Cast classic films with stars of today ay ay ay ay ay!

That's right, take a classic film,something made at least ten years ago please, and cast it as if it were being made today. Same script and everything, just current actors. I'll start it off with Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. (FYI this would be if the prequel had not been made yet as well.)

Luke Skywalker- Shia Labeouf (I like him, shut up.)


Princess Leia- Rachel Bilson


Han Solo- Josh Holloway


Chewbacca (In the suit obviously, same good ole voice lol) - Kane Hodder

Darth vader (again suit, keep the voice) - Tyler Mane

Grand Moff Tarkin- Ralph Fiennes


Obi Wan Kenobi - Sam Neill


Some little person in R2 when he's not CG, and some other person as C3P0 with the voice of Sacha Baron Cohen

I think that covers the main parts, get a couple unknowns for Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen. I'll do the rest of the classic trilogy tomorrow, in the meantime, lets see what classic movies you would cast.

Uh...

Back to the Future

Marty McFly - Justin Chatwin (He shares similar features with his mom and dad.)


Doc Brown- Matt Frewer


Lorraine McFly - Evangeline Lilly Tried to find someone who can pull off teen in instances and adult in others.)


George McFly - Tobey Maguire (Like above, youthful yet adult, but kind of nerdy.)


Biff Tannen - Lochlyn Munro


I made this without thinking of it as a remake, but if it was the original attempt today.

Matt Frewer as Doc Brown is fucking BRILLIANT!

Citizen Cain with Dane Cook as the lead...

Silent K wrote:Matt Frewer as Doc Brown is fucking BRILLIANT!

Agreed, though most of those BttF castings are pretty spot-on.

George Clooney in every Cary Grant role ever.

I must confess to hating Back to the Future, but Bluemaxx rocked it on those picks!


The Empire Strikes Back:

Lando Calrissian- Andre 3000


Boba Fett - Ray Park (Meta right? He's basically famous because of Darth Maul, and I think he'd be perfect for a bader ass Boba.)


Emperor Palpatine - Keith Carradine


That's pretty much it, including Jedi, I don't think any main characters are introduced.

So with Ray Park in the role, would Boba Fett actually do something?

Yes. lol, obviously though, if the films were shot today, everything would be more energetic, like the prequals. The Lightsaber battles for one would be awesomer.

The Breakfast Club

Andrew Clark- Aaron Stanford


Brian Johnson- Adam Brody


John Bender- Edward Furlong


Claire Standish- Rachel McAdams


Allison Reynolds- Anna Paquin


Mr. Vernon- J.K. Simmons


Carl the Janitor- Emilio Estevez

Nice work, Russ! Judging by that picture, I'd almost say Stanford for Bender!

Jaws:


Samuel L. Jackson as Chief Brody




Jeff Goldblum as Hooper



Sam Elliot as Quint:




Rosie O'donnell as the Shark

The Ignored One wrote:
Rosie O'donnell as the Shark

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Combo Mo wrote:The Breakfast Club
Carl the Janitor- Emilio Estevez

Rosie and this gave me a double-laugh.

The Ignored One wrote:Jaws:


Samuel L. Jackson as Chief Brody




Jeff Goldblum as Hooper



Sam Elliot as Quint:




Rosie O'donnell as the Shark

I like your casting, except I'd go with Ben Affleck as the Shark. He could do it.

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Dr. Frank-n-furter: Nina Flowers



Janet Weiss: Olivia Wilde



Brad Majors: Eli Roth



Riff Raff: Crispin Glover



Magenta: Shirley Manson



Colombia: Felicia Day



Eddie: James Franco



Rocky: Robert Pattinson

Damn this is some great casting!

I was all set to argue Shia Labeouf (who i also like) would be better as Han when i saw Matts had picked Josh Holloway for the role. Makes sense age wise and he could totally pull off the snarkiness...!

keep this going you turds!

^ I forgot about this. I'm on it!!!

The Godfather:

Don Vito Corleone: Robert Deniro



Michael Corleone: Johnny Depp



Sonny Corleone: Christian Bale



Peter Clemenza: James Gandolfini



Tom Hagen: Matt Damon



Virgil "The Turk" Salazzo: Harvey Keitel



Captain McCluskey: John Goodman



Jack Woltz: John Malkovich



Fredo Corleone: Steve Buscemi



Connie Corleone: Christina Ricci



Kay: Charlize Theron



Luca Brasi: Rosie O'donnell

The Wizard of Oz

Dorothy Gale - Anne Hathaway



The Scarecrow - Alan Cumming



The Tin Man - Matthew Broderick



The Cowardly Lion - John Goodman



The Wizard - Ian Holm



Wicked Witch of the West - Meryl Streep



Glinda the Good Witch - Amy Adams

Combo Mo wrote:The Wizard of Oz

Dorothy Gale - Anne Hathaway



The Scarecrow - Alan Cumming



The Tin Man - Matthew Broderick



The Cowardly Lion - John Goodman



The Wizard - Ian Holm



Wicked Witch of the West - Meryl Streep



Glinda the Good Witch - Amy Adams

Great casting. Alan Cummings did play the Scarecrow in Tin Man, so I'm not sure if the studio would want a connect with another project. Although, if this is the first attempt... Doug Jones would be my net with Scarecrow. Everyone else is spot on, IMO.

The Blues Brothers

Joliet Jake Blues -- Jack Black


Elwood Blues -- Vince Vaughn


Curtis -- Samuel L. Jackson


Reverend Cleophus James -- Flavor Flav


Ray -- Kanye West


Mrs. Murphy -- Jennifer Hudson


Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper -- Billy Gibbons


Donald 'Duck' Dunn -- Les Claypool


Murphy 'Murph' Dunne -- Ben Folds


Willie 'Too Big' Hall -- ?uestlove


Matt 'Guitar' Murphy -- Slash


Mystery Woman -- Natalie Portman


Head Nazi -- Ben Stiller


Burton Mercer -- Dan Akroyd


Sister Mary Stigmata (a.k.a. The Penguin) -- Kathy Bates


Maury Sline -- Paul F. Tompkins


Chic Lady -- Sienna Miller


Bob -- David Koechner


Tucker McElroy -- Woody Harrelson


Trooper Mount -- Jay Chandrasekhar


Trooper Daniel -- Kevin Heffernan

^ GENIUS!!!

Wow, Knize, you put some TLC into those castings. Sidenote: That Natalie Portman pic gives me the tinglies. She looks great in green.

Debaser77 wrote:^ GENIUS!!!

You're a dear. I wish there were more famous horn players...then I coulda cast the rest of the band.