Comic fans, cast the comic book movie of your choice

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For John Constantine, either Paul Bettany, Ewan McGregor, or Kiefer Sutherland would have been my picks. Kiefer would’ve been the perfect compromise since the filmmakers had the overwhelming need to make JC American, but he’s actually a great actor who looks the part, and could bring menacing darkness and sleazy charm to the character. Keanu Reeves as JC is much worse casting than Halle Berry as Catwoman–and Halle was atrocious casting. (My pick for Catwoman was Gina Gershon, or perhaps Rose McGowan.)

Preacher cast:
Jesse Custer - Matthew McConaughey, Johnny Depp, or Vince Vaughn
Tulip O’Hare - Patricia Arquette
Cassidy - Gary Oldman
Herr Starr - John Malkovich
Featherstone - Joan Cusack
Hoover - Orlando Jones
The Saint of Killers - Lance Hendricksen or Clint Eastwood
Jody - Nicholas Cage
T.C. - Sean William Scott or Steve Buscemi

Sleeper cast:
Holden Carver - George Clooney
Tao - Guy Pearce or Jude Law
John Lynch - Clint Eastwood
Miss Misery - Julianne Moore
Genocide Jones - The Rock
Triple-X Ray - Steve Buscemi
Victoria (or is it Veronica?) - Gillian Anderson

Wildcats cast:
Jack Marlowe/Spartan - ??? (any suggestions?)
Cole Cash/Grifter - Brad Pitt
C.C. Rendozzo - Julianne Moore
Agent Wax - Jay Mohr
Edwin Dolby - Taye Diggs
Agent Orange - the guy who played the alien bounty hunter on The X-Files
Sam Garfield - Ron Rifkin

Starman cast:
Jack Knight - John Cusack, Johnny Depp, or Vince Vaughn
Ted Knight - Paul Newman
David Knight - Edward Norton
The Shade - Jonathan Pryce, Jude Law, or Johnny Depp
Nash - Angelina Jolie or Lori Petty
Mikaal Tomas - David Bowie
Clarence O’Dare - Eric Stoltz
Hope O’Dare - Natasha McElhone (from Ronin)
Dr. Phosphorous - Steve Buscemi
Jake “Bobo” Bennetti - Michael Madsen

DC superheroes:
Superman - Bruce Campbell
Wonder Woman - Catherine Zeta-Jones or Monica Bellucci
Elongated Man - Conan O’Brien
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) - Alec Baldwin or Jude Law
Green Lantern (Alan Scott) - Robert Redford
Guy Gardner - Denis Leary
Booster Gold - Ted McGinley, Craig Kilborn, or Jay Mohr
Blue Beetle - ??? (any suggestions? He’s my favorite superhero!)

Madman - Jake Gyllenhaal, Elijah Wood, or Johnny Depp

Grendel (Hunter Rose) - Billy Zane, Guy Pearce, or Jude Law

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BBVL - some absolutely inspired choices - one or two I disagree with, but that’s life. I’ve got a suggestion for the Booster Gold/Blue Beetle pair that some will hate, but I think it’s the perfect fit.

Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller.

Eh?

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CandidGamera, I love it.

Big Bad Voodoo Lou, I am mostly in agreement with you about your *Starman * choices, especially for David Knight. I haven’t decided who I’d like for a few of those roles. Who do you think for Solomon Grundy? I loved nice Grundy.

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Doom Patrol Morrison Era

Cliff and Rebus would be under make up most of the time, so looks aren’t that important.

Cliff (Robotman) - Russel Crowe
Rebus - Tim Roth
Crazy Jane - Kate Beckinsale
Cheif - Sean Connery
Josh (Tempest) - Avery Brooks (would like to see him again)
Dorothy - One of the Olson Twins

The Brotherhodd of Dada

Mr. Nobody - David Spade
Sleepwalk - Robin Wright Penn
Frenzy - Eric LaSalle
The Fog - Wallace Shawn
The Quiz - Lucy Liu

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I have to disagree here. Cusack and Depp are just too old to play Jack Knight. I coud maybe see Vaughn in the role, but I don’t think he has the right build. I could see Shane West doing it if he looked just a bit older.

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Oh, it’s probably already been suggested somewhere, but …

Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns, with Clint Eastwood.

I mean, it’s obvious.

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Not all that obvious to me. Burt Reynolds, now - but you’d never persuade him to shave his moustache.

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Clint Eastwood as the Joker.

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The Warlord

Morgan - Val Kilmer
Tara - Anne Hathaway
Machiste - Ving Rhames
Mariah - Milla Jovovich
Jennifer - Scarlett Johansson
Deimos - Marc Alaimo

I can’t tell whether I suck at this or whether this would be a movie doomed to suckitude. Maybe a little from column A and a little from column B.

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I’m with you for the rest of the choices, but I can’t picture how on earth you came up with this one.

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Captain Marvel: The Rock

Isis: Stacey Haiduk. Since DC has decreed Shazam to be an ancient Egyptian wizard, we can work her into the story somehow.

Shazam: Ian McKellan or Christopher Lee. Either one would work fine.

**Captain Marvel, Jr. ** : Tom Welling

Mary Marvel: I’m open to suggestions.

Billy Batson: Daniel Radcliff is getting too old. I’m open to suggestions.

Black Adam: David Suchet, reprising his role as the terrorist from Executive Decision.

Dr. Sivana: Robert Carradine. Take his character from Revenge of the Nerds, shave his head, put him in a lab coat, and you have the perfect Dr. Sivana.

Mr. Tawney: Martin Short. Digitally replace his head and hands with a CGI tiger, and have him do a toned-down version of his Ed Grimley voice.

Mr. Mind: CGI, with Paul Reubens doing the voice.

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George Eads from CSI should play Captain Marvel.

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Mary Marvel: I’m open to suggestions.

Jennifer Connelly, the First Lady of Comic Book Movies?

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Cerebus the Aardvark

Cerebus - CGI with some tough guys voice (maybe Hugh Jackman?)

Elrod the Albino - Topher Grace

The Cockroach - The Rock

Lord Julius - Gabe Kaplan

Astoria - The woman who played the mom on Home Improvement. She’s have to loose some weight though

Jaka - Amy Smart

Necross the ha ha ha ha Mad/Thrunk - John Cleese

Red Sophia - Laura Prepon (wouldn’t you love to see her in a chain mail bikini?)

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Thanks to Big Voodoo Lou for showing me to this thread! (Kinda new around here).

Hey, here’s an idea:

You know how Hollywood has come up with dumb and well, “Hollywood” casting decisions? Let’s do a Hollywood style STUPID casting choices. Think like a typical Hollywood producer who doesn’t understand comics and who won’t bother listening to the fans.

Avengers movie:
Captain America – Greg Kinnear
Iron Man – Ben Stiller
Hawkeye – Owen Wilson
Thor – The Rock
Vision – Jeff Goldblum
Scarlet Witch – Jennifer Love Hewitt
Wasp – Halle Berry
Quicksilver – Kevin Bacon
Wonder Man – George Clooney

Villains:
Loki – Paul Reuben
Kang – Robert de Niro
Ultron – CGI with Kelsey Grammer voicing

Defenders movie:
Dr Strange – Kevin Kline
Hulk – CGI with ANG LEE doing the honours again!!
Silver Surfer – Vin Diesel
Namor – Orlando Bloom (unless Roy Horn is well enough again)
Nighthawk – Luke Perry
Valkyrie – Sarah Jessica Parker