Perfect Casting, part 2

[Thanatos]

How about Noel Fisher for Billy Borden?  He was Cael Malloy in The Riches, and recently played a young coal miner on an episode of Lie to Me.

[hatshep2]

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No. If we, the true fans of the books, have to sit through the kind of torture that Changes gave us, then anyone watching the movie should to.

LOL! So true! Some reasonable consolidations, though. As much as I'd like to see 11 Dresden movies I guess combining some of them would be more prudent. 

[Snowleopard]

The thing to do would be to pick which of the earliest Dresden Books can be rewritten for the screen with the best audience acceptance.  IE - easiest for them to immerse themselves in the Universe.  Do one and then see what happens.

I like Fool Moon myself.  All sorts of werewolves and with the Alphas - you might get the Twilighters into the movie.  I don't like Twilight but I'm not so dumb as to not cater to them in some form.  It has interesting characters on all different levels.

While I'd love to see Michael on the screen - the book where he shows up would be harder to translate to screen.

[DLFSquints]

Books into movies doesnt usually work unless the book is unknown, hence Die Hard.
A solution that seems to be having more success is to make every 2 to 3 books into a single 13 episode season with a short story in between to separate them out.
For Instance, Season 1: 
Storm Front (6 episodes)
Restoration of Faith (1 episode)
Fool Moon (6 episodes)

OR

Welcome to the Jungle (4 episodes)
Restoration of Faith (1 episodes)
Storm Front (4 episodes)
Fool Moon (4 episodes)

[DoTArchon]

Books into movies doesnt usually work unless the book is unknown, hence Die Hard.
A solution that seems to be having more success is to make every 2 to 3 books into a single 13 episode season with a short story in between to separate them out.
For Instance, Season 1: 
Storm Front (6 episodes)
Restoration of Faith (1 episode)
Fool Moon (6 episodes)

OR

Welcome to the Jungle (4 episodes)
Restoration of Faith (1 episodes)
Storm Front (4 episodes)
Fool Moon (4 episodes)

I don't know if you can get all of SF and FM into 4 episodes each, even if they are an hour long... Just too much goodness.

[zyada]

My favorite picks: 
Johnny Depp as Toot-Toot.   Can't you just see him saying "Harry, have you HAD pizza?"
Alan Rickman as Nicodemus.   If you only think of him as Snape, you have not seen enough of his movies.  There is no one who does elegant menace as well as Alan Rickman.
Angelina Jolie as Lara Raith.  I don't particularly care for her as an actress, but she does have the smoldering sensuality down.
Gary Oldman as Michal.  Just because I love Gary Oldman, and he's a chameleon actor.

Meryl Streep as Mab.  She could even come up with her own accent.   I also think it would be interesting to have the same actress portray both fairy queens.  OTOH, Michelle Pfeiffer has already played Titania once.

(showing my age now)
Billy Crystal as Butters. 
Morgan - Clint Eastwood

As for the rest
If Alexis Denisov plays Harry, I so want Allyson Hannigan to play Lea.  Actually, I'd want Allyson to play Lea either way, but having her play Lea to Alexis' Harry would be hilarious.

Janeanne Garafolo could play Murphy - she has done blonde and she could certainly do the smart-mouth
Karl Urban could play Mac.  Just to get him in the picture.
Sigourney Weaver could play Charity.  She has done blonde as well.

Maybe James Marsters could play Marcone?  Or Bob?

I was thinking about Nicholas Cage as Kincaid, but I'm not attached to it.


Actually, I would prefer to see most of the roles filled by relative unknowns.  Except for Johnny Depp and Alan Rickman.  Those are non-negotiable.

[Polop_Monk]

Though a long time fan but new to the forum, here are my two cents on casting for a movie;

Harry - Nathan Fillion
Thomas - Timothy Olyphant
Butters - Zack Gallaphinacas
Merlin - Jeff Bridges
Murphy - Sonya Walger
Michael - Richard Dean Anderson, or James Marsters
Sonja - Christopher Judge
Luchio (Old) -
Luchio (Young) -Ashley Green
Molly - Dakota Fanning,
Mouse - Wooly Mammoth (dyed gray)
Billy - Zachary Levi
Ramirez - Taylor Lautner (he could pull it off)
Harry's Land Lord - Betty White


Thats all i could pop off the top of my head, though final thought and I know many have had it, I think James Marsters should play Harry, or at least someone in the Series maybe Michael

[Polop_Monk]

Agreeing to a previous post. they need to revive the TV series, or just re-do it. Even Better do a summer mini series for each book.

[fantazero]

Merlin - Jeff Bridges


WHA! I could see him as Eb maybe...but as the British Merlin? Never

[Snowleopard]

Okay, folks here are some of my opinions.
Nathan Fillion is good but he's not Harry.
guys, Michael has a size fourteen shoe - this guy is not as tall as Harry but he far more solidly built.
No - Richard Dean Anderson, James Marsters, or Gary Oldman - they aren't hefty enough.
Gary Oldman, however, would make an evil Nicodemus.
Angelina Jolie for nothing - just because you smolder doesn't mean you can act.
Johnny Depp no for Toot Toot - the part isn't big enough for him. 
Not Jeanine Garafalo for Murphy.
Dakota Fanning is not Molly.
Neither is Meryl Streep - Mab.  Michelle Pfeiffer might be good however.
NO Nick Cage anywhere in this movie.  No Tom Cruise either.
Billy Crystal is too old to play Butters.
Yes to Karl Urban somewhere in the movie. 

[۞†Grey Warden†۞]

My favorite picks: 
Johnny Depp as Toot-Toot.   Can't you just see him saying "Harry, have you HAD pizza?"

Johny Depp doesn't deserve to be in this movie I want it to be good. what about Jim Carey as Nicademous?

[hatshep2]

Even Better do a summer mini series for each book.

Amen! That would be my pick...you know, if the networks actually cared what I thought.

what about Jim Carey as Nicademous?

*irritated mom voice* Grey Warden, don't make me come over there. 

[۞†Grey Warden†۞]

What *looks around innocently* I don't understand why you're mad. 

Oh and for Toot Toot I can totally see Michael Cera

[hatshep2]

What *looks around innocently* I don't understand why you're mad. 

Yeah, yeah - innocent, huh? I can just see the halo from here. 

[۞†Grey Warden†۞]

Yeah, yeah - innocent, huh? I can just see the halo from here. 

I paid good money for that...I mean i earned it duh