Okay folks, let's have some fun! Comic book geeks love to imagine their favorite comics being adapted into films. Even more, they love to dream up their own dream casts for these films. So share your thoughts! Give us your dream casts, as well as who should direct, write the script etc!

Oh, and this isn't limited to comic movies that haven't been made yet. You can propose "alternative" casts that would have made a comic movie better! Now get to it!

the watchmen


(alan moore u rule)

Somebody's been reading Wizard...

Please, nobody cast Dr. Manhattan...ew.

i detest wizard

but i loves me some


alan moore

frank miller

garth innis



they do it for me

Transmetropolitan, starring Gary Oldman, with Thora Birch and Mira Sorvino as the filthy assistants.

TheMico said:

yes, but I invariably disagree with Wizard's choices (and besides, most geeks I know have been doing their own dream casts since long before Wizard saw print).

i always thought that a young robert blake

would have made an excellent wolverine

X-Men (with many spelling errors, i'm sure)


Professor X: Patrick Steward (duh)

Cyclops: er... somebody dull, but older than the guy that did play him.

Phoenix: Julianne Moore

Beast: Robin Williams or Kevin Spacey

Angel: Matt Damon, yum!

Iceman: Sean William Scott

Storm: Iman

Wolverine: Russell Crowe (even though I hate him). Hugh Jackman was fine, but Crowe would be a good one too.

Emma Frost: Madonna or Nicole Kidman

Colossus: Vin Diesel

Shadowcat: BUFFY!!!

Nightcrawler: Ruper Everett

Rogue: Reese Witherspoon

Psylocke: Catherine Zeta Jones could pull off both the marmish and nimbo versions

Gambit: Colin Farrel

Bishop: Lawrence Fishburn

Magneto: Ian's good...

Lady Deathstrike: Lucy Liu

Mystique: Angelina Jolie -- she gives off a better evil, psycho-under-the-surface vibe than Romijn-Stamos. wonder why...

Anxiety said:

Good choices! What do you think of Patrick Stewart campaigning to get a Transmet movie made with himself as Spider?

They should wait another year or two, then put the cast of "Smallville" into the Superman films. That would rock.

Howabout a new Batman flick?

Batman: David Boreanaz

The Joker: Edward Norton

Harley Quinn: Angelina Jolie

Catwoman: Eliza Dushsku

Alfred: John Cleese

Commisioner Gordon: I need help with this one

Preacher, Halo Jones, and hopefully one day a properly represented Judge Dredd.

I also want to see 'Batman: The Dark Knight Returns' done.

The Justice League, my choices:

Superman- Brendan Fraser

Batman- David Boreanaz (thanks, Gillman)

Wonder Woman- Catherine Zeta-Jones

The Flash (Wally West)- Sean William Scott

The Green Lantern (Jon Stewart)- J. August Richards

Martian Manhunter- Michael Dorn

Hawkgirl- Angelina Jolie

Plastic Man- Jim Carrey

Aquaman- Brad Pitt

TheGillman said:

I know he doesn't really look the part (but they can do wonders with makeup), but howzabout Ed Harris as Commisioner Gordon?

Marrk said:

So, who are your choices for these flicks?

Robin Williams as Beast...

well, mine would be a japanese manga series called 'nana iro inkou' meaning (i think) bird of many/7? colors. featured a robin hood type of criminal (master genius type) who'd rob banks/steal things. then his true love, a young female cop, would chase him down attempting to bring him to justice. it was fun, as much of it as i understood anyway


jackie chan and cynthia rothrock could play the parts

Bloom County movie "starring:
Prince, Yoda & Arnold Swartzenager as Opus"-Bloom County

I think that Dr. Strange would make a great movie...starring perhaps George Clooney as the cloaked sorcerer.

Also...I'm dying to see Doc Octopus in a future Spider Man film. Can't think of who should portray him though.

PurpleJedi said:

Well, you're gonna get your wish about Doc Ock! Alfred Molina is playing the bad doctor in The Amazing Spider-Man. Here's a pic from the set, along with a woman playing Rosalind Octavius (I'll find out the name of the actress in a bit, and let you know):

Another pic from the set (of course, these are all before his transformation into his evil alter-ego).

FYI, Donna Murphy is the actress portraying Mrs. Octavius.

tommyalma said:

He would not need any makeup...just blue hair dye

Nikster said:

My favorite comic of all time was Preacher. For those who read the series, here's my casting...

Jesse Custer--Hugh Jackman
Tulip--Cameron Diaz
Saint of Killers--Clint Eastwood
Cassidy--Robert Carlyle
Jody--Woody Harrelson or Mickey Rourke
TC--Rob Schneider
Starr--Richard O'Brien

Anyone else read one of the most intellectual comics of the last 100 years?

SonnySixkiller said:

I've read it. I enjoyed, but I thought the ending was painfully predictable. I was dissapointed, because it was so trite for an otherwise cool series. of course, Ennis is planning on a new Preacher series for the coming year, so maybe some of the loose ends will be explained (like where the hell did Genesis go?). In the meantime, a flick is in the works! Read on:

04/17/03 12:40pm
Some more news, for fans of the Garth Ennis/ Steve Dillon comic Preacher:

James Marsden Talks Preacher
Thursday, April 17, 2003 8:14 CDT

X2 star James Marsden, aka Cyclops, talked to MTV about Preacher, the adaptation of the Garth Ennis comic which will be directed by Rachel Talalay.

"Right now it's in one of those weird Hollywood states where financing is still kind of questionable at this point," explained the 29-year-old actor as he relaxed in his hotel room, dressed in a dark shirt and jeans. "But they keep threatening to start [filming] in June, so if they do it, I'm thrilled to be a part of it."

The actor said it was the book's mature themes and complex character dynamics that attracted him to the material. "I [like] the maturity of the relationship between Tulip and the Preacher, the mix between the issues that it deals with, that it’s kind of a Western and that he walks around with the image of John Wayne around him.

"I also like the bravery in Garth Ennis' writing. He’s not afraid to tackle the hypocrisies of modern religion and things like that. A couple of people have said, ‘Boy, if Garth Ennis had created a religion, I would sure like to be a part of that.’ It just makes sense, the way he tackles things in it. It's really heavy stuff [and] it's incredibly well written."
[This message was edited Thu Apr 17 14:47:49 PDT 2003 by JediMaster]

JediMaster said:

AWESOME!!!