Ideal Film Cast

Would that really be that hard. I mean how much screen time did JC and Paul have in the first game. The beginning at Liberty Island, in the hanger before you kill/ save Lebedev, in his apartment before the NSF HQ/warning mission, and depending on whether or you save him, back in China in Tong's hideout. It wouldn't be that hard. Though no movie adaption of any videogame followed the source material 100%, not every charater would make it on screen. The Rentons, Joe Greene, Harley Filben, the Smuggler, were all secondary characters.

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Christian Bale is probably the best guy for the role of JC.

Scott Speedman is also a possibility. He might be believable as JC's brother Paul too.

Arnie would be a great Gunther Hermann, but it's not likely to happen with his political career and all, he doesnt want to promote himself with Hermanns qualities.

James Morrison would make a good Jock.

Zita Görög might make a decent Navarre.

In all i'd prefer to see some authentic actors. Some that are german (in Hermanns case) or that sound germanic, rather than an American/Briton putting on an accent.

I think the film might do well with some relatively unknown actors too, instead of a bunch of massive hollywood stars.

It's a brilliant idea you've got there, compel bast, and I would love to see it. If they simply stuck to the game's plot and characters it would be amazing. I mean, it could be a big hit, especially considering the current climate of fear of terrorism and distrust towards government, and there are so many twists and conspiracies in the game that reflect people's feelings in real life.


Sadly, I doubt anyone could ever get the funding for such a project based on a (relatively) obscure computer game. I live in hope though!

Two excellent points: a movie adaptation would be too short; a television series would do the game justice. It would allow the time needed to flesh out the philosophical ideals that are questioned and introduced throughout. (And with a character that's "not into books" a television series wouldn't have to worry about alienating its audience with highfalutin ideals.)

I like your season deconstruction, and couldn't agree more.

I also think it'd be cool if the television show had some interactivity in season 5: let the viewers decide JC's final fate!

I love the idea of a series as opposed to a film, but FIVE seasons? Deus Ex is amazing and lenghty, but I still think 5 seasons is stretching it, unless each season has less than 10 episodes.

The reason is that it will be difficult to fill up spaces like season one (working for UNATCO) and keep it interesting. People want interesting plot and the one big change is the finale (Paul going rogue). I think this might be somewhere in the middle, and at the end we get Lebedev's jet. There just needs to be more. I would say 3 seasons? With about 12 episodes each (40min). The point is that the game doesn't have everything you will need to fill them all up, thus keep it just long enough for staying power, yet direct and to-the-point to stay true to the game, with enough interesting plot happenings to keep viewers intersted. Other than that though, it really is a great idea. I always thought Deus Ex would make a great kind of cinematic adaptation.

I really like the idea about a tv show i think it would work perfectly.

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Kevin Nash the big Russian from Punisher for Gunther. I know he is not the most popular but I think Colin Ferral looks similar to Denton.

I don't know about all the characters, but the ideal actors for the lead roles seem to be:
Christian Bale as J.C. Denton
Dominic West as Paul Denton
Daniel Day Lewis as Bob Page
Ken Watanabe as Tracer Tong
Jeremy Renner as Jock