If you dont know the back story of Battle Chasers it basically goes like this, an outlawed war golem with a very gentle personality (think Lenny from Of mice and men); an innocent, prepubescent, heir to great weapons of unimaginable power, a hermit scientist/wizard, a washed up mercenary, and a busty thief all thrown together against the faceless shadows of evil and their monstrous henchmen.
(comic history)
Its was created by Joe Madureira. Battle Chasers was one of the most popular comics in the late 1990s, but suffered from extreme scheduling problems, with an average of about six months between issues, including a delay of 16 months for issue #7. Madureira produced a total of nine issues in four years, a pace for which he was criticized. The last issue, #9, was published in September 2001 and had a cliffhanger-ending that was never concluded, as #10 was never released and Joe Madureira left the comic industry to pursue a career as a video game designer.
Gully the previously mentioned, “innocent, prepubescent, heir to great weapons of unimaginable power.” has an encounter with this character named Sebastius Nefar, who up until that point was your typical villain out to control the world. Nothing really special, nothing anybody hasn’t read before.
But towards the end of series you find out that Gully was completely unaware that her father had another child with another woman, who turns out to be Sebastius Nefar. And according to Sebastius, is the rightful heir to the legacy of their father’s unimaginable power, which are the gauntlets pictured in the first image of this post on the blonde girl.
Sebastius blames Gully for the unfortunate events that had befallen him when he was a younger boy. Because of Gully and her mother, Aramus (Sebastius’s and Gully’s father) left Sebastius and his mother to die by the hands of his own men.
Now on to the cast:
Gerald Butler as Garrison
Garrison is a drunk in despair with the passing of his wife. He is a legendary swordsman and owns a powerful magical sword. Trained in swordplay by Red Monika and mentored by Aramus. From Joe's original concept sketches of the characters, Garrison's sword was able to open similar to the Thundercats - Sword of Omens
Gerald Butler was made for this role.
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300
Gamer
Christina Hendricks as Red Monika
Red Monika is a voluptuous bounty hunter who originally trained Garrison, and has an apparent history with him. Joe's concept sketch notes refer to her as "sort of the Jessica Rabbit of the Battle Chasers world,"
Therefore who better to play her than Christina Hendricks.
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Firefly
Mad Men
Ian McKellen as Knolan
Knolan is a powerful wizard, approximately five hundred years old, who takes Gully under his wing. His companion is Calibretto, a war golem.
Who else to play an aged wizard than Gandalf aka Ian McKellen.
Notable works:
Lord of the Rings
X-men series
Gully
Gully is a nine year old girl whose father, Aramus, mysteriously vanishes leaving a powerful set of magical gloves behind. Through the series she shares a friendship with Calibretto and Knolan while searching for her father.
Who better to play her than Dakota Fanning.
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Man on Fire
Twilight Series
Push
Lawrence Fishburn as Calibretto
Calibretto is an outlawed war golem with a very gentle personality. The last of his kind after all previous war golems were ordered to be destroyed. His arms can fire projectiles. He befriends gully early on in the series.
Lawrence Fishburn’s voice would give Calibretto life.
Liev Schreiber as Sebastius / Aramus
Upon adventuring in the woods pretending to be like his great father Aramus, Sebastius came upon a scene he was shocked and disgusted to see. His father, Aramus the deceiver, was with another woman who had a baby (Gully). Sebastius hated the fact that his father had left him with his mother to be with another woman and care for another child.
Who better to bring out the primal hatred of a character than Liev Schreiber