Perfect Casting, part 2

[MoSeS]

Well Murphy is supposed to look like a kid's favorite aunt.

Exactly, to me she doesn't scream "hey, it's auntie Murphey" more like a kid's favorite sexy older cousin.
(that doesn't sound right)

I mean...... I guess she could pull it off. (She is smokin' in this pic)

Problem with Scarlett playing Murphey is she is only 25, same age as two of the popular nominees for Molly's role, which are Amanda Seyfried and Deborah Ann Woll.

Which these two roles are so far apart in age, Molly is 14 when Murphey is in her early 30's.

[Bluebeard]

Exactly, to me she doesn't scream "hey, it's auntie Murphey" more like a kid's favorite sexy older cousin.
(that doesn't sound right)

I mean...... I guess she could pull it off. (She is smokin' in this pic)

Problem with Scarlett playing Murphey is she is only 25, same age as two of the popular nominees for Molly's role, which are Amanda Seyfried and Deborah Ann Woll.

Which these two roles are so far apart in age, Molly is 14 when Murphey is in her early 30's.

Well I guess it's Kristen Bell for me, but I also like SJ as Murph too.

[Jaeh]

Scarlet's too... Idk, sexy? idk what I'm looking for, but she doesn't scream murph to me.

[applejuicefool]

The... the guy from Jake 2.0?  Really?  Not as Harry. Get him to geek it up and maybe hr could be Butters.  Maybe.

Watch an ep of Covert Affairs. Little Jakey grew up. I think he'd be great.

-AJF

[tiny[but]fierce]

Scarlet's too... Idk, sexy? idk what I'm looking for, but she doesn't scream murph to me.

Am in complete agreement with this.

I might be willing to be persuaded to have Kristen Bell as Murph, but I'm still devoted to Sarah Michelle Gellar, as she actually IS the right age and the right height to play Murphy from the very start of the series.

[Bluebeard]

Scarlet's too... Idk, sexy? idk what I'm looking for, but she doesn't scream murph to me.

Yeah, she's is too hot for Murph  and too short for Gard.

I guess it is Kristen Bell or SMG for me. 

[tiny[but]fierce]

This is utterly off topic, but since I'm awake at the same time as Jim, and it made me nearly pee myself laughing, I'm gonna post it anyway:

From Jim's Twitter account:


+Working on GHOST STORY. It is being difficult. Who would have thought a dead protagonist would be so difficult to motivate?

Then, two minutes later...

+Considering an alternate story plan, where Butters and Murphy tote Harry's corpse, Bernie-like, through madcap misadventure.

I love that Jim has a Twitter. Reading all of the madcap ramblings first-hand from his own fingers is beyond the realm of awesomeness. He went on a little bit of a mental writing war after this

http://twitter.com/longshotauthor

[Tribblechomper]

Exactly, to me she doesn't scream "hey, it's auntie Murphey" more like a kid's favorite sexy older cousin.
(that doesn't sound right)

I mean...... I guess she could pull it off. (She is smokin' in this pic)

Problem with Scarlett playing Murphey is she is only 25, same age as two of the popular nominees for Molly's role, which are Amanda Seyfried and Deborah Ann Woll.

Which these two roles are so far apart in age, Molly is 14 when Murphey is in her early 30's.

Woll would definitely have to dye her hair blonde; as all the pics @ IMDB show her to be as red-haired as Joan on Mad Men.

[MoSeS]

Woll would definitely have to dye her hair blonde; as all the pics @ IMDB show her to be as red-haired as Joan on Mad Men.

Not really a problem since Molly has multi-color hair throughout the books so far.

[tiny[but]fierce]

Not really a problem since Molly has multi-color hair throughout the books so far.

Agreed. The only time her hair is even close to it's natural color is in Changes, and it's still been modified (dyed dark green underneath, while  her natural blonde is on top. And it's longer, as well.)

[Jaeh]

Problem with Scarlett playing Murphey is she is only 25, same age as two of the popular nominees for Molly's role, which are Amanda Seyfried and Deborah Ann Woll.

I just realized that I thought Scarlet's older than that. O.o

[Bluebeard]

I just realized that I thought Scarlet's older than that. O.o

You would think that, but then if you look at the pictures, you realize she is relatively very young.

[MoSeS]

I think what's more important than casting the characters........who should direct it?

Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy)
Christopher Nolan (Dark Knight, Prestige)
James Cameron (Avatar) think about the special effects
Bryan Singer (Xmen, Superman, Battlestar Galactica 2011)
Peter Jackson (LOTR) not a great director IMHO, got lucky w/LOTR
Ridley Scott (Blade Runner, Gladiator)
George Lucas (Star Wars) yeah, maybe 20 years ago
Gore Verbinski (POTC 1,2,3)
Sam Raimi (Army of Darkness, Spiderman) Drag me to Hell SUCKED BIG TIME!
Michael Bay (Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, Transformers) lots of explosions
Stephen Speilburg
Wachowski Brothers (Matrix)
Robert Rodriguez (Sin City)
Quinton Tarantino (Pulp Fiction)
Danny Boyle (28 Days Later, Slumdog Millionaire)
M. Night Shyamalan (The Last Airbender)

So awhile back I posted this about who should direct it, but not too many people commented, so I just wanted to bring it back up, because I was thinking about it, and now think Bryan Singer or Sam Raimi could pull it off. Of course as I stated before Sam Raimi has really disappointed me lately but if he could reach back to his roots I think he could pull it off. Then again i still think Guillermo del Toro would be great too. Christopher Nolan is an amazing director but I think way too serious to dark/serious for a DF adaptation.

Or maybe Jon Turteltaub should direct it. 

[Jaeh]

I vote Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt. It's like Buffy and Angel all over again.

Throw in Nic Cage and Jerry B as executive producers? *shrug grin*

[MoSeS]

Jerry Bruckheimer?

What's weird is Jerry Bruckheimer has produced soo many good movies, is there such thing a "Great Producer".

Joss Whedon as Director.......NO! He has never directed a Hollywood movie besides Serenity, and Goners which is still in production, and he is rumored to possible direct The Avengers, but still no.

However, I DO think that he should be one of the writers, just not the director, if you like at his career is he much more of a writer than a director.