spacebat
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If it were good enough to stand toe to toe with the Avengers movie would you really fault them for it? I sure as hell wouldn't...
Hey Kids - Let's cast THE JUSTICE LEAGUE (plus a rumor I heard at WB)
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If it were good enough to stand toe to toe with the Avengers movie would you really fault them for it? I sure as hell wouldn't...
Father
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Why do people always want to recycle actors that are already playing other characters?
I've probably said this before but I think Michael Shanks, Ben Browder, Nathan Fillion, Jason Bateman, and Jason Lewis would be great comic heroes.
Yes, I said Bateman. He has a good serious look when he wants (reference The Kingdom), but still has the comic appeal when needed. Not sure which role to plug him into though.
Jason Lewis looks like he was drawn by comic artists. Cast him as Flash maybe?
I think Shanks, Browder and Fillion are still young enough to pull it off. Fillion as GL, Shanks as Aquaman, Browder as whoever... Goliath or Martian Manhunter?
Wonder Woman... I started a casting call thread for her a few months ago and there were some good picks. I really like Jemma Arterton (reference Hansel & Gretel for her in an action role). There were a couple others in my list I think would work for her as well.
I don't care about Green Arrow or Black Canary... they're minor characters to me. How about Charlie Hunnam for GA and any blonde bim that looks good in fishnets as BC.
Looks like Bats and Supes are more or less picked for now.
I've probably said this before but I think Michael Shanks, Ben Browder, Nathan Fillion, Jason Bateman, and Jason Lewis would be great comic heroes.
Yes, I said Bateman. He has a good serious look when he wants (reference The Kingdom), but still has the comic appeal when needed. Not sure which role to plug him into though.
Jason Lewis looks like he was drawn by comic artists. Cast him as Flash maybe?
I think Shanks, Browder and Fillion are still young enough to pull it off. Fillion as GL, Shanks as Aquaman, Browder as whoever... Goliath or Martian Manhunter?
Wonder Woman... I started a casting call thread for her a few months ago and there were some good picks. I really like Jemma Arterton (reference Hansel & Gretel for her in an action role). There were a couple others in my list I think would work for her as well.
I don't care about Green Arrow or Black Canary... they're minor characters to me. How about Charlie Hunnam for GA and any blonde bim that looks good in fishnets as BC.
Looks like Bats and Supes are more or less picked for now.
Since we're already stuck with Cavill and Affleck , I'd prefer lesser known solid actors who actually resemble the characters for a change. I don't want to see a parade of cheezeball celebs cast because they are supposedly "hot". Remember how well Affleck (as DD, maybe Batman,we'll see), Alba, Stallone, Clooney, Berry, Reynolds and Cage turned in such memorable, box office record breaking performances.:wacko
Father
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Depends how they're trying to approach it. RDJ (1965) is older than Fillion (1971) and Bateman (1969)... and Michael Shanks (1970). Browder (1962) is actually older than RDJ.
Mark Ruffalo (1967) has a couple of my picks beat too... granted his alter-ego is CG'ed. But then you have SLJ (1948) and Jeremy Renner (1971). So at least for The Avengers they're not going with all "kids" for their heroes.
An actor with a little age to them, I think, makes them seem wiser and more seasoned looking than barely 30-something. Granted Hemsworth (1983) pulled off Thor well enough and Johansson (1984) also does a great job...
For some reason I feel like DC characters should be more grownup looking. None of the people I listed as so old they can't get into shape so they don't look like Grumpy Old Men in spandex.
crabra comander
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It really bothers me when a small physical issue is the only reason someone shouldn't be granted a role. 2 inches is hardly noticeable. Look at Tom Cruise. They do a good job of making him look tall.
YenChih Lin
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While we're at Bateman… I think Dr. Fate would be fitting, no?
Father
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She was already in Avengers.
Why recycle an actor/actress that's already been in a comic book movie as another character. Keep it fresh.
That's what she said
crabra comander
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That's my story and I'm "sticking" to it!
JD
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I disagree, I mean afterall... several actors have done great jobs as multiple characters in comic book movies.
Chris Evans - FF, TMNT (voice), The Losers, Scott Pilgrim and of course: Captain America. (He also played a comic book-like, super powered person in Push - which did have a comic prequel).
Ben Foster's been in The Punisher, 30 Days of Night and X-Men 3; Superman himself, Brandon Routh's done 3; Thor's Heimdall Idris Elba's been in three... there's a whole slew of actors who have done great jobs in multiple comic book movie roles.
The source material shouldn't matter. It's like saying Bruce Willis shouldn't do another action movie because he made Die Hard.
Father
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Maybe it's me then. I'm also more referring to mainstream comics/movies and their respective characters.
I think Evans was a better Johnny Storm than Cap. But that's by far the best example of recycling an actor since they even did it in the same universe (both Marvel characters... even having teamed up in the comics at one point of another). I tried watching The Losers but it made my brain hurt it it was so stupid. Haven't seen Scott Pilgrim. Push was cool. But half of those aren't mainstream... a lot of viewers probably don't even know they're based on comics and the characters don't exist in the Marvel/DC prime universes.
Brandon Routh... one mainstream character and two nons (Dylan Dog and Scott Pilgrim). I don't see a conflict there.
Same with Ben Foster.
I even let Cyclops slide being in Superman Returns... but it irritated me a little.
Now if Patrick Stewart showed up as Lex Luthor I'd be screaming LAME!!!
JD
Master Member
They are actors playing roles. The source material shouldn't matter.
It's like saying [actor b] can't play Romeo because he played Hamlet at some other time.
I can't find the article, but a few weeks ago I read that Green Lantern 2, with Ryan Reynolds, was no longer on hold, but hadn't exactly been green lighted either. Script problems apparently were still holding it up, although that didn't stop them the first time around.
The same article said that Ryan Reynolds contract for the first Green Lantern gave him the option of playing him in sequels and any Justice League movies, but if he turned down whichever one came first they were free to recast the characters.
Back in April or May I saw where he was basically saying the GL2 was a no-go and that likely meant there wouldn't be a Green Lantern in Justice League, because they wanted Superman vs Batman and Green Lantern 2 out before Justice League.
Not sure how accurate any of this information is, I just regurgitate what I read.
JD
Master Member
Well, it would be an improvement... but, not much of one. I mean Chris Pine is the new Jack Ryan - after Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck. Batman's been played by multiple actors (with arguable degrees of success).
But, it's not the point I was trying to make.... not sure if you're misrepresenting what I said or that I just didn't make myself clear.
Again, the source material shouldn't matter. You're saying that an actor shouldn't appear in multiple comic book movies. I think the source material shouldn't matter - and mentioned a few examples of actors who have successfully pulled off multiple comic characters. Comic book stories aren't just Batman and Iron Man, there's much, much more to them then just superheroes.
Inside the same continuity or shared universe is another story altogether (and Johnny Storm and Cap's movie rights were (are?) held by different movie houses). However, that can be done successfully - just look at Doctor Who (the new Doctor appeared previously - and I think one of the companions did as well).
...and I really dug The Losers - the book and the movie.
...and Shakespeare has nothing on Stan.
DuneMuadDib
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I just don't see Cobie Smulders as a distaff Superman with a penchant for bondage.
If Cobie was cast as WW I think it'd be weird since she's very recently been in another superhero property, and once HIMYM wraps up she could become a recurring presence on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. It's one thing to reuse Affleck years after the Daredevil franchise died, or Chris Evans after a few years of that version of the Fantastic Four franchise being dead (I'm ignoring Scott Pilgrim since that was not meant to be a franchise). Presumably the Justice League movie is being targeted at release before the Marvel Cinematic Universe folds, so Cobie could potentially still be a current presence on screen at the same time JL comes out. That'd be weird to me to see her in competing franchises at the same time, and Disney may not go for it.
If Cobie was cast as WW I think it'd be weird since she's very recently been in another superhero property, and once HIMYM wraps up she could become a recurring presence on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. It's one thing to reuse Affleck years after the Daredevil franchise died, or Chris Evans after a few years of that version of the Fantastic Four franchise being dead (I'm ignoring Scott Pilgrim since that was not meant to be a franchise). Presumably the Justice League movie is being targeted at release before the Marvel Cinematic Universe folds, so Cobie could potentially still be a current presence on screen at the same time JL comes out. That'd be weird to me to see her in competing franchises at the same time, and Disney may not go for it.
Are the odds greater or lesser of her mamboing in?
Either way I think it's right to assume Cobie isn't going to be Wonder Woman. Once HIMYM ends this year I figure she'll be one of the people we see appear in both Agents and in the Marvel movies. I don't think she'll be a regular on the show, but I think she'll show up more than a few times a season.
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