Cast the remake of "The Black Hole"!

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As the other fans of Disney’s 1979 film The Black Hole—all five of you—know, Disney currently has plans for a remake, with Tron Legacy director Joseph Kosinski at the helm.

My question for you: who would YOU try and get for the cast?

::crickets::

Fine, I’ll start:

Capt Holland—Kevin Conroy
Lt Pizer—Crispin Freeman

Okay, these two are going out on a limb, as they’re both mostly voice actors, although I know Conroy has done live-action work in the past. But I think they might actually have the right sort of screen presence—the original Captain Holland was played by the 38 year old Robert Forster, which I always thought was interesting, even as a kid. They didn’t try and make him Jim Kirk or Han Solo, they chose a guy who looked like an old career officer.

And I’d like to see Freeman in a live-action role, for once and he has the looks for it. But you could also substitute Garret Hedlund for him, easy.

Dr. Durant—Jeffery Combs.
No question. No one else comes close to Norman Bates playing a nice scientist. :slight_smile:

V.I.N.CENT.—David Tennant
…replacing Roddy McDowell. Although, technically, you could probably use the original voice track, or get that company that replicated Roger Ebert’s voice to synthesize it. But Tennant seems the best modern equivalent.

The other robot, B.O.B., on the other hand, is more of a challenge. He was originally voiced by Slim Pickins…and, well, I don’t think there are many old Cowboy Actors left these days. :frowning:

Reporter Harry Booth—J.K. Simmons.
Too trendy?

Dr. Hans Reinhardt—
Well, either Jurgen Prochnow, Bruno Ganz, or just bring back Maximilian Schell again.

s’all I got, for the moment. Anyone else want to take a stab at it?

::crickets:: Dangit.

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Capt. Holland: Ben Browder, Nathan Filion, Avery Brooks, Rocky Carroll, Mark Harmon

Lt. Pizer: any hunky twenty-something that can act sufficiently testosterone-poisoned.

V.I.N.C.E.N.T.: Paul Bettany. Did the voice of Jarvis on the Iron Man movies.

B.O.B.: I’d pick Sam Elliot, but Kevin Costner could do it (if he would do it). My case for Sam Elliot (as if he needed me to make a case for his “Cowboy” voice!)

Dr. Durant: Let’s stretch a bit. Andre Benjamin or Mos Def. I think they have the acting chops to pull it off.

Or David Tennant. :slight_smile:

Dr. Kate McRae: Aisha Tyler, Milla Jojovich, Danica McKellar (who really does have the brains and education to seriously step into the role!).

Harry Booth: Brendan Gleeson, Michael Shanks, Michael Chiklis, Anthony Anderson, Chi McBride

Hans Reinhardt: Ian McShane, Christopher Waltz, or Christopher Plummer.

Obligatory Ian McKellen and Christopher Lee nods.

I’d nominate Samuel L. Jackson or Morgan Freeman as well, if we could sell them as a “Hans Reinhardt.”

It seems a lot of actors named Christopher make good villains.

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Nitpick: One of them’s a Christoph.

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:smack: I’ve lately developed the tendencies of the AutoComplete function of Word and other text programs, and automatically added an “-er” to the end.

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[QUOTE= ExTank
Christopher Waltz,…

It seems a lot of actors named Christopher make good villains.[/QUOTE]

Then substitute him with Christopher Walken.

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Rocky Carroll got me thinking…Peter Mensah would be pretty good. Although you could substitute Bruce Greenwood if you want Holland to not look like he could simply out-awesome Maximilian to death. :smiley:

Speaking of robots, Shirow Masamune might be someone to get onboard for conceptual work; if only for… …the details of the crew of the Cygnus…and their “hospital.” :eek:

(Hey, if there’s no excuse to hire Wayne D Barlowe for creature design, we need SOMETHING to justify the 3D. Double :smiley: )