Recast Untouchable Screen Classics

[David H.]

I'd go with Walton Goggins as Elias and Jeremy Renner as Barnes.

 

[Tg11]

Full Metal Jacket (2016)

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman- Chris Cooper
Private Joker- Andrew Garfield
Private Gomer Pyle- Jonah Hill
Private Cowboy- Scoot McNairy
Animal Mother- Jon Bernthal
Private Snowball- Michael B Jordan

 

[gwynplaine]

The Dark Knight
​

Batman/Bruce Wayne - Matthias Schoenaerts

The Joker - Pierre Niney

Rachel Dawes- Lea Seydoux

Harvey Dent/Two-Face - Gaspard Ulliel

Alfred - Hugh Grant

Gordon - Robert DeNiro

Gambol - Isaach De Bankole

 

[Tg11]

The Last Boy Scout (2016)

Joe Hallenbeck- Jeremy Renner
Jimmy Dix- Anthony Mackie
Sheldon Marcone- John Goodman
Milo- Michael Shannon
Cory- Grace Gealey
Sarah Hallenbeck- Michelle Monaghan
Darian Hallenbeck- Nikki Hahn

 

[Tg11]

Judgment Night (2016)

Frank Wyatt (Emilio Estevez)- Ryan Gosling
John Wyatt (Stephen Dorff)- Miles Teller
Mike (Cuba Gooding, Jr.)- Damon Wayans, Jr.
Ray (Jeremy Piven)- Aaron Paul
Fallon (Denis Leary)- Jared Padalecki

 

[gwynplaine]

Full Metal Jacket (2016)

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman- Chris Cooper
Private Joker- Andrew Garfield
Private Gomer Pyle- Jonah Hill
Private Cowboy- Scoot McNairy
Animal Mother- Jon Bernthal
Private Snowball- Michael B Jordan

 

[David H.]

The Dark Knight

Interesting (and classy). I guess I can share this one now. It's kind of weird but I really like what I did here. *pats back*

Inception

Cobb - Chiwetel Ejiofor
Arthur - Michael B. Jordan
Ariadne - Rooney Mara
Eames - Oscar Isaac
Saito - Kôji Yakusho
Yusuf - Rhiz Ahmed
Robert Fischer - Michael Pitt
Peter Browning - Chris Cooper
with John Hurt as Miles
and Kate Winslet as Mal

 

[Tg11]

Give this one another shot

The Outsiders (2016)

Ponyboy Curtis (C.Thomas Howell)- Dylan Sprayberry
Darry Curtis (Patrick Swayze)- Scott Eastwood
Sodapop Curtis (Rob Lowe)- Logan Lerman
Cherry Valance (Diane Lane)- Kat McNamara
Dallas "Dally" Winston (Matt Dillon)- Patrick Schwarzenegger
Keith "Two-Bit" Matthews (Emilio Estevez)- Ansel Elgort
Johnny Cade (Ralph Macchio)- Jake T. Austin
Steve Randle (Tom Cruise)- Josh Hutcherson

 

[gwynplaine]

Interesting (and classy). I guess I can share this one now. It's kind of weird but I really like what I did here. *pats back*

Inception

Cobb - Chiwetel Ejiofor
Arthur - Michael B. Jordan
Ariadne - Rooney Mara
Eames - Oscar Isaac
Saito - Kôji Yakusho
Yusuf - Rhiz Ahmed
Robert Fischer - Michael Pitt
Peter Browning - Chris Cooper
with John Hurt as Miles
and Kate Winslet as Mal

 

[Eddie Dean]

Phantom of the Paradise (2016)
Dir. Edgar Wright

Jason Schwartzman - Winslow Leach / The Phantom

Kanye West - Swan

Ellen Page - Phoenix

Michael Shannon - Beef

Nick Frost - Philbin

 

[Gabe99]

AICN Aug. 11, 2014:
Is Anne Hathaway The Frontrunner To Play Richard Pryor For Lee Daniels???

Anne Hattaway

Anne Hattaway is Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip!

 

[Panthro]

Phantom of the Paradise (2016)
Dir. Edgar Wright

Jason Schwartzman - Winslow Leach / The Phantom

Kanye West - Swan

Ellen Page - Phoenix

Michael Shannon - Beef

Nick Frost - Philbin

Cool line up, especially Ellen Page as Phoenix given that she looks just like the original actress.

 

[Tg11]

The Expendables (recasting)

Barney Ross- Sylvester Stallone
Lee Christmas- Jason Statham
Yin Yang- Tony Jaa
Gunner Jensen- Dolph Lundgren
Hale Caesar- Wesley Snipes
Toll Road- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Tool- Kurt Russell
Mr. Church- Bruce Willis
Trench Mauser- Arnold Schwarzenegger

 

[gwynplaine]

Young Frankenstein
​

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein - Shia LaBeouf

Igor - Dave Attell

Frankenstein - Vincent D'Onofrio

Inga - Emma Stone

Elizabeth Lavenza - Kate McKinnon

Frau Blucher - Catherine O'Hara

Blind Man - Christopher Guest

 

[David H.]

How about...

Eric Wareheim - Herr Docktor

Gregg Turkington - Igor

Tim Heidecker - The Monster

Dr. Steve Brule - Inspektor Kemp

Glenn Close - Frau Blucher

Jeff Goldblum - The Blind Man

 

[gwynplaine]

Blazing Saddles
​

Bart - Dave Chapelle

Jim - Jonah Hill

Governor William J. Le Petomane - Albert Brooks

Taggart - Matthew McConnaughey

Lili Von Shtupp - Julianne Moore

Hedley Lamarr - Jim Carrey

Mongo - John Cena

 

[gwynplaine]

Helter Skelter
​

Charles Manson - Emile Hirsch

Vincent Bugliosi - Johnny Depp

Linda Kasabian - Katherine Waterston

Susan Atkins - Kristen Stewart

Patricia Krenwinkel - Saoirse Ronan

Leslie Vanhouten - Rebecca Hall

Tex Watson - Zachary Quinto

Sharon Tate - Blake Lively

Roman Polanski - Jason Schwartzman

Bobby Beausoleil - Michael Pitt

 

[David H.]

On mobile. Figured I'd add images later.

From Russia with Love (2018)

James Bond - Tom Hiddleston

M - Hugh Bonneville

Q - Donald Sumpter

Grant - August Diehl

Rosa Kleb - Anna Chancellor

Tatiana - Svetlana Khodchenkova

 

[Donnie Darko]

I've been away from the Hype for a while, so I'm sure this one has been done to death. Some of the original character names might need to be altered to match casting choice, but I will keep originals for now.

Ghostbusters
Directed by Shane Black

Peter Venkman - Sam Rockwell
Ray Stantz - Tina Fey
Egon Spengler - Jon Cho
Winston Zeddmore - Terry Crews
Dana Barrett - Zoe Saldana
Janine - Emma Stone
Louis Tully - Jay Baruchel
Walter Peck - Andre Braugher

Ghostbusters 2
Vigo - Liam Neeson
Janosz - Charlie Day

 

[gwynplaine]

Some Like It Hot
​

Joe - Oscar Isaac

Jerry - John Boyega

Sugar Kane - Scarlett Johansson

Spats - Choi Min-sik

Osgood Fielding III - Gilbert Gottfried

 

[David H.]

Think of this as a mixture of several Dracula re-tellings (mainly Herzog's film, though) and its most famous adaptation.

en Lars Von Trier film

Nosferatu, en symfoni af rædsler

starring

Charlotte Rampling as Wilhemina Harker

Alexander Skarsguård as Jonathon Harker

Stellan Skarsguård as Malcolm Murray

Mads Mikkelsen as Dr. Jack Seward

Carice Van Houten as Lucy Westenra

Brady Corbet as Quincy Morris

Shia LaBeouf as Renfield

Udo Kier as The Captain of The Empusa

Paul Bettany as Arthur Holmwood

 

[David H.]

with Charlotte Rampling as Dr. Ava Van Helsing

and Willem Dafoe as Count Orlok

 

[gwynplaine]

^ Good one

King Kong
​

Ann Darrow - Zhang Yuqi

Carla Denham - Taraji P. Henson

Bruce Cabot - Chadwick Boseman

Captain Englehorn - Roschdy Zem

Lumpy - Demian Bichir

Jimmy - Lin Yun

Preston - Amber Stevens

 

[gwynplaine]

with Charlotte Rampling as Dr. Ava Van Helsing

and Willem Dafoe as Count Orlok

Also Werner Herzog would make a great Van Helsing.

 

[David H.]

Superman: The Movie (2016)

James Wolk as Clark Kent / Superman

Lizzy Caplan as Lois Lane

Bryan Cranston as Lex Luthor

Jonah Hill as Otis

Chris Cooper as Perry White

Joseph Mazzello as Jimmy Olsen

Richard Jenkins as Jonathan Kent

Melissa Leo as Martha (why did you say that name?!?) Kent

with Cillian Murphy as General Zod

Charlotte Riley as Ursa

Rory McCann as Non

and Daniel Day-Lewis as Jor-El