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remake just announced-which actors do you think for Sykes & George?


the casting for this, would have to be as good as James Caan and Mandy Patinkin was in the original

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Michael Shannon will get the Patinkin role. Obviously. He's in every Nichols movie.

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That actually wouldn't be a bad thing. I could see it. Question is, who plays Sykes? And would we be going more the James Caan or Gary Graham version?

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Nichols said in an interview he plans to work with Matthew McConaughey again. Maybe him or Joel Edgerton? Nichols has worked with him twice.

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If a remake is done how about making aliens different enough from us that it is NOT possible to create them just putting latex makeup on a human actor. Make them physiologically different enough where CGI motion capture is required for the alien's look. Avatar was filmed seven years ago so I know that can be done.

Also, how about a different "weakness" than SEA WATER. Sea Water is too common and weaknesses that are too easy to exploit are not that interesting.

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