Recast Your Favorite Movies For 2005 - Page 2

Damn, Tommy, you really make a dude stay on his "A" game.

Just tryin' to keep up, Rath.

Time for one more before I call it a day and check out that PRIMER disc I picked up. Here's DANGEROUS LIAISONS, re-imagined as a PEYTON PLACE-style '50s-era melodrama. Unsure who could handle this - Todd Haynes is too obvious a choice after FAR FROM HEAVEN; Jonathan Demme's a possibility; Jean-Pierre Jeunet, maybe?

Anyway, here's the cast:

Isabelle Merteuil (Glenn Close): DIANE LANE



Sebastian Valmont (John Malkovich): GEORGE CLOONEY



Marie Tourvel (Michelle Pfeiffer): CARRIE-ANNE MOSS



Mrs Volange (Swoosie Kurtz): JUDY DAVIS



Cecily Volange (Uma Thurman): ALEXIS BLEDEL



Ralph Danceny (Keanu Reeves): AUSTIN NICHOLS



Mrs Rosemonde (Mildred Natwick): SHIRLEY MacLAINE



Casting notes: Almost went with Viggo Mortensen instead of Clooney, but Clooney's got that '50s scotch-and-Chesterfields presence that would suit this project. The Pfeiffer role was the toughest but I think Moss could nail the vulnerability the part requires. Evan Rachel Wood, Anne Hathaway and Emmy Rossum were all in mind for the ingenue role, but Bledel has (a) that sweet GILMORE GIRLS rep (I haven't seen SIN CITY yet, so that might be shot to hell) and (b) a slight resemblance to Judy Davis, who's playing her mother. (And I may be outing myself as a filthy old bastard here but I think Rory Gilmore re-enacting Uma's most famous LIAISONS scene - you know the one - would be out-of-fucking-sight.)

Coming soon: MARRIED TO THE MOB and SLAP SHOT (with Owen, Luke and Andrew Wilson as the Hanson brothers).

Hollywood deciding it's a good idea to re-do SAVED BY THE BELL:

Zack Morris



Kelly Kapowsky



A.C. Slater



Lisa Turtle



Screech

Need a younger version of either Rob Schneider or Horatio Sanz.

Jessie Spano



Principal Belding



I stand by my choices!

This may brand me as cheesy in the first degree, but I had a hankering to recast an '80s 'classic'...Tom Holland's FRIGHT NIGHT.

Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale): JON FOSTER



Amy Peterson (Amanda Bearse): MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG



Evil Ed Thompson (Stephen Geoffreys): FRANKIE MUNIZ



Billy Cole (Jonathan Stark): KIP PARDUE



with BILL NIGHY as Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowell)



and JAMES VAN DER BEEK as Jerry Dandridge (Chris Sarandon)



Coming soon: SLAP SHOT and MARRIED TO THE MOB.

Well, I originally tried an all female goodfellas right after your post Rath but got sidetracked, here's mine anyway.

Diane Lane as Henrietta Hill

Michelle Pfeiffer as Janine Conway

Linda Fiorentino as Tammy Devito

Kathy Bates as Paulina

Aaron Eckhart as Darren Hill

I can't be bothered to cast the rest because it's a huge fucking cast.

I found this fun...... Evil Dead 2:

Ash-Ryan Reynolds, hes got the physique and the humor

Linda- Julia Stiles just so I can see her beheaded and eviscerated

Annie- Anna Paquin, nuff said

Ed-Philip Seymour Hoffman, you know you want to see a zombie version him.

Still thinking of Bobbie-Jo and Jake.

I was feelin' kinda masochistic the other night, so I dragged out an old VHS copy of THE RUNNING MAN. Jesus Christ, did everyone involved with this screw the pooch or what? As a huge fan of Richard Bachman's novel, I had such high hopes for this. With the film resembling the book in title only, however, I figured this was as good a place as any to give it an overhaul by recasting according to the novel.

I'll include brief character descriptions to give people unfamiliar with the book a better idea of what to expect, but the plot essentially breaks down like this: It's the future, and everything's fucked. The environment's stuffed, the economy's shot to hell (with a chasm between the haves and have-nots) and the only thing that keeps the population from mass suicide is their addiction to television, which broadcasts insanely dangerous and competitive game shows around the clock.

The most successful is 'The Running Man', and every poor shlub in town is desperate to appear as a contestant. The rules are simple: Go on the run for 30 days, successfully evade a nation of fellow citizens who want to turn you in for cash prizes and a team of network-sponsored hunters who want to kill you, and you win one million bucks.

Ben Richards, 28, smart, poor and anti-authoritarian, enters the game to provide for his wife and sick baby: BEN AFFLECK



Dan Killian, urbane and ruthless head of the network that airs 'The Running Man' and other game shows: JEFFREY WRIGHT



Amelia Williams, a wealthy young woman taken hostage by Ben: MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL



Sheila Richards, Ben's wife: ELLEN POMPEO



Jimmy Laughlin, a cynical 'Running Man' contestant: PETER SARSGAARD



Bobby Thompson, the host of 'The Running Man': GREG KINNEAR



Bradley, a young, streetwise social activist who helps Ben: SEAN NELSON



Elton Parrakis, another activist: PRUITT TAYLOR VINCE



Evan McCone. leader of the team of hunters stalking Ben: ROBERT JOHN BURKE



Screenplay by ANDREW KEVIN WALKER. Directed by DAVID FINCHER.

Coming soon: SLAP SHOT, MARRIED TO THE MOB and TIME AFTER TIME.

My Man Godfrey


Godfrey, the forgotten man (formerly William Powell): Jeremy Northam

Irene, the wealthy girl (formerly Carole Lombard): Jennifer Garner

Cornelia, the sister (formerly Gail Patrick): Elisabeth Röhm

Angelica, the mother (formerly Alice Brady): Sally Field

Alexander, the father (formerly Eugene Pallette): William H. Macy

Molly, the maid (formerly Jean Dixon): Sophie Thompson

Tommy Gray, the friend (formerly Alan Mowbray): Ralph Feinnes

Carlo, the mother's protege' (formerly Mischa Auer): Hank Azaria

George, the boyfriend (formerly Robert Light): John Cusack

Mike Flaherty, a forgotten man (formerly Pat Flaherty): Greg Kinnear

Bumping because wondering if William H. Macy or Steve Buscemi would make a better Lt. Colombo today made me think of this awesome, fun thread.

Nice to see this thread back again. I think I'll recast a foreign film for a change.

The Killer ought to do.

Benicio Del Toro as Jeff (The Hitman)

Mark Wahlberg as Danny(The Cop)

Rachel McAdams as Jenny

James Caan as Sydney (The Hitman who's lost his touch)

Joe Mantegna as Danny's partner

Tcheky Karyo as The evil gangster.

A Fish Called Wanda

Archie Leach (John Cleese) - Bill Nighy
Wanda Gershwitz (Jamie Lee Curtis) - Catherine Zeta-Jones
Otto (Kevin Kline) - Vince Vaughn
Ken Pile (Michael Palin) - Martin Freeman
Georges Thomason (Tom Georgeson) - Ciaran Hinds
Mrs. Coady (Patricia Hayes) - Vanessa Redgrave

I love this thread. I haven't worked on one since last year, so here goes nothing.

E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL

Elliot - Spencer Fox


Michael - Michael Angarano


Gertie - Abigail Breslin


Mary (the kids' mom) - Monica Potter


Keys - Matthew Modine


Tyler (Michael's friend (role that C. Thomas Howell played)) - Michael Schwartzman



Pretty girl in Elliot's class (girl Elliot kisses when he lets the frogs go) - Dakota Fanning


E.T. can be redone CGI work courtesy of ILM, with a reference model from Carlo Rimbaldi.

A cast of random kids, trick or treaters, government officials and guys in clean suits could fill in for the rest of the cast.

I'm going to recast 'The Magnificent Seven' with females.

Susan Sarandon as Chris.



Sharon Stone as Val.



Rosario Dawson as Chico

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Geena Davis as Britt



Emily Mortimer as Lee


Salma Hayek as Bernie



Pam Grier as Harriett Luck



I'm stepping back in time here guys and casting Claudia Cardinale as the villain.

The 2005 remake of SLAP SHOT, directed by Peter Berg:

Reggie Dunlop (Paul Newman): KURT RUSSELL



...and if Kurt's unavailable, we go with DENIS LEARY



McGrath (Strother Martin): ALAN ALDA



Ned Braden (Michael Ontkean): JOSH DUHAMEL



Francine (Jennifer Warren): MADELEINE STOWE



Lily (Lindsay Crouse): EMILY DESCHANEL



'Killer' Carlson (Jerry Houser): JASON BIGGS



Jim Carr, sportscaster (Andrew Duncan): STEVE CARELL



and as the Hanson brothers (Jeff Carlson, Steve Carlson and David Hanson): OWEN, LUKE and ANDREW WILSON



Coming soon: MARRIED TO THE MOB and SPARTACUS

ALIEN

Dallas (Tom Skerritt) - Damian Lewis


Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) - Lauren Graham


Lambert (Veronica Cartwright) - Zooey Deschanel


Brett (Harry Dean Stanton) - Owen Wilson


Kane (John Hurt) - Paul Bettany


Ash (Ian Holm) - Rick Gervais


Parker (Yaphet Kotto) - Djimon Honsou

Buscemi is the answer. Because Macy is Kolchak.

But answer me this, Rath, who would make a better Jim Rockford today? Bruce Willis or George Clooney?

What might have been if Universal hadn't screwed him over.....


JOHN CARPENTER'S THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1995)


David Reed (Richard Carlson)....................... KURT RUSSELL

Kay Lawrence (Julie Adamas)....................... ??? (Any ideas?)

Mark Williams (Richard Denning)................... BRUCE CAMPBELL

Carl Maia (Antonio Moreno).......................... DONALD PLEASENCE

Dr. Thompson (Whit Bissell)......................... SAM NEILL

Lucas (Nestor Paiva).................................... BENECIO DEL TORO

Bit Roles & Cameos...................................... Peter Jason, Robert Carradine, & Tom Atkins

Clooney. Willis is a touch too blue-collar, and even when he's doing the smart-ass thing (as in Die Hard), it doesn't feel like he's having a good time. Clooney gives you the laid-back, rugged/suave, smart-ass and having a helluva ball feel you want for a Rockford.

And if you can't get him, tell Mel Gibson to stop takin' the crazy pills.

Okay, you guys want some heat? Here's some Heat:

HEAT: A London Crime Saga
(Danny Boyle’s follow up to his controversial take on “Glengarry Glen Ross”)

DI Vincent Hannah (Al Pacino)-Gary Oldman



Neil McCauley (Robert DeNiro)-Daniel Day-Lewis



Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer)-Clive Owen



Nate (Jon Voight)-Malcolm McDowell



Michael Cheritto (Tom Sizemore)-Jason Statham



Justine Hanna (Diane Venora)-Olivia Williams



Eady (Amy Brenneman)-Cara Seymour



Charlene Shiherlis (Ashley Judd)-Kate Winslet

Danny Boyle's HEAT: A London Crime Saga Continued...

DI Casals (Mykelti Williamson)-Chiwetel Ejiofor



DI Bosko (Ted Levine)-Hugh Laurie



Donald Breedan (Dennis Haysbert)-Colin Salmon



Lord Reginald “Reg” Van Zant (William Fichner)-Richard Attenborough



Lauren Gustafson (Natalie Portman)-Emma Watson



Kelso (Tom Noonan)-Bill Nighy



Waingro (Kevin Gage)-Tim Roth



MP Alan Marciano (Hank Azaria)-Ricky Gervais



Bean (Danny Trejo)-Sean Bean



Because only Sean Bean can make “They’re all over me like a cheap suit” sound cool.

Still More Heat...

Hugh Benny (Henry Rollins)-Johnny Rotten



DI Schwartz (Jerry Trimble)-Dominic West



Albert Tory (Ricky Harris)-Charlie Hunnam



Richard “Ricky” Tory (Tone Loc)-Dominc Monaghan



Dr. Bob (Jeremy Piven)-Simon Pegg



Ralph (Xander Berkley)-Martin Freeman

I'd watch that version of Heat.

It's Rath's thread, the rest of us just post here occasionally.

And good call on Clooney as Rockford. I had Gibson in mind as well but it seems so long since he wasn't insane that I kinda put him out of the running. Tell you what, though, if Kevin Costner could fully regain the charm he displayed again in THE UPSIDE OF ANGER I'd seriously consider him as Jim Rockford.

Thanks, Tommy. And Costner as Rockford's actually a pretty good choice as well (and am I the only one who finds it hilarious he's playing the inspiration for Ben Braddock in the upcoming "Rumor Has It"?).

Credit has to go to Anderson for a couple of those; he came up with the Oldman as Pacino, and suggested Owen as Kilmer rather than one of the leads, and Roth as Waingro was one of his as well.

The Heat one actually took up most of my afternoon, and I had to get rid of a few of my personal favorites because I didn't feel they fit. I really wanted to find a place for Brendan Gleeson, and tried him out in both Williamson's role (mainly because I think he'd kill delivering that monologue to Christine), and originally had him in the Voight part. However, when I hit upon the idea of McDowell, it seemed better--especially since he's done all those great British crime movies.

The women were probally the hardest part to cast--I almost picked Amelia Warner for the Ashley Judd part, and was racking my brain for the Diane Venora role. Emma Thompson was almost who I chose, but I finally hit upon Williams and it just seemed to click. About the only one that I was certain of was Seymour in the Brenneman part, she broke/stole my heart in Adaptation and I wish she'd get more work. And Emma Watson was just thrown in there (although she'd do a good job) because she's about the only English actress in the age range that I know.

David Thewlis (and Bowie, too*) were a couple who didn't make the cut, but I had to throw in some fan favorites like Freeman and Pegg (and, of course, Bean) in small roles.

Also, as you can see, this version of "Heat" is a little more high class, with Attenborough playing a wealthy, corrupt Lord (in a role that first went to Hugh Grant, then to Kenneth Branagh, before I finally settled on Attenborough) and Gervasis as a member of Parliment.

But it was a lot of fun coming up with the little a-to-bs like Johnny Rotten in the Henry Rollins part. My favorite? The Monaghan-Hunnam combo as the pair of brotherly snitches. Mainly because the idea of Oldman screaming "GIMME ALL YOU GOT!" while Hunnam tries to wiggle his way out of it tickles me to death.

Anyway, thanks for the good words. I hope to do at least a few more of these and actually provide some discussion on them.

*Speaking of Bowie, howsabout a LABYRINTH update? That could be cool.

I was originally going to cast Hayek in the role of Calvera but thought she'd better suited in Bronson's role. Brynner must've been at least 50 when he played the role and McQueen was 30 so I don't think it's too much of stretch.

I'm bored, so I decided to have fun with this one.....


James Cameron's X-Men


Wolverine................................ MICHAEL BIEHN

Cyclops.................................... BILLY ZANE

Professor X.............................. ED HARRIS

Iceman..................................... BILL PAXTON

Beast........................................ EARL BOEN

Jean Grey................................. LINDA HAMILTON

Rogue....................................... MARY ELISABETH MASTRANTONIO

Storm........................................ ANGELA BASSETT




Magneto................................... LANCE HENRIKSEN

Mystique................................... JENETTE GOLDSTEIN

Juggernaut............................... ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER

Sabretooth............................... RALPH FIENNES

The White Queen..................... SIGOURNEY WEAVER

Pyro......................................... ROBERT PATRICK

The Blob................................... TOM ARNOLD

Senator Kelly............................ PAUL REISER

question

how do you attach the pictures?

I wanna do Coming to America.

by the way, re 'a fish called wanda', how about amanda peet or jennifer garner for the female lead? they're likeable and funny. Jones is not

Peet or Garner aren't drop-dead enough to make Archie Leach do what he does in that film.

I don't think I would ever call Jamie Lee Curtis drop dead gorgeous, not at any point in her career. She's attractive............but not to that degree.

Man, how is it every time I read one of these treads, I die a little inside?

Magnolia 2006

Frank TJ Mackey (Tom Cruise) - COLIN FARRELL

Linda Partridge (Julianne Moore) - ANNA NICOLE SMITH

Jim Kurring (John C. Reilly) - PAUL GIAMATTI

Claudia Gator (Melora Walters) - JENNIFER CONNELLY

Jimmy Gator (Philip Baker Hall) - DONALD TRUMP

Rose Gator (Melinda Dillon) - MARTHA STEWART

Stanley Spector (Jonathan Blackman) - DAKOTA FANNING

Earl Partridge (Jason Robards) - IAN McKELLEN

Phil Parma (Philip Seymour Hoffman) - JOHN C. REILLY

Donnie Smith (William H. Macy) - PAUL GIAMATTIAttachment 1936Attachment 1936

Boogie Nights 2006

Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg) - RYAN REYNOLDS

Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds) - MALCOLM McDOWELL

Amber Waves (Julianne Moore) - MADONNA

Rollergirl (Heather Graham) - KIRSTEN DUNST

Buck Swipe (Don Cheadle) - JAMIE FOXX

Reed Rothchild (John C. Reilly) - PETER SAARSGARD

Little Bill (William H. Macy) - PAUL GIAMATTI

Scotty J. (Philip Seymour Hoffman) - BOY GEORGE

There's no way to compete with all these excellent recastings of THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY, so here's my recasting of another terrific Bob Hoskins movie: Neil Jordan's great MONA LISA. The 2005 remake is directed by Joe Carnahan.

George (Bob Hoskins): BILL MURRAY



Simone (Cathy Tyson): ROSARIO DAWSON



Mortwell (Michael Caine): JEFF BRIDGES



Thomas (Robbie Coltrane): PAUL GIAMATTI



Anderson (Clarke Peters): MOS DEF



Cathy (Kate Hardie): KRISTEN STEWART



Jeannie, George's daughter (Zoe Nathenson): EMILY BROWNING



May (Sammi Davis): KRISTEN BELL



Coming soon: SPARTACUS, MARRIED TO THE MOB and my all-female GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS.

Before those, however, here is my cast for the 2005 version of APOCALYPSE NOW, directed by Darren Aronofsky.

Kurtz (Marlon Brando): DANIEL DAY-LEWIS



Kilgore (Robert Duvall): TOM CRUISE



Willard (Martin Sheen): JIM CAVIEZEL



Chef (Frederic Forrest): SAM ROCKWELL



Lance (Sam Bottoms): RYAN GOSLING



Chief Phillips (Albert Hall): HARRY LENNIX



Clean (Larry Fishburne): DEREK LUKE



Photojournalist (Dennis Hopper): ADRIEN BRODY



Colonel Lucas (Harrison Ford): ERIC BANA



General Corman (G.D. Spradlin): JAMEY SHERIDAN



...and because of the ten-image limit, I can't include a pic of WILLIAM FICHTNER as Jerry, the civilian (originally played by Jerry Zeismer), but I just like the idea of Fichtner's distinctive voice saying that one single line: "Terminate...with extreme prejudice".

Talented actresses saying 'fuck' one fuck of a lot - what more do you want out of life? Welcome to the all-female remake of David Mamet's GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, directed by Nicole Holofcener.

Ricki Roma (Al Pacino): EMMA THOMPSON



Shelley 'The Machine' Levene (Jack Lemmon): JANE FONDA



Davina Moss (Ed Harris): ANGELA BASSETT



Georgina Aaronow (Alan Arkin): FRANCES CONROY



Jan Williamson (Kevin Spacey): FRANCES McDORMAND



Blake (Alec Baldwin): CATHERINE KEENER



Jane Lingk (Jonathan Pryce): BONNIE BEDELIA



And coming soon: The distaff version of L.A. CONFIDENTIAL!

Yeah, the idea of Tom Cruise as Kilgore is only matched by the sound of Catherine Keener saying "Do you think I am fucking with you? I am not fucking with you." as only she can.

Great casting.

Before that L.A. CONFIDENTIAL cast I'm working on is finalised, here's the 2005 recasting of a film I really dig, VAMP.

Keith (Chris Makepeace): SHIA LaBEOUF



AJ (Robert Rusler): EMILE HIRSCH



Duncan (Gedde Watanabe): JAY BARUCHEL



Amaretto (Dedee Pfeiffer): SUMMER GLAU



Vic (Sandy Baron): DAVID KRUMHOLTZ



Vlad (Brad Logan): TRIPLE H



Snow (Billy Drago): DOMINIC MONAGHAN



and Katrina (Grace Jones): BAI LING



Directed by LUKE GREENFIELD.

vamp

vamp: nice. Not only was the re-casting really well chosen and imaginative, but it also brought back the long forgotten memory of a film, I too, really dig. Bravo!


I look forward to the LA confidential one, not least because (Dudley Smith's crap Irish accent excepted) it's one of the most well cast films of recent years.

Here it is: L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, the chick flick. Gillian Armstrong's in the director's chair for this one.

Sergeant Jackie Vincennes (Kevin Spacey): MICHELLE PFEIFFER



Officer Wendy 'Barb' White (Russell Crowe): KATE BEAHAN



Detective Lieutenant Edwina Exley (Guy Pearce): ROSAMUND PIKE



Captain Delia Smith (James Cromwell): PAULINE COLLINS



Patricia Patchett (David Strathairn): ELIZABETH McGOVERN



Sydney Hudgeons (Danny DeVito): MOLLY SHANNON



District Attorney Ella Loew (Ron Rifkin): JANE LYNCH



Maddie Reynolds (Simon Baker): MICHELLE MONAGHAN



Len Bracken (Kim Basinger): KYLE MacLACHLAN



Casting notes: Some tough calls here, partially because some roles were hard to cast (two in particular) and partially because there were a lot of cool actresses I would like to have included: Famke Janssen, Sigourney Weaver, Marcia Gay Harden, Lena Olin, Brenda Blethyn, Brenda Fricker, Rachel Weisz and Calista Flockhart, to name just a few.

Pfeiffer was one of my first choices - a bit of her FABULOUS BAKER BOYS attitude would be perfect for Vincennes. I wanted to echo the original film's move of going with relative unknowns as White and Exley: Beahan's an Aussie actress who appeared alongside Eric Bana in CHOPPER, has a supporting role in FLIGHTPLAN and recently landed a lead in Neil LaBute's WICKER MAN remake, while English actress Pike is in DOOM and PRIDE & PREJUDICE. Collins has the jovial and parental manner you need for Smith. I was almost going to go with Megan Mullally in the DeVito role but couldn't subject audiences to her voice. And McGovern I just want to see on-screen again because I adore her.

And thanks to Rath for the suggestion of MacLachlan - remembering that Basinger's character was meant to resemble Veronica Lake, it was a good call that MacLachlan's character should resemble Cary Grant (after all, MacLachlan gave a great performance as Grant in the recent comedy TOUCH OF PINK). That said, I think he could also play a pretty fair Rock Hudson impersonator. See any resemblance?



Coming soon: TIME AFTER TIME, MARRIED TO THE MOB and SPARTACUS.

This isn't much of a cast - only three members! - but I really dig Nicholas Meyer's time-travel fantasy TIME AFTER TIME and wanted to jot down my selections for the 2005 version, directed by SHAUN OF THE DEAD's Edgar Wright:

H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell): GUY PEARCE



Amy Robbins (Mary Steenburgen): ELIZABETH BANKS



John Leslie Stevenson, a.k.a. Jack the Ripper (David Warner): DAVID THEWLIS



The thing is, this is one of those casts where I had a lot of alternates. When I first started thinking this over, I liked Hugh Grant as Wells. Johnny Depp, Steve Coogan and Ewan McGregor all came to mind, as did Hugh Laurie (who could easily play Jack the Ripper as well). And I know Pearce was in that TIME MACHINE remake a few years back, but I figured he deserves to be in a good time-travel flick.

Evangeline Lilly, Lauren Graham and Ione Skye were in the running for Amy.

And as for Jack, well, there's Jason Isaacs, Hugo Weaving, Daniel Craig, Rufus Sewell...but in the end, I could really hear Thewlis saying "100 years ago I was a freak. Here I'm an amateur" (a fucking great line of dialogue). Thewlis would also make a terrific Wells, based on his wonderfully sympathetic performance in PRISONER OF AZKABAN.

I've decided to make things interesting by recasting a foreign film with american actors starting with 'Days of Being Wild'

Leonardo Di Caprio as York



Jennifer Connelly as Sue.



Rachel Griffiths as Mimi/Lulu



Jake Gyllenhal as Zeb



Guy Pearce as Tide



Shirley Maclaine as York's foster mother

All are directed and written by Joss Whedon


BATMAN

Batman/Bruce Wayne: David Boreneaz

Joker: Michael Keaton

Vicki Vale: Charisma Carpenter

Comissioner Gordon: Kurt Russell

Alfred: Anthony Stewart Head

Barbara Gordon/Oracle(In this Batman, Joker cripples Barbara) : Jewel Staite

BATMAN RETURNS

Batman: David Boreneaz

Catwoman: Eliza Dushku

Penguin: James Gandolfini

Gordon: Kurt Russell

Alfred: Anthony Stewart Head

BATMAN FOREVER

Batman: David Boreneaz

Riddler: Jude Law( I envision Riddler as a smart handsome guy who thinks he's smarter than everyone)

Two-Face: Val Kilmer

Meridian Chase: Morena Baccarin

Alfred: Anthony Stewart Head

Gordon: Kurt Russell

ROBIN: Justin Berfield(Bryce from Malcolm in the Middle)

BATMAN AND ROBIN

Batman: David Boreneaz

Poison Ivy: Alicia Witt

Mr. Freeze: Michael Rooker

Oracle: Jewel Staite

Gordon: Kurt Russell

Alfred: Anthony Stewart Head

Been a while in the making, but here is my recasting of Jonathan Demme's MARRIED TO THE MOB. The 2005 version is directed by Todd Phillips.

Angela De Marco (Michelle Pfeiffer): LAUREN GRAHAM



Mike Downey (Matthew Modine): JASON SEGEL



Tony 'The Tiger' Russo (Dean Stockwell): STANLEY TUCCI



Connie Russo (Mercedes Ruehl): KIRSTIE ALLEY



Karen Lutnick (Nancy Travis): AMY SMART



Regional Director Franklin (the late, great Trey Wilson): MIGUEL FERRER



Rita 'Hello Gorgeous' Harcourt ('Sister' Carol East): ERYKAH BADU



The fast-food assassin known as The Clown (Chris Isaak): JASON SCHWARTZMAN



...and VINCE VAUGHN as Frank 'Cucumber' De Marco (Alec Baldwin)



Coming soon: SPARTACUS, maybe EXCALIBUR and I'm trying to work up a new-millennium NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE but it's tough going. Any suggestions?

In continuing my recasting of foreign fllms, I've decided to 'La Dolce Vita' because that film can easily be applied to hollywood.

Johnny Depp as Marcello



Helena Bonham Carter as Maddelena



Jennifer Jason Leigh as Emma



Madonna as Sylvia



Val Kilmer as Rex



Liam Neeson as Steiner

All this recent talk about 'rebooting' old franchises got me thinking about a new GHOSTBUSTERS cast, so I thought I'd toss a few names into the ring and see if I could get some feedback before making final selections and adding images.

By the way, Jon Favreau is directing.

Dr Peter Venkman (Bill Murray): SAM ROCKWELL

Dr Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd): LUKE WILSON

Dr Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis): DAVID SCHWIMMER

Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver): WINONA RYDER

Winston Zeddmore (Ernie Hudson): ORLANDO JONES

Louis Tully (Rick Moranis): MATT STONE

Janine Melnitz (Annie Potts): LAUREN AMBROSE or GINNIFER GOODWIN

Walter Peck (William Atherton): BRADLEY COOPER

Awaiting your suggestions or insults...

Was also considering an updated DOUBLE INDEMNITY with Benicio Del Toro in the Edward G. Robinson role and Topher Grace as Fred MacMurray. Need a femme fatale, though. Was thinking Scarlett Johansson but wondered about teaming Grace and Johansson again after IN GOOD COMPANY. Any thoughts, anyone?

Oh, and someone should do WAGES OF FEAR!

We got time for a few more before we have to start the Recast Your Favourite Movies for 2006 thread?

Well, here's the 2005 recast of Robert Towne's TEQUILA SUNRISE (1988), directed this time around by Christopher McQuarrie.

Dale McKussic (Mel Gibson): DANIEL CRAIG



Jo Ann Vallenari (Michelle Pfeiffer): THANDIE NEWTON



Nick Frescia (Kurt Russell): THOMAS JANE



Carlos (Raul Julia): ARMAND ASSANTE



Hal Maguire (J.T. Walsh): WILLIAM FICHTNER



Gregg Lindroff (Arliss Howard): GABRIEL MANN



Andy Leonard (Arye Gross): ROB MORROW



Coming soon: SPARTACUS, DOUBLE INDEMNITY and THE WAGES OF FEAR.