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Who'd be right for a Live-Action Remake?

posted 9 years ago by octagonproplex
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Here's my daydreams, but I'd love to learn what others might muse...

The Iron Giant:

Vin Diesel *
Clancy Brown
Ron Perlman
Dwayne Johnson

Hogarth Hughes:

???????
Jack Hollington

Dean McCoppin:

Mark Ruffalo
Mark Duplass
Ryan Gosling
Joaquin Phoenix
James Franco
Chris Pratt
Chris Pine
Garrett Hedlund
Milo Ventimiglia
Robert Pattinson
Josh Hartnett
James Marsden
Harry Connick Jr. *

Annie Hughes:

Rooney Mara
Zooey Deschanel
Emma Stone
Cobie Smulders
Alison Brie
Michelle Monaghan
Lizzy Caplan
Keri Russell
Jessica Chastain
Amy Adams
Kate Beckinsale
Jennifer Garner
Evangeline Lilly
Kate Winslet
Anne Hathaway
Emily Blunt
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Alexa Davalos
Reese Witherspoon
Rachel McAdams
Liv Tyler
Keira Knightley
Natalie Portman
Carey Mulligan
Michelle Williams
Claire Danes
Elizabeth Olsen
Jennifer Aniston *

Kent Mansley:

Armie Hammer
Jason Segel
Damian Lewis
Lee Pace
Will Ferrell
Will Arnett
Patrick Wilson
Thomas Haden Church
Alan Tudyk
Bill Hader

General Rogard:

James Cromwell
Brian Cox
Tommy Lee Jones
Nick Nolte
Terry O'Quinn
Michael Parks
Michael Ironside
Kelsey Grammer
Craig T. Nelson
John Mahoney *
Stephen Lang
Michael Rooker
Alec Baldwin
Tim Robbins
William Sadler

DIRECTORS:

Brad Bird *
Steven Spielberg
Robert Zemeckis
Alfonso Cuarón
Matt Reeves
Frank Darabont
Scott Hicks
Joe Johnston
J.J. Abrams
Jon Favreau
Jay Russell
Ron Howard
Sam Mendes
Lawrence Kasdan
Barry Levinson
Rob Reiner
Joe Dante
Gary Ross
Gregory Hoblit
Chris Columbus
Wolfgang Petersen
Gore Verbinski
Michael Bay
Peter Jackson
Guillermo del Toro
Roland Emmerich
M. Night Shyamalan
Jon Turteltaub
John Lee Hancock
Jon Avnet
Steve Miner
Ron Underwood

MUSIC COMPOSERS (Michael Kamen R.I.P.):

Alan Silvestri
James Newton Howard
Thomas Newman
John Powell
John Williams
David Arnold
John Debney
Bruce Broughton
Michael Giacchino
Ed Shearmur
Blake Neely
Mychael Danna
Mark Isham
Howard Shore
Carter Burwell
Rachel Portman
Joel McNeely
Mark Mancina
Randy Newman
David Newman
Patrick Doyle
Randy Edelman
Marco Beltrami
Andrew Lockington
Danny Elfman
Bill Conti
William Ross
Javier Navarrete
Alexandre Desplat
Ilan Eshkeri
Don Davis
Trevor Jones
Christopher Young

CINEMATOGRAPHERS:

Allen Daviau
Robert Richardson
Roger Deakins
John Toll
Roger Pratt
John Seale
Caleb Deschanel
Dean Semler
Janusz Kaminski
Emmanuel Lubezki
Alar Kivilo
Lajos Koltai
Salvatore Totino
John Schwartzman
Greig Fraser
Edward Lachman
Daniel Mindel
Don Burgess
Dean Cundey
Oliver Wood
Philippe Rousselot
John Lindley
Geoffrey Simpson
Shelly Johnson
Dariusz Wolski
Guillermo Navarro
Gyula Pados
Oliver Stapleton
David Tattersall
Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Ueli Steiger

[–] white-37 9 years ago

wow, that's well-thought-out.

[–] haydenhancock 9 years ago

I think for Dean, Annie and the iron giant the voice actors would be great for a live action version

[–] octagonproplex 9 years ago

Yeah, but it seems Dean & Annie are supposed to more like in their late 20's to early 30's, not tempting 50. They'd have been perfect back in 1998 when they voiced the characters though.

[–] white-37 9 years ago

Harry might return, he seems like a nice enough guy. I'd bet Eli would too. But Diesel and Aniston are A-list actors. It doesn't seem like they'd be humble enough to accept returning roles (especially after Diesel's thoughtless tweet). Naw, the movie is more wonderful then their bloated acting careers and guessable egos combined. Besides, I don't think Fanthom Events can afford them. You know, the part where people think they're gods.

[–] leyenda61 9 years ago

They already made a live action version. E.T.

But seriously, I'd be game for a live action but only if it were superb, microcosmic (no pun intended) storytelling. On another note, what if the Giant was biological? Terrible idea, sure, but just something to think about.

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[–] white-37 9 years ago

What, like Transformers?

PROTECT THE ALL-SPARK!

[–] leyenda61 9 years ago

like Transformer how?

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[–] Rebecita77 9 years ago

What tweet?

[–] Rebecita77 9 years ago

What tweet?

[–] herbie20032002 9 years ago

I was watching Eraser last night then saw this movie. One character, General Rogard from The Iron Giant looks so uncanny resemblance of the actor, Andy Romano, The Undersecretary character Daniel Harper from Eraser.

http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Daniel_Harper

http://villainstournament.wikia.com/wiki/File:General_Rogard.jpg

[–] octagonproplex 9 years ago

Good call.

[–] berzelmayr 8 years ago

The Iron Giant Dwayne Johnson
Hogarth Hughes Jack Hollington
Annie Hughes Emma Stone
Dean McCoppin Robert Pattinson
Kent Mansley Alan Tudyk
General Rogard Michael Ironside

[–] octagonproplex 8 years ago

Nice choices, especially Alan Tudyk and Michael Ironside (I'm going to add them to my original options list!)! Good feedback, thanks!

[–] Pzachlen 8 years ago

Must leave THE IRON GIANT as is. As it stands it is a masterpiece for an animated film for all ages.It has a great message for young and old alike It has been done live action a few times before with ET and especially KING KONG . THE IRON GIANT has a certain innocence, naivety and charm that would suffer with all the CGI needed.

[–] octagonproplex 8 years ago

I don't think The Iron Giant is a naïve movie at all. At its heart, I think The Iron Giant's ultimate message underlines the great purity of truth that is Grace; the more difficult stance of individually choosing to abide within the simplicity of stewardship and its uncompromising ethical and empathetic responsibility toward all corresponding things -- which is an incredibly evolved philosophical maturity. In a way, the charming animation masks that depth. The tone and tactility of real environments and performances inherent to live-action could potentially imbue such profundities with more nuance to resonate.

This topic sort of explains the vein and intention I'm imagining:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129167/board/thread/248014703

[–] shauni15 8 years ago

we dont need a live action remake of great movies

it's not gonna be better anyway the film is damn near perfect and it holds up still so why remake it?

remake bad movies with potential or movies that have aged badly not great movies to cash in, that's what's so wrong about hollywood nowadays.

[–] StarskyandChinaHutch 8 years ago

I wanna see this become a reality because you just know white-37 is going to finally snap and dedicate his life stalking the eventual director with murderous intent. But not before making some hilarious fanboy drama on the internet first.

[–] reecetonks 7 years ago

Here's my casting ideas:

Neel Sethi as Hogarth Hughes

Owen Wilson as Dean McCoppin

Jennifer Lopez as Annie Hughes

Rob Riggle as Kent Mansley

R. Lee Ermey as General Rogard

Kiefer Sutherland voice The Iron Giant

Director: Shawn Levy

Music composers: Mark Ayres, Lesley Barber, Mason Daring, Neil Diamond, John Williams, Michael Giacchino, Daniel Mudford, Bear McCreary, Ira Newborn, Keith Forsey, Gary Chang, Randy Newman, David Newman, Ivor Guest, 4th Viscount Wimborne

Cinematographers:
Shane Hurlbut, Wally Pfister, Quentin Tarantino, John Toll, Michael Ballhaus, Michael Chapman, Mike Berlin, Dan Mindel, Hoyte van Hoytema, Tom Stern, Peter Suschitzky, Lula Carvalho, Robert Elswit

Kid on bike "Where you going?"
Charlie Bright "Somewhere".