Cast The Movie In A Previous Time

[Web-Head]

James Dean as Barry Allen (Will add more to this later)

 

[Sawyer]

Ehh. I don't think having a need for speed worked out all that well for him in life.

 

[Web-Head]

Ehh. I don't think having a need for speed worked out all that well for him in life.

Touche..touche.

 

[David H.]

Ehh. I don't think having a need for speed worked out all that well for him in life.

I feel bad for laughing.

 

[Breogan]

James Dean as Barry Allen (Will add more to this later)

So, Sal Mineo as Wally West
Natalie Wood as Iris.

 

[Web-Head]

So, Sal Mineo as Wally West
Natalie Wood as Iris.

I could dig it t:

 

[DawnWarrior]

And they can cross over with the Green Lantern movie where Rock Hudson is Hal, and Elizabeth Taylor is Carol Ferris.

 

[Sawyer]

My God, that would be a lot of homoeroticism simmering just below the surface. I'm quite intrigued.

 

[Breogan]

And they can cross over with the Green Lantern movie where Rock Hudson is Hal, and Elizabeth Taylor is Carol Ferris.

Nah, Hal Jordan and Carol Ferris were based on Newman and Taylor.

 

[Breogan]

And by extension that made Robert Redford Green Arrow.
By way of Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid

http://i.imgur.com/gjekjxL.jpg

 

[David H.]

Nice. Time to get working on a Superman cast starring Harold Lloyd.

 

[Breogan]

Nice. Time to get working on a Superman cast starring Harold Lloyd.

OK 1920s era Silent Batman & Superman Film:

Harold Lloyd' with Mildred Davis as Clark & Lois

Siegel - "We especially loved some of those movies in which Harold Lloyd would start off as a sort of momma's boy being pushed around, kicked around, thrown around, and then suddenly would turn into a fighting whirlwind."

Shuster- "I was kind of mild-manned and wore glasses so I really identified with it"

So with that time-frame (silent era)
Add:
Douglas Fairbanks as Bruce Wayne?

Bob Kane - "I didn't want Batman to be a Superhero with superpowers. So I made Batman an ordinary human being; he is just an athlete who has the physical prowess of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., who was my all-time favorite hero in the movies.

Bill Finger - "Batman was a combination of Douglas Fairbanks and Sherlock Holmes."

Roy Thomas - "Bill maintained (well into the 1960’s) a file of Douglas Fairbanks Sr. photo stills. He showed me the file and said that he would attach selected photos to finished scripts for Bob [Kane] and his assistants to use as models. I recognized pose after pose."

Obviously: Conrad Veidt as the Joker!

Louise Brooks as Catwoman (Selina Kyle)

Rudolph Valentino as Ra's al Ghul

Lupe Vélez as Talia al Ghul


Chaplin - he should be a hero character, but I want to imagine him playing the Riddler!

Jackie Coogan as Robin.

 

[Breogan]

Edit: moved to untouchable screen classics- http://forums.superherohype.com/showpost.php?p=34201385&postcount=771

 

[David H.]

High-Rise (1974)
Directed by Nicolas Roeg

David Bowie - Robert Laing

Terence Stamp - Richard Wilder

Anita Pallenberg - Charlotte Melville

Carol White - Helen

Laurence Olivier - Anthony Royal

 

[Eddie Dean]

I was thinking a High-Rise with Stamp as Laing, Oliver Reed as Wilder and Laurence Olivier as Royal.

 

[David H.]

I thought of Reed and Olivier as well. Also thought of Malcolm McDowell as either Laing or Wilder.

 

[DawnWarrior]

Nah, Hal Jordan and Carol Ferris were based on Newman and Taylor.

Actually that's even better, because it frees Rock up to play Superman.

 

[Thundarr]

Conan The Barbarian (1970)

Mickey Hargitay as Conan

Jayne Mansfield as Valeria

Bruce Lee as Subotai

Toshiro Mifune as The Wizard

Woody Strode as Thulsa Doom

​

Fixed

 

[Eddie Dean]

High-Rise (1990)
Dir. Peter Greenaway

Jeremy Irons - Laing

Peter O'Toole - Royal

Nastassja Kinski - Charlotte

Gary Oldman - Wilder

Helena Bonham Carter - Helen

 

[Tg11]

Doctor Strange (1989)

Dr. Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange- Alec Baldwin
Karl Mordo- Denzel Washington
Christine Palmer- Michelle Pfeiffer
Wong- Jackie Chan
Nicodemus West- Timothy Hutton
Jonathan Pagborn- William Fichtner
Kaecilius- Daniel Day Lewis
The Ancient One- Emma Thompson

 

[axelbratoski]

When the plans for a Superman film end up in development hell, Warner Bros. decide to sell the film rights for the DC Universe to superproducer Dino De Laurentiis. Fresh off Flash Gordon, the Italian hires his frequent collaborator Lorenzo Semple Jr. to write a campy screenplay based on the Batman TV series (for which Semple had developed and written many episodes). British filmmaker Richard Lester is chosen to direct due to his 60s swinging films and rock band ELO is commissioned to compose the score (inspired by the success of Queen's Flash Gordon soundtrack). Thinking big, De Laurentiis plans to develop a franchise based on the other DC superheroes. Batman: The Movie is a hit in Europe but gets slaughtered by most critics (effectively putting the hopes for a franchise to rest), with few of them appreciating it's tongue-in-cheek style and comic-strip sensibility. Despite the bad reception and its "success" at the Razzies it gathers a large cult following, mainly because of its campy tone, over-the-top performances and bombastic soundtrack.
​

Batman: The Movie (1984)
Directed by Richard Lester
Written by Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Produced by Dino de Laurentiis
Soundtrack by Electric Light Orchestra

Tom Selleck - Batman / Bruce Wayne

Zach Galligan - Robin / Dick Grayson

Raul Juliá - The Joker

Ornella Muti - Catwoman / Miss Kitka

Ned Beatty - The Penguin

Christopher Lloyd - The Riddler

Desmond Llewelyn - Alfred Pennyworth

Richard Crenna - Commissioner Gordon

M. Emmet Walsh - Chief O'Hara

Sam J. Jones - Superman (cameo)

 

[Panthro]

When the plans for a Superman film end up in development hell, Warner Bros. decide to sell the film rights for the DC Universe to superproducer Dino De Laurentiis. Fresh off Flash Gordon, the Italian hires his frequent collaborator Lorenzo Semple Jr. to write a campy screenplay based on the Batman TV series (for which Semple had developed and written many episodes). British filmmaker Richard Lester is chosen to direct due to his 60s swinging films and rock band ELO is commissioned to compose the score (inspired by the success of Queen's Flash Gordon soundtrack). Thinking big, De Laurentiis plans to develop a franchise based on the other DC superheroes. Batman: The Movie is a hit in Europe but gets slaughtered by most critics (effectively putting the hopes for a franchise to rest), with few of them appreciating it's tongue-in-cheek style and comic-strip sensibility. Despite the bad reception and its "success" at the Razzies it gathers a large cult following, mainly because of its campy tone, over-the-top performances and bombastic soundtrack.
​

Batman: The Movie (1984)
Directed by Richard Lester
Written by Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Produced by Dino de Laurentiis
Soundtrack by Electric Light Orchestra

Tom Selleck - Batman / Bruce Wayne

Zach Galligan - Robin / Dick Grayson

Raul Juliá - The Joker

Ornella Muti - Catwoman / Miss Kitka

Ned Beatty - The Penguin

Christopher Lloyd - The Riddler

Desmond Llewelyn - Alfred Pennyworth

Richard Crenna - Commissioner Gordon

M. Emmet Walsh - Chief O'Hara

Sam J. Jones - Superman (cameo)

Awesome

 

[Longuecarabine]

British Reservoir Dogs (2002):

Mr. White: Liam Neeson

Mr. Orange: Christian Bale

Mr. Pink: Ewan McGregor

Mr. Blonde: Daniel Craig

Mr. Brown: Andrew Lincoln

Mr. Blue: Bernard Hill

Nice Guy Eddie: Nick Frost

Joe Cabot: Ian Holm

Holdaway: Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje

 

[Longuecarabine]

The Magnificent Seven (1989)

Sam Chisolm: Sidney Poitier

Joshua Faraday: Kurt Russell

Goodnight Robicheaux: Ed Harris

Jack Horne: Brian Blessed

Billy Rocks: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Vasquez: Richard Chaves

Red Harvest: Eric Schweig

Bartholomew Bogue: Al Pacino

Emma Cullen: Diane Lane

McCann: Marshall Teague

Denali: Sonny Landham

 

[Longuecarabine]

X-Men: First Class (1993)

Charles Xavier: Hugh Grant

Erik Lensherr: Sean Bean

Raven Darkholme: Rebecca Romjin

Moria MacTaggert: Madeleine Stowe

Sebastian Shaw: Martin Sheen

Hank McCoy: Ewan McGregor

Alex Summers: Matt Damon

Sean Cassidy: Jared Leto

Emma Frost: Rebecca de Mornay

with Mel Gibson as Logan