# Any Talk of a Gilligan's Island Movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 27, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-talk-of-a-gilligans-island-movie/491027 "2009-03-27T20:42:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-talk-of-a-gilligans-island-movie/491027/1 "2009-03-27T20:42:10Z")
Several old TV shows have been made into movies, with mixed results (_The Brady Bunch Movie_ = Teh Awesome; _The Dukes of Hazzard_ = Teh Suxxors). Anyone with any inside knowledge of the movie industry (or perhaps a subscription to _Variety_) know if there’s been any talk of making a movie out of _Gilligan’s Island_? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-talk-of-a-gilligans-island-movie/491027/2 "2009-03-27T20:43:26Z")
There were several with the original cast. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-talk-of-a-gilligans-island-movie/491027/3 "2009-03-27T20:46:34Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Anyone with any inside knowledge of the movie industry (or perhaps a subscription to _Variety_) know if there’s been any talk of making a movie out of _Gilligan’s Island_? One had been listed on the IMDb years ago, with Brian Dennehy cast as The Skipper, but it was a hoax. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-talk-of-a-gilligans-island-movie/491027/4 "2009-03-27T20:47:52Z")
[QUOTE=ElvisL1ves] There were several with the original cast. [/QUOTE] [The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan’s Island](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082502/), anyone? ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-talk-of-a-gilligans-island-movie/491027/5 "2009-03-27T20:57:06Z")
I think somebody could go very far with a movie in which a small ship is wrecked on an island and the passengers find the corpses of 6 people, 3 men and 3 women, several derelict huts and a number of bamboo/coconut contraptions along with a diary describing their time on the island and ultimate grisly end at the hands of the 7th, utterly insane member of their party, **GILLIGAN**. And from the jungle, somebody is watching… ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-talk-of-a-gilligans-island-movie/491027/6 "2009-03-27T20:58:58Z")
Nah, he’d be the first one voted off the island at Council. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-talk-of-a-gilligans-island-movie/491027/7 "2009-03-27T21:06:35Z")
They tried, but he kept winning immunity. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-talk-of-a-gilligans-island-movie/491027/8 "2009-03-27T21:14:38Z")
[A deal has been signed by Sherwood Schwartz](http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/12/24/gilligans-island-creator-wants-michael-cera-to-play-gilligan-in-movie-adaptation/). According to this story, Schwartz wants Michael Cera for Gilligan and Beyonce for Ginger. I used to think Adam Sandler would make a good Gilligan, but he’s probably too old now. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-talk-of-a-gilligans-island-movie/491027/9 "2009-03-27T21:35:03Z")
OK, let’s cast this ourselves! Gilligan - Justin Long The Skipper - Brendan Gleeson Mr. Howell - J. K. Simmons Lovey - Christine Baranski Ginger - Isla Fisher The Professor - Alexis Denisof Mary Anne - Katie Holmes ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-talk-of-a-gilligans-island-movie/491027/10 "2009-03-27T22:04:18Z")
Nice cast list, but I’d make one change. Christine Baranski lacks the sweet daffiness to play Lovey Howell. Send in Rita Rudner. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-talk-of-a-gilligans-island-movie/491027/11 "2009-03-27T22:11:05Z")
Beyonce? Ew. I think that a younger Martin Short would have been the perfect Gilligan. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-talk-of-a-gilligans-island-movie/491027/12 "2009-03-27T22:27:26Z")
I just realized that my boss is a dead ringer for Gilligan. I’m not sure why I never noticed this until now. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-talk-of-a-gilligans-island-movie/491027/13 "2009-03-27T22:43:30Z")
> [@photopat](#): > > I think somebody could go very far with a movie in which a small ship is wrecked on an island and the passengers find the corpses of 6 people, 3 men and 3 women, several derelict huts and a number of bamboo/coconut contraptions along with a diary describing their time on the island and ultimate grisly end at the hands of the 7th, utterly insane member of their party, **GILLIGAN**. > > And from the jungle, somebody is watching… Novel…but I have a better plot involving a conspiracy by one member to keep the rest of them on the island, only it turns out that _they’re all the same person but with multiple identities!_ Whadaya think? Mom called it, “psychologically taut.” Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-talk-of-a-gilligans-island-movie/491027/14 "2009-03-27T22:48:40Z")
I think I saw that movie already. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-talk-of-a-gilligans-island-movie/491027/15 "2009-03-27T22:50:13Z")
_Gilligan’s Island?_ No way, man; you’re thinking too small. It’s been done. But there’s another closely related property that’s perfect for the big screen! It’s got all the name recognition of _Gilligan’s Island_, plus guaranteed summer blockbuster potential! I’m talking, of course, about a live-action film version of [Gilligan’s Planet!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilligan%27s_Planet) Think about it! All the lovable wackiness and hi-jinks of the original series, but IN SPACE! Laff-a-minute komedy kapers, with a modern multimillion-dollar FX budget! Talk about your crossover appeal! Think of the merchandising! This could be BIG! Bigger than **Lost in Space**! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-talk-of-a-gilligans-island-movie/491027/16 "2009-03-27T23:22:20Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > OK, let’s cast this ourselves! > > Gilligan - Justin Long > The Skipper - Brendan Gleeson > Mr. Howell - J. K. Simmons > Lovey - Christine Baranski > Ginger - Isla Fisher > The Professor - Alexis Denisof > Mary Anne - Katie Holmes I suppose I’m showing my age, but I have absolutely no clue who any of these people are. I haven’t even heard the names before. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-talk-of-a-gilligans-island-movie/491027/17 "2009-03-27T23:28:21Z")
I know that Brendan Gleeson played Mad-Eye Moody in _Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire_. And Katie Holmes is Mrs. Tom Cruise. So, I figure Tom would insist on playing the Professor. But the whole idea is just _wrong_. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-talk-of-a-gilligans-island-movie/491027/18 "2009-03-27T23:39:57Z")
[Simon Baker](http://www.fancast.com/blogs/wp-content/post_images/Big-Blog-Template-Simon-Baker.jpg) (of _The Mentalist_) is sort of a Professor look-alike. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-talk-of-a-gilligans-island-movie/491027/19 "2009-03-27T23:41:30Z")
Oh and if Michael Cera is Gilligan, then Seth Rogan is surely The Skipper. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-talk-of-a-gilligans-island-movie/491027/20 "2009-03-27T23:51:26Z")
Kelsey Grammer as Mr. Howell. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-talk-of-a-gilligans-island-movie/491027.md?page=2)