour epic!

I was actually thinking of including Bane and The Penguin, along with Woody Strode somewhere in there! Then I thought against it, and you scooped them up with good casting!

I was thinking Lou Ferrigno for Bane, but I dig Arnold also, as he's charismatic and when he wants to, he can be villainous.

Jeremy Renner more Castor Troy than Sam Rockwell?  I must disagree.

Pulp Fiction (1984)

Directed by Martin Scorsese

Written by David Mamet

Vincent Vega- Warren Beatty

Jules Winfield- Sy Richardson

Mia Wallace-Michelle Pfeiffer 

Butch Coolidge-Mickey Rourke

The Wolf-Robert Duvall

Pumpkin aka Ringo-Steve Railsback

Yolanda aka Honey Bunny-Jennifer Jason Leigh

Marsellus Wallace-Isaac Hayes

Lance-Sean Penn

Captain Koons-Timothy Carey

Jimmie Dimmick-James Woods

Fuckin' A, is that great.

Sy Richardson as Jules is just lovely. Same with Isaac Hayes.

Dateline: 2010. After Guillermo del Toro reluctantly relinquishes the reigns of THE HOBBIT, MGM, New Line and Warners all scramble to tie Peter Jackson down in his place. Jackson finally agrees, but only after getting Warners to allow him a small "breather" project beforehand, a remake that he thinks he can have fun on whilst indulging his goofier tendencies. So presenting....

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (2012)

Directed by Peter Jackson

STARRING:
 

Donald Glover AS Seymour Krelborn

Amy Adams AS Audrey

Albert Brooks AS Mushnik

Adam Scott AS Orin Scrivello, DDS

GUEST STARRING

Michael C. Hall AS Arthur Denton

Mike Myers AS Wink Wilkinson

Steve Coogan AS Patrick Martin

Stephen Merchant AS The First Customer

AND

Jamie Foxx AS the voice of Audrey II

Sneakers

dir. Steven Soderbergh

Young Bishop- James Wolk

Young Cosmo- Mark Saul

Bishop- George Clooney

Donald Crease- Denzel Washington

Liz- Jennifer Ehle

Mother- Jack Black

Whistler- Nestor Carbonell

Carl- Anton Yelchin

Cosmo- Stanley Tucci

Dick Gordon- TJ Thyne

Buddy Wallace- James Martin Kelly

Dr. Gunter Janek- David Anders

Dr. Werner Brandes- John Hodgman

NSA Agent Bernard Abbott- Morgan Freeman

Having posting difficulties today!

FANTASTIC all around. Yep, Soderbergh's the only choice to direct.

Fuckin' hell, do I love Sneakers.

I just watched it again last night.  Such a fun movie.  I miss Redford the movie star.

Woody Allen's

Ghostbusters

1976

W. Allen/Venkman

Vincetn Shciavelli/Spengler

Tony Roberts/Stantz

Bill Cosby/Winnston

Charles Martin Smith/Louis

Diane Keaton/Dana

Charles Grodin/Richard Peck ('dickless')

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2012)

Emily Blunt as Mina Murray

Malcolm McDowell as Alan Quatermain

Tom Hardy as Hawley Griffin

Guy Pearce as Dr. Henry Jekyll

Naveen Andrews as Captain Nemo

John Rhys-Davies as Champion Bond

Alfred Molina as Mycroft Holmes

and Alan Rickman as Professor Moriarty

Damn you sir, the League was my next pick! Ah bugger it I'll do mine anyway...

THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN

Directed by Neil Marshall.

Anne Hathaway as Wilhelmena Murray

Gary Oldman as Allan Quatermaine

Alexander Siddig as Captain Nemo

Vincent Cassel as C August Dupin

Paul Bettany as Dr.Jekyl & Mr.Hyde

Rhys Ifans as Hawley Griffin

Paul McGann as Campion Bond

Helen Mirren as Miss Rosa Coote

Carey-Hiroyuki Tagawa as The Doctor

Hugh Laurie as Mycroft Holmes

Dougray Scott as Colonel Sebastian Moran

...and Tim Roth as M/Professor Moriarty

With regards to Little Shop, I stand by my hope of Jim Carrey or Paul Rudd as Scrivello. Michael C. Hall conveys an interesting irony for Denton, but I still think Steve Carell should have the part.

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Originally Posted by dr.cyclops 

 

Charles Martin Smith/Louis

 

At first, I thought "Why is the kid that played Stuey in Freaked in a movie from the 70's?"

Fours years after the Civil War, former Confederate Soldier John Rambo pass through a small northern village. Humiliated by its inhabitants and thrown out by The Sheriff, Rambo wages a one man war against the town.  Soon, Sheriff Teasle will regret drawing...

FIRST BLOOD (1966)

DIRECTED BY ROBERT ALDRICH

CHARLES BRONSON as JOHN RAMBO

ERNEST BORGNINE as SHERIFF WILL TEASLE

and HENRY FONDA as COLONEL SAMUEL TRAUTMAN

I suddenly what something that  I heretofore never imagined.

An 1880's Rambo movie.

Isn't there room in the script for this guy?

Imagine the Duke saying, "...A good supply of body bags!"

That Robert Aldrich FIRST BLOOD is pretty kickass, but I agree the Duke as Trautman would rule.

Night of the Living Dead

2012

Ben - Chiwetel Ejiofor

Barbra - Michelle Trachtenberg

Harry Cooper - Paul Giamatti

Helen Cooper - Katey Sagal

Kyra Cooper - Chloe Grace Moretz

Tom - Jeremy Renner

Judy - Jenna Fischer

Johnny - Clark Duke

Miller's Crossing (1995)

Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino

Tom Reagan-Tim Roth

Verna Bernbaum-Uma Thurman

Leo-Sean Connery

Bernie "The Schmatta" Bernbaum-Paul Giamatti

Johnny Caspar-Danny DeVito

The Dane-Michael Madsen

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Originally Posted by Andrew Merriweather 

Dateline: 2010. After Guillermo del Toro reluctantly relinquishes the reigns of THE HOBBIT, MGM, New Line and Warners all scramble to tie Peter Jackson down in his place. Jackson finally agrees, but only after getting Warners to allow him a small "breather" project beforehand, a remake that he thinks he can have fun on whilst indulging his goofier tendencies. So presenting....

 

 

 

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (2012)

 

Directed by Peter Jackson

 

STARRING:
 

 

Donald Glover AS Seymour Krelborn

 

 

Amy Adams AS Audrey

 

 

Albert Brooks AS Mushnik

 

 

Adam Scott AS Orin Scrivello, DDS

 

GUEST STARRING

 

 

Michael C. Hall AS Arthur Denton

 

 

Mike Myers AS Wink Wilkinson

 

 

Steve Coogan AS Patrick Martin

 

 

Stephen Merchant AS The First Customer

 

AND

 

 

Jamie Foxx AS the voice of Audrey II

Sorry but I want to take this remake out behind the bike sheds and get it pregnant.

Bra-fucking-vo Andy.

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Originally Posted by dr.cyclops 

I suddenly what something that  I heretofore never imagined.

 

An 1880's Rambo movie.

 

Isn't there room in the script for this guy?

 

Imagine the Duke saying, "...A good supply of body bags!"

I was considering Wayne, but I figured the Duke would never agree to star in a anti-war film like First Blood. Plus Bronson and Fonda have that Once Upon a Time in the West history.

Another classic recast:

Howard Hawks' Face/Off (1937)

James Cagney - Sean Archer / Castor Troy
Cary Grant - Castor Troy / Sean Archer
Jean Arthur. - Dr. Eve Archer
Gary Cooper- Pollux Troy
Rita Hayworth - Sasha Hassler
Lauren Bacall - Jamie Archer
Paul Muni- Dietrich Hassler
Walter Brennan-Victor Lazarro
Humphrey Bogart-Burke Hicks

<I like the idea of Gary Cooper as a paranoid schizophrenic psychopath. Fun to see him go dark. And he had the comedy chops. (love mental image of him doing that little finger wave)>

Die Hard (1968) d. John Sturges

Actor Role
Steve McQueen: Detective John McClane
Yul Brynner: Hans Gruber
Lee Remick: Holly M. Gennero McClane
James Robards: Sergeant Al Powell (second choice, Robert Duvall. A tough one to cast)
Charles Bronson: Karl Vreski
Robert Vaughn: Deputy Police Chief Dwayne T. Robinson (alternate Richard Widmark)
James Coburn-Richard Thornburg
Angus Lennie: Argyle
Spencer Tracy: "Joe" Takagi
James Garner: Harry Ellis (taking Americanization of Emily persona up a slimier notch; alternate: Dean Martin)
Gene Hackman: Eddie
David McCallum: Theo
Brad Dexter: Fritz
Lee Van Cleef: Special Agent Johnson
Eli Wallach: Agent Johnson
Henry Silva: Al Leung's role

Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1971) d. Sam Peckinpah

Actor Role
Steve McQueen: Lieutenant John McClane
Lee Remick: Holly M. Gennero McClane
Kris Kristofferson: Colonel Stuart
Dustin Hoffman: Captain Carmine Lorenzo
Jason Robards: Sergeant Al Powell
James Coburn: Richard "Dick" Thornberg
Charlton Heston: General Ramon Esperanza
Richard Harris: Major Grant (alternate Joe Don Baker)
Warren Oates: Leslie Barnes
William Holden: Trudeau
Slim Pickens: Marvin
Ali MacGraw: Samantha "Sam" Coleman
Bo Hopkins: Garber
Ernest Borgnine: Lorenzo's Brother
Susan George: "Fax Lady"

Boardwalk Empire (1992)

Christopher Walken - Nucky Thompson

Brad Pitt - Jimmy Darmody

Madeleine Stowe - Margaret Schroeder

Clancy Brown - Agent Van Alden

Jeffrey Jones - Eli Thompson

Samuel L. Jackson - Chalky White

Winona Ryder - Angela Dormady

Ellen Barkin - Gillian Dormady

Walter Matthau - The Commodore

Albert Brooks - Arnold Rothstein

Sean Penn - Lucky Luciano

James Gandolfini - Al Capone

Jennifer Tilly - Lucy Danziger

Michael Wincott - Richard Harrow

In an age of fear, paranoia, and widespread distrust of the government, director John Frankenheimer begins production on a new conspiracy-driven action-thriller that acutely channels the national atmosphere. In making a spy drama with none of the sci-fi trappings or far-fetched elements of the James Bond franchise, Frankenheimer enlists up-and-coming novelist Robert Ludlum to pen the first film in a planned trilogy centering around a CIA-trained killer with memory problems . . .

THE BOURNE IDENTITY (1972)

Warren Beatty as amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne

Steve McQueen was originally cast in the lead role, but dropped out just before filming began, uncomfortable with playing a character so "vulnerable."

Dominique Sanda as Bourne's traveling companion Marie Kreutz

Jack Palance as  Bourne's superior Alexander Conklin

David Hemmings as highly-trained killer The Professor

Emilio Fernandez as Latin American dictator General Juan Bosi

Harrison Ford as Company man Danny Zorn

Melinda Dillon as CIA technician Nicky Parsons

and

Lee J. Cobb as intelligence director Ward Abbott

More to come...

Here's an alternate universe version of... DRIVE (2012) Written and Directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.

Nino - Louis C.K.

Standard - Aziz Ansari

Shannon - Chris Rock

Irene - Anna Faris

Bernie Rose - Jerry Seinfeld

Driver - The feature debut of Karl Pilkington!

A real human being... and a real idiot!

Fantastic Four (1989)

Directed by Paul Verhoeven

Jeff Goldblum as Reed Richards / Mr Fantastic

Daryl Hannah as Sue Storm / Invisible Girl

Ron Perlman as Ben Grimm / The Thing

Alan Rickman as Victor Von Doom / Dr. Doom

and introducing Brad Pitt as Johnny Storm / Human Torch

with Peter Weller as The Silver Surfer

and Johnny-Five as H.E.R.B.I.E.

Arnold Schwarzanegger as:

Galactus of Galador

I say just give Arnold Victor Von Doom.

After John Wayne reads the script for 1941 and tells Steven Spielberg "You know, that was an important war, and you're making fun of a war that cost thousands of lives at Pearl Harbor. Don't joke about World War II", the director decides to abandon the project and handle a film that Dan Aykroyd, who was going to star in 1941, was writing. Spielberg didn't like the idea of a group of Ghostsmashers that traveled through time, space and other dimensions combating huge ghosts so he changed the script to a basic, science-fiction oriented screenplay. The film, realesed in 1979, had a great success and critical reception, winning the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

GHOSTBUSTERS

Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman

Richard Dreyfuss as Dr. Raymond Stantz

Another past recast (goofy, but I like it):

In 1985, John Milius, the architect and creative force behind Dirty Harry, is reeling from the Red Dawn backlash. Undeterred, and after noting the success of 48 Hrs. and Sudden Impact he decides to return to the genre that made his reputation and deliver the definitive "buddy cop" film. Retooling a script by a young writer named Shane Black, that movie is...

Lethal Weapon

Detective Martin Riggs: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Detective Roger Murtaugh: Sean Connery

Mr. Joshua: Gary Busey
General Peter McAllister: Brian Keith
Michael Hunsaker: James Earl Jones
Trish Murtaugh: Candice Bergen
Rianne Murtaugh: Jennifer Grey
Nick Murtaugh: Brad Savage

Captain Ed Murphy: Ben Johnson
Mendez: Frank McRae
Endo: Mako (racist Hollywood!)
Amanda Hunsaker: Lea Thompson

Suicide jumper: Harry Dean Stanton
Drug Dealer #3: Jan-Michael Vincent

<I laugh at the mental image of Connery slurring an exasperated "I'M GETTING TOO OLD FOR THIS SHIT!">

Zombieland (1994)

Directed by John Landis

Lukas Haas as Columbus

Samuel L. Jackson as Tallahassee

Keri Russell as Wichita

Christina Ricci as Little Rock

and William Shatner as William Shatner

The ExGoonables (2012)

(dir. Simon West)

Mikey -- Bruce Willis

Brand -- Sylvester Stallone

Mouth -- Joe Pesci

Andee -- Linda Hamiliton

Data -- Jackie Chan

Stef -- Cynthia Rothrock

Chunk -- Jim Belushi

Mama Fratelli -- Brigitte Nielsen

The Fratelli Brothers -- Jean-Claude van Damme in a dual role!

and Mickey Rourke as Sloth

"This summer:  NEVER.  SAY.  DIE!"

From Tom Clancy & the makers of the international blockbuster hit "Battleship"

comes the cat & mouse Cold War thriller

"CONNECT FOUR"

A Film By Phillip Noyce

Samuel L. Jackson as "John Josefus, The Black Piece"

Ryan Gosling as "Vitali Romanoff, The Red Piece"

with

Angelina Jolie as "Sis"

Pretty sneaky....

I was going to add a Candyland joke for the hell of it, but then I remembered they were actually developing a Candyland movie.

hot off the success of "Singles"

Cameron Crowe's

The Grunge Brothers

Ethan Hawke=Elwood Grunge                                                     John Cusack-Jake Grunge

Jenifer Jason Leigh/Jilted Bride

Tom Cruise: Head Nazi ("I've always loved you")

TAD: Burt Mercer ('Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips.)

Eddie Vedder=Murphy of Murph and the Magic Tones

Courtney Love=Mrs. Murphy (Aretha Franklin)

Francis McDormand=The Penguin

All right then, Candyland (2013)

Di. Jon Favreau

Mr Mint - Michael Fassbender

Grandma Nutt - Imelda Staunton

King Kandy - Liam Neeson

Jolly - Jonah Hill

Plumpy - Mark Boone Jr.

Princess Lolly - Taylor Swift

Queen Frostine - Sofia Vergara

Lord Licorice - Christopher Eccleston

and Seth Rogen as the voice of Gloppy

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Originally Posted by Arjen Rudd 

All right then, Candyland (2013)

Di. Jon Favreau

 

 

 

Princess Lolly - Taylor Swift

Good stuff but you're off your nut if you think any one besides Felicia Day should be playing Princess Lolly.

Oh my god, Mark Boone Junior as Plumpy.

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Originally Posted by dr.cyclops 

hot off the success of "Singles"

 

Cameron Crowe's

The Grunge Brothers

 

Bravo. The only real question left is one of Soundtrack. What do we hear?

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Originally Posted by Arjen Rudd 

 

Queen Frostine - Sofia Vergara

 

But didn't Anne Hathaway pretty much already play Queen Frostine in Alice in Wonderland?

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Originally Posted by MrTyres 

 

Bravo. The only real question left is one of Soundtrack. What do we hear?

Counting Crows, muthafucka!

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Originally Posted by dr.cyclops 

hot off the success of "Singles"

 

Cameron Crowe's

The Grunge Brothers

 

 

 

Ethan Hawke=Elwood Grunge                                                     John Cusack-Jake Grunge

 

 

Jenifer Jason Leigh/Jilted Bride

 

 

 

Tom Cruise: Head Nazi ("I've always loved you")

 

TAD: Burt Mercer ('Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips.)

 

Eddie Vedder=Murphy of Murph and the Magic Tones

 

Courtney Love=Mrs. Murphy (Aretha Franklin)

 

Francis McDormand=The Penguin

With Screaming Trees as the Good Old Boys.

King Buzzo, J.Mascus, Mark Arm and Dave Grohl back up Vedder as the reformed Grunge Brothers Band. 

They play sludgy, rock versions of classic new wave and punk songs as well as contemporary alternative hits. The soundtrack: Garbage Can Full of Grunge goes Platinum and revives the careers of many  forgotten artists.

DEVO                                Girl U Want

Gin Blossoms                      Hey Jealousy

Blondie                               One Way or Another

Public Enemy                      Bring the Noise

Romeo Void's                     Never Say Never

Janes Addiction                   Mountain Song

Boomtown Rats:                 I Don't Like Mondays

Buster Poindexter                Hot Hot Hot

Girls                                    Dwight Twilley

I Love Living in the City      Fear

The Pogues                        A Pair of Brown Eyes

Artis the Spoonman as Curtis

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Originally Posted by Bailey 

 

Full Metal Jacket

 

Joker- Jesse Eisenberg

 

Pyle- Matt L. Jones

 

Gunny Hartman- Robert Patrick

 

Animal Mother- Taylor Kitsch

 

Eightball- Brian White

 

Cowboy- Joseph Mazzello

Yes, but who plays the "Me So Horny" gal?