Casting "Champions Universe: The Motion Picture"

[texaspoet]

Hehe, what about Anthony Hopkins for Destroyer?

[Comic]

Clive Owen for .. oh. Menton's taken.

Well, he'll be fine for someone, I'm sure.

[lapsedgamer]

Clive Owen would make a great Hazard. If you saw him in Shoot Em Up, you know where I'm going with that.

[Tom]

Here's a silly thread...

Who are some actors and actresses that you all think are particularly well-suited to playing Champions Universe characters? I'll start off with one that I think is a slam-dunk no-brainer...

Christina Ricci as Mind Slayer

Actually, looking at the pic, I'm thinking Talisman more than Mind Slayer...

[BobGreenwade]

Whoever played Menton would have to be good at both portraying both sophisticated and coldly sociopathic -- any ideas?

And probably sensual (in a slimy way), and preferably Spanish. How about Antonio Banderas?

That's exactly who I was about to suggest (he occurred to me last night as I was drifting off to sleep).

For voicing Mechanon, what would y'all say about Dennis Haysbert?

[Steve]

Actually, looking at the pic, I'm thinking Talisman more than Mind Slayer...

That does seem a better fit to me too.

I'm surprised no one's mentioned James Earl Jones for any voice-acting. Although having him do Mechanon or Dr. Destroyer might be a little... odd.

[FenrisUlf]

That does seem a better fit to me too.

I'm surprised no one's mentioned James Earl Jones for any voice-acting. Although having him do Mechanon or Dr. Destroyer might be a little... odd.

Well, he voiced Darth Vader in the first trilogy. I'd say he could do a great job voicing either Mechanon or Doctor D.

[Enforcer84]

Scarlet Johanson as Lady Blue

[Greywind]

Katherine Heigl or Elisha Cuthbert for Howler

[Derek Hiemforth]

Scarlet Johanson as Lady Blue

Good call!

[Blue Jogger]

That does seem a better fit to me too.

I'm surprised no one's mentioned James Earl Jones for any voice-acting. Although having him do Mechanon or Dr. Destroyer might be a little... odd.

That would be perfect, just put it in the backstory of creating Mechanon.

(Marksman is running his final diagnositics.)
Mechanon: "Good evening, sir. If you are finished, I would like to start preparing dinner. Plus, the other hereoes will be returning from their shift soon and some of them are wounded."
Rose: "He sounds like James Earl Jones."
Marksman: "The fact that he used the same software as Steven Hawkings bothered me, so I changed his voice."
Rose: (sarcastically) "Darth Vader is so much better."
Marksman: "No, no, it's perfect, Mechanon say, 'Welcome to Homestead'"
Mechanon: "Welcome to Homestead"
Rose: "'You underestimate the power of the Darkside.'"
Mechanon: "I do not understand, what is Darkside?"
Marksman: "Nevermind, state your prime directives."
Mechanon: "I am the Mechanon-series Robot. Directive One: I am to follow the orders of any Champion. Directive Two: Help humanity as long as it does not disobey Directive One. Directive Three: "
Rose: (sarcastically with a deep voice) "Destroy the Organics."
Marksman: "Rose!" (pause) "Ok, tomorrow I'll change it. Mechanon, execute orders."

View from Mechanon shows "Priority One Order: Destroy the Organics" on his head-up display.

Mechanon: "Very well. I shall make the preperations."

[BobGreenwade]

That would be perfect, just put it in the backstory of creating Mechanon.

(Marksman is running his final diagnositics.)
Mechanon: "Good evening, sir. If you are finished, I would like to start preparing dinner. Plus, the other hereoes will be returning from their shift soon and some of them are wounded."
Rose: "He sounds like James Earl Jones."

This might be very interesting if this was still the origin story for Mechanon. As it is, Marksman and Rose never existed in the CU.

[Southern Cross]

Actually,I thought of James Earl Jones voicing Firewing.

[wcw43921]

Well, the last time we discussed this topic--

http://www.herogames.com/forums/show...hampions+Movie

I posted these suggestions--

I'd rather have Michael Clark Duncan as Dark Seraph.

Sir Ian McKellen could be Doctor Destroyer--he's one of the few I can think of who looks as old as Destroyer is supposed to be. (No offense to Sir Ian.)

Mechanon is depcited by a cross of CGI and animatronics courtesy of Stan Winston Studios. Its voice is the Cylon Centurion voice from the original Battlestar Galactica.

Mark Hamill is a good choice for Foxbat, as is Paul Reubens. But someone else on a thread long ago suggested Johnny Depp, and that's who I'm going with.

Bruce Campbell should be the Champions version of Silver Age Superman, Vanguard. I think he'd be great as the ultimate hero who makes the ultimate sacrifice.

As For the Champions--

Defender------Matthew McConaghey
Nighthawk----Vin Diesel
Sapphire------Christina Aguilera
Witchcraft-----Sorry, I got nothin'
Ironclad-------Christopher Judge
Kinetik---------Tyrese

I've said before that Robert Picardo would be perfect for Beamline, and I have great confidence that he will eventually escape into the 5th Edition Universe.

Since then, I've decided that Jennifer Love Hewitt would be great as Witchcraft.

Also--

While others have suggested Mark Hamill as Foxbat, I'd like to see him go all dark and twisted--as Blowtorch.

And I'd like to see James Callis (Baltar on the new Battlestar Galactica) go all sinister as Giles de Morphant--the Black Paladin.

And while I thought Billy Zane made a great hero as The Phantom, I think he'd be great as Holocaust, or perhaps VIPER's Supreme Serpent.

I also think Zane would work well as Menton. He's handsome enough and could do understated evil quite easily.

As for directors--I'm thinking either Robert Rodriguez or Bryan Singer. Perhaps both.

Should we get Kurt Busiek to write the screenplay, or does someone on these boards want to take a crack at it?

And I want Alex Ross to do the movie posters. I think we can all agree on that--

[Cygnia]

For Bulldozer...

Big guy that refuses to sell for anyone and disrespects women to boot?

Bill Goldberg