Luke Cage casting call (merged)

[Savage]

I don't get why everything has to be a trilogy anyway. What happened to if a movie makes good on it's own you just make a sequel and if that does well then you add another? Not everything is Lord of The Rings. I think it's that trilogies have such a geek connotation what with Back to the Future, and Star Wars, and Indiana Jones and what not but not everything works as a trilogy.

Make a Heroes for Hire movie and maybe Luke Cage or Iron Fist can spin off from that. Most likely Iron Fist though and even then the Heroes for Hire would probably still guest star.

Man do I wish Ving Rhames was younger though. That man is Luke Cage to me. Michael Jai White seems like the best choice to me though.

 

[RockSP]

I don't get why everything has to be a trilogy anyway. What happened to if a movie makes good on it's own you just make a sequel and if that does well then you add another?

Most people would still call that a trilogy.

 

[Savage]

Yeah but nowadays people have trilogies planned from the start like they're so certain it'll even make it that far. I say take a movie series as far as it can go. If you have nothing left or it's not bankable anymore then abandon ship. I just want one good Luke Cage movie and I'll be fine.

 

[Devil]

Well. A solo movies of Luke Cage and Iron Fist can explain their origins and, weel, after this movies introduce they team-up in an Heroes for Hire spin-off. Like the "Avengers" movie.

 

[tamron]

If it really successful, I think they could do a Luke Cage solo flick, an Iron Fist solo flick, a Heroes for Hire flick, and then a Heroes for Hire sequel with the Daughters of the Dragon.

Luke Cage can't have a trilogy. Even Iron Man can't.

Don't look now, but Iron Man has made nearly $500 million worldwide. Its sequel already has a release date. IM can have a trilogy, and he will.

 

[chiefchirpa]

Go read Jon Favreau interview where he said it's very hard to keep excitement alive after 2 movies. He's talking realistically there.

 

[Marcus Spector]

Henry Simmons is a good choice. I would like to see a Powerman and Iron Fist movie. For some reason I'm more interested in seeing that than a standalone film for Luke Cage or Iron Fist.

 

[COAL TIGER]

Yeah Crews is VERY underrated as an actor. I can't believe they'd want Tyrese for Cage. Dude is a walking stereotype. If he played him, I wouldnt' spend a dime on the movie and that's the first for me and a Marvel movie.

In the comics Luke is a walking stereotype.

Except in the 5 part MAX series. He was realistic. But still had an urban attitude.

 

[NoirMan82]

In the comics Luke is a walking stereotype.

Except in the 5 part MAX series. He was realistic. But still had an urban attitude.

In comics you can make a character a bit of a stereotype and get away with it. You try to do that in a movie and you have Jesse Jackson at your doorstep. Not to mention that was never a good take on the character. He was mainly written by white middle-class writers that didn't know the streets or urban culture aside from what they saw in Shaft. Cage needs an update.

 

[RockSP]

In the comics Luke is a walking stereotype.

Except in the 5 part MAX series. He was realistic. But still had an urban attitude.

Uh...that s#@*&y mini was the most stereotypical thing ever involving Cage.

 

[COAL TIGER]

Uh...that s#@*&y mini was the most stereotypical thing ever involving Cage.

Luke was a former gangster. So the way they wrote him in the MAX series was the way he would most likely be like if he was real. That's why it was the best version of him.

In the other comics like New Avengers, they made Luke into the token Black guy that says funny things a lot.

 

[RockSP]

Yeah. See my last post. It still applies.

 

[Savage]

Yeah, he actually seems more toned down in Avengers and Iron Fist than in the MAX series where they were trying to do the modern Shaft thing again.

 

[COAL TIGER]

Yeah. See my last post. It still applies.

You were critizing the MAX version as if it was far more stereotypical. In that comic Luke wasn't going around saying things like "that's wack", "Whaddup homie", or "yo dawg" to sound coo like how they write him some times. In that series Luke spoke the way some urban black guys speak, which is real urban. I live in a urban area and I don't hear black people talking like "yo yo yo dawg whassup, that's wack homie". So what are you talking about?

 

[COAL TIGER]

Yeah, he actually seems more toned down in Avengers and Iron Fist than in the MAX series where they were trying to do the modern Shaft thing again.

Of course in those comics Luke was toned down. They were made so a younger audience can read'em. They basicly made Luke into an urban Superman just like how they soften down Punisher in other comics. Do you actually think Luke would be that soft if he was real. The dude use to be a gangster. He killed people. He had that realistic dark gritty attitude in the MAX series. I know these are just comics but they have to have some realism to them because that makes them more intresting. And I may be wrong about this but from the beginning Luke was sorta based off Shaft just like Blade.

And I recall you saying that Luke was a token Black guy of Marvel.

 

[RockSP]

You were critizing the MAX version as if it was more stereotypical. What are you talking about? The only thing that was different about the MAX version was that he was cursing.

Uh...no. Regular Cage doesn't have gold teeth, hang around in strip clubs, or take money from drug dealers.

 

[COAL TIGER]

Uh...no. Regular Cage doesn't have gold teeth, hang around in strip clubs, or take money from drug dealers.

MAX Luke use to be a gangster (like mainstream Luke) what do you expect? For him to hang out at a church? Wear a suit and tie?

 

[Savage]

Well the thing is he made this big turnaround about his lifestyle while in prison. Almost like he found god so yeah, a church is one of those places I'd expect to see him in. The guy doesn't even swear anymore (at least he's not supposed to). What do you think him saying "Sweet Christmas" is about? The man censors himself. He's Mr. "Don't do drugs and stay in school".

 

[DoomRulz]

Honestly, I'm even surprised Cage is getting his own movie. The guy isn't exactly an A-list Marvel character.

 

[Savage]

Well neither is Blade to this day but he was the first out the gate for the new generation.

Don't have to be an A-lister to be interesting. Hell, a lot of A-listers I find downright boring.

 

[DoomRulz]

Tru enuff I suppose. But considering the competition (IM, Cap as examples) how well do you think he'd get noticed?

 

[Savage]

Just enough to make double the budget, I'm sure, which really can't be that much anyway. I don't think a Luke Cage movie exactly needs groundbreaking technology to bring to life. Some squibs and some wires. That's as high tech as it gets. Maybe some bullet time shots or big things like stopping a movie truck. Basically Hellboy's budget.

 

[Joker's Lackey]

Don't Know if a Trilogy would work for Cage. I rather see Cage and Iron Fist get solo movies, then a team-up, and finish it off with Heroes for Hire. And I can see HOH getting sequels. But I also want a Daughters of the Dragon movie, before HOH.

 

[tamron]

I think introducing DotD in an HoH movie is the best way to go. Female superheroes have such a spotty track record, a solo DotD movie would be risky.

 

[RockSP]

The dude use to be a gangster. He killed people.

You must have only ever read that crappy MAX series.

Luke is not a killer.