Recast Untouchable Screen Classics

[Panthro]

Highlander today -

Connor MacLeod - Henry Cavill

Juan Ramirez - Antonio Banderas

Brenda Wyatt - Jessica Chastain

The Kurgan - Jason Momoa

Heather MacLeod - Bonnie Wright

Rachel Ellenstein - Michelle Pfeiffer

Lt. Frank Moran - Michael Keaton

Det. Walter Bedsoe - Jack Black


Cameos -

Christopher Lambert as Fasil

Laurence Fishburne as Kastagir

 

[David H.]

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (2016)
a film by Andrew Dominik

Ben Mendelsohn - Benny

Ana de la Reguera - Elita

Richard Jenkins - Sappensley

Sam Shepard - Quill

Joaquin Cosio - El Jefe

with Ben Foster as The Biker

 

[DarkKnight]

One Final Christmas Recast
It's a Wonderful Life

George Bailey: Toby Maguire

Mary Hatch Bailey: Jennifer Lawrence

Clarence: Sean Astin

Mr. Potter: Ed Harris

Ma & Pa Bailey: Sally Field & Martin Sheen

Uncle Billy: John C. Rielly

Bert the Cop: Chris Pratt

Ernie the Taxi Driver: Michael Pena

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Wow! great cast for this film

 

[Eddie Dean]

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (2016)
Directed by Andrew Dominik

Who's The Biker (Kristofferson)?

 

[gwynplaine]

GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (2016)

Directed by Tom McCarthy

Stanley Tucci as Ricky Roma
Richard Jenkins as Shelley Levene
Jk Simmons as Dave Moss
Paul Giamatti as George Aaronow
Corey Stoll as John Williamson
Brian d'Arcy James as James Lingk
with Liev Schrieber as Blake

Good one. Jenkins would make a great Levene.

A Streetcar Named Desire
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Stanley Kowalski - Tom Hardy

Blanche DuBois - Cate Blanchett

Harold "Mitch" Mitchell - John C. Reilly

Stella Kowalski - Carey Mulligan

 

[David H.]

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (2014)

Christoph Waltz - President Merkin Muffley

Edit: Stephen Colbert - General 'Buck' Turgidson (alt. Bob Odenkirk)

Bryan Cranston - General Jack D. Ripper

Christoph Waltz - Group Captain Lionel Mandrake

Garret Dillahunt - Major 'King' Kong

Glenn Morshower - Colonel 'Bat' Guano

Christoph Waltz - Dr. Strangelove

 

[gwynplaine]

^ Nice. I'll try too.

Dr. Strangelove

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Ralph Fiennes - President Murkin Muffley/Mandrake/Dr. Strangelove

Russell Crowe - General 'Buck' Turgidson

Josh Brolin - General Jack D. Ripper

Woody Harrelson - Major 'King' Kong

Louis C.K - Colonel 'Bat' Guano

 

[Silvermoth]

Barbarella
Barbarella - Caitlin stasey
Dildano - dave gandy
Pygar - Douglas booth

 

[Icelander]

Branded to Kill
Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn

Ryan Gosling as the #3 killer
Marion Cotillard as the femme fatale
Mads Mikkelsen as the #1 killer
Kristen Wiig as the wife

a 2017 version of the 1967 Japanese classic by Seijun Suzuki.

 

[gwynplaine]

Soylent Green
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Detective Thorn - Ryan Gosling

Sol Roth - Jack Nicholson

Shirl - Emma Stone

Tab - Garett Hedlund

William R. Simonson - Ben Mendelsohn

Chief Hatcher - Chadwick Boseman

Martha - Naomie Harris

 

[Breogan]

High Noon

Marshal Will Kane - Josh Brolin
Amy Fowler Kane - Olivia Wilde
Helen Ramírez - Salma Hayek
Deputy Harvey Pell - Ryan Gosling
Frank Miller - Jeffrey Dean Morgan​

 

[gwynplaine]

Popeye
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Popeye - Vin Diesel

Olive Oyl - Kristen Wiig

Wimpy - Zach Galifianakis

Bluto - David Bautista

Poopdeck Pappy - Bryan Cranston

 

[aNarcHy2day]

Popeye
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Popeye - Vin Diesel

Olive Oyl - Kristen Wiig

Wimpy - Zach Galifianakis

Bluto - David Bautista

Poopdeck Pappy - Bryan Cranston

I'm not feeling Vin Diesel but other than that it's a fine cast.

 

[Breogan]

My go ...

Popeye - Alan Tudyk
Olive Oyl - Zooey Deschanel

The rest:
Galifianakis (or Kevin James) - Wimpy
Bautista - Bluto
& Cranston - Pappy
are pretty great, I'd add Patton Oswalt as Castor Oyl and Tina Fey to play the Seahagt:

 

[gwynplaine]

^ Good ones.

John C. Reilly or Rob Corddry could also be good Popeye

As for the Seahag, I'm going with Tilda Swintont:

 

[Eddie Dean]

Paul Thomas Anderson's Popeye

Joaquin Phoenix - Popeye

Maya Rudolph - Olive Oyl

Josh Brolin - Bluto

Luis Guzman - Wimpy

Nick Nolte - Poopdeck Pappy

 

[Breogan]

As for the Seahag, I'm going with Tilda Swintont:

She'd kill.

with Gwendoline Christie - Alice the Goon. (seems harsh, although she's actually a very sympathetic loving character)

Paul Thomas Anderson's Popeye
Joaquin Phoenix - Popeye
Maya Rudolph - Olive Oyl
Josh Brolin - Bluto
Luis Guzman - Wimpy
Nick Nolte - Poopdeck Pappy

That'd be one Popeye movie with some freakin bizarre pathos.

 

[Tg11]

Speed (Remake of the 1994 action film classic)

Jack Traven (Keanu Reeves)- Scott Eastwood
Annie Porter (Sandra Bullock)- Katie Cassidy
Howard Payne (Dennis Hopper)- Alec Baldwin
Harry Temple (Jeff Daniels)- John Krasinski
Lt. "Mac" McMahon (Joe Morton)- Delroy Lindo
Doug Stephens (Alan Ruck)- Alan Tudyk
Jaguar Owner (Glenn Plummer)- Donald Glover

 

[Tg11]

Independence Day (Remake of the 1996 classic)

Captain Steven "Steve" Hiller (Will Smith)- Anthony Mackie
David Levinson (Jeff Goldblum)- Scott Foley
President Thomas J Whitmore (Bill Pullman)- Matt Damon
Jasmine Dubrow (Vivica A Fox)- Tika Sumpter
Julius Levinson (Judd Hirsch)- Mel Brooks
Constance Spano (Margaret Colin)- Julie Benz
Russell Casse (Randy Quaid)- Nick Offerman
Dr Brackish Okun (Brent Spiner)- Jim Parsons
Patricia Whitmore- unknown child actor
Dylan Dubrow- unknown child actor
General William Grey (Robert Loggia)- Nick Nolte
First Lady Marilyn Whitmore (Mary McDonnell)- Claire Forlani
Major Mitchell (Adam Baldwin)- Sebastian Stan
Marty Gilbert (Harvey Fierstein)- Eric Stonestreet
Miguel Casse (James Duval)- Tyler Posey
Alicia Casse (Lisa Jakub)- Victoria Justice
Troy Casse (Giuseppe Andrews)- Jake T Austin
Captain Jimmy Wilder (Harry Connick, Jr.)- Joel Kinnaman
Albert Nimziki (James Rebhorn)- William Hurt

 

[Jordacar]

GHOST
dir. Joe Cornish

John Boyega as Sam

Daisy Ridley as Molly

Gwendoline Christie as Oda Mae

Oscar Isaac as Carl

Adam Driver as Willie

and Andy Serkis as Subway Ghost

Of course you can swap them around however you like, or switch them out for Domhnall or Lupita. Heck, Harrison would make an interesting Subway Ghost.
And with this cast, you might as well set it in the UK.

 

[Jordacar]

CASABLANCA
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Nate Parker as Rick

Lupita Nyong'o as Ilsa

Omar Sy as Victor

Jeffrey Wright as Capt. Renault

Giancarlo Esposito as Maj. Strasser

John C. Reilly as Sam

Wendell Pierce as Ferrari

Barkhad Abdi as Ugarte

 

[gwynplaine]

Touch of Evil
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Agent Miguel Vargas - Demián Bichir

Captain Hank Quinlan - Russell Crowe

Susan Vargas - Scarlett Johansson

Tanya - Monica Belucci

 

[David H.]

The Third Man (2016)
Dir. Tomas Alfredson

Michael Shannon - Holly Martins

Leonardo DiCaprio - Harry Lime

Nina Hoss - Anna Schmidt

Mark Rylance - Maj. Calloway

 

[gwynplaine]

The Shining
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Jack Torrance - Chiwetel Ejiofor

Wendy Torrance - Paula Patton

Danny Torrance - Matias Melquíades

Dick Hallorann - J. K. Simmons

Delbert Grady - Jeffrey Wright

Lloyd - David Oyelowo

 

[Eddie Dean]

Nice one.