# CAST the Remakes of Older Movies for fun **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 22, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-remakes-of-older-movies-for-fun/256431 "2004-07-22T23:37:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-remakes-of-older-movies-for-fun/256431/1 "2004-07-22T23:37:47Z")
Can you think of any older movies that you would like to remake and who would you cast in the main roles…I was thinking about this the other day when I saw another thread, I would have liked to have remade Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with either Eddie Murphy or Robin Williams as Willy Wonka and “Bow Wow” as Charlie. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-remakes-of-older-movies-for-fun/256431/2 "2004-07-22T23:42:17Z")
Flight of the Navigator with Alan Cumming as the space ship. I welcome suggestions for david. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-remakes-of-older-movies-for-fun/256431/3 "2004-07-23T00:29:25Z")
BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN- Jeremy Irons as the Monster, Kate Winslet as Mary Shelley/The Bride, Jeffrey Combs as Henry Frankenstein, Winona Ryder as Elizabeth, Ian McKellen as Dr. Praetorius, Rob Schneider (playing it straight) as Karl Beat that! ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-remakes-of-older-movies-for-fun/256431/4 "2004-07-23T01:31:42Z")
Batman & Robin Starring: **Morgan Freeman** as Bruce Wayne/Batman **Patrick Stewart** as Dick Grayson/Robin **Lindsay Lohan** as Barbara Wilson/Batgirl **Tobey Maguire** as Victor Fries/Mr. Freeze **Rosie O’Donnell** as Pamela Isley/Poison Ivy Also featuring: **William Shatner** as Bane **Keanu Reeves** as Commissioner Gordon And guest-starring **The Rotting Corpse of Vincent Price** as Alfred Pennyworth Hey, _I’d_ watch it 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-remakes-of-older-movies-for-fun/256431/5 "2004-07-23T02:26:43Z")
> [@START](#): > > Can you think of any older movies that you would like to remake and who would you cast in the main roles…I was thinking about this the other day when I saw another thread, I would have liked to have remade Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. > > Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with either Eddie Murphy or Robin Williams as Willy Wonka and “Bow Wow” as Charlie. Sorry, you’re too late. Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0383603/](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0383603/) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-remakes-of-older-movies-for-fun/256431/6 "2004-07-23T04:25:36Z")
BELL, BOOK & CANDLE with Tom Hanks as (Jimmy Stewart), Catherine Zeta Jones as (Kim Novak), Robert Downey Jr. as (Jack Lemmon), Andrea Martin as (Elsa Lanchester), and Bea Arthur as (Hermione Gingold). SUNSET BLVD with Susan Sarandon as Norma Desmond, Patrick Stewart as Max, Jude Law as Joe Gillis and Tom Selleck as Ike as Cecil B. Demille. CLEOPATRA starring Halle Berry as Cleo, Patrick Stewart as Julius Caesar, Colin Farrell as Mark Antony (or Danny Devito if you want historical accuracy), Macauley Culkin as Octavius and Lisa Bonet as Arsinoe. HERCULES starring Vin Diesel as Hercules, Viggo Mortenson as Zeus, Jodie Foster as Hera, Demi Moore as Hippolyte and Ian McKellen as Hades. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-remakes-of-older-movies-for-fun/256431/7 "2004-07-25T04:38:57Z")
😃 Matt Damon and Ben Affleck :rolleyes: in :dubious: Midnight Cowboy :eek: ---
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-remakes-of-older-movies-for-fun/256431/8 "2004-07-25T05:29:39Z")
> [@Suburban Plankton](#): > > Sorry, you’re too late. Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0383603/](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0383603/) Yeh I know, Johnny Depp will make a good Wonka but so would Eddie Murphy or Robin Williams. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-remakes-of-older-movies-for-fun/256431/9 "2004-07-25T08:14:19Z")
> [@START](#): > > Yeh I know, Johnny Depp will make a good Wonka but so would Eddie Murphy or Robin Williams. 😉 I think both of them should be banned by law from making movies that are happy instead of funny. Williams has been torturing the world with ‘feel-good’ movies for years, and people who’ve seen Eddie Murphy be funny on SNL wonder at how the hell he ended up doing Doctor Doolittle and The Klumps. ---
**Author:** ![DrMemory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DrMemory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrMemory)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-remakes-of-older-movies-for-fun/256431/10 "2004-07-25T14:06:35Z")
Michael Jackson as Willy Wonka ( his career Could use a boost)