...the 1st being Banshee, that I'm doing. I feel you should check out the Banshee one as well.
Brimstone (would run over 2 hrs) starts out With Mystique and Wagner. She is attracted to men of power with dominating personalities. We learn quickly that Baron Christian Wagner, her husband, isn't as masculine as she would have liked. Months into their marriage the Baron confesses he can not have a child and feels insecure about this.
Raven wants to bare a child very badly and uses her shape shifting powers to cheat on him. She soon meets a man, Luciano, whom she falls for and begins an affair with. She reveals her power as she really loves him.
During a role play/fore play she shifts into the maid whom Luciano is attracted to. The maid walks in and a startled Raven transforms back and kills the witness to safeguard her identity. Luciano tries to convince her to confess to the Baron their affair but she doesn't want to hurt him as he is already very upset.
When she becomes pregnant the Baron aims to find and kill her lover. She kills the Baron instead and runs to alert her lover. Her lover shifts into Azazel explains his situation (which will be detailed during his casting) and teleports away. Some time later she gives birth and, again, reveals her true form as child birth was too painful and made hiding it difficult.
The town folk try and kill her and the infant but she throws the baby off a cliff. Before the mob reach her she looks over the cliff and sees the smoke left by Azazel and she knows he has taken the child; she falls to her knees crying and we are left wondering what happened to her.
Meanwhile, Azazel appears to a sorceress, masquerading as a gypsy for a traveling circus, named Margali Szardos. The witch tries to summon the demon sorcerer known as Belasco, as she believes the 2 are destined to be lovers and rule. Azazel enters and claims himself to be Belasco. He hands her baby Kurt and asks her to protect him as he will later be the key (described, again in his casting section).
Kurt grows up alongside, and welcomed by, the circus family. His best friends are the children of Szardos, Stefan (son) and Jimaine (daughter). He adapts Christianity rather than the Wicken religion. Kurt becomes the centerpiece of the shows with his acrobatic skills. At the end of every performances he lets go of the trapeze and "BAMFS" to the ground, amazing everyone in attendance. The audience believes he is dressed as a devil for the sake of theatrics.
Azazel torments Stefan, acting as a devil-like voice telling him to do bad things. He kills a few of the animals from the circus and the circus family see/find out. They give him amnesty as they are a kind a caring group of outsiders. He asks Kurt to (as his best friend) to kill him if he ever hurts anyone again. As young adults, Kurt and Jimaine become lovers and consummate their relationship.
Now that Kurt has become the host by doing this, Azazel goes forward with his plan. He, not Stefan, kills the livestock and once the circus finds out he makes sure to "BAMF" onto the back of Stefon, "BAMF" high into the sky (where is appearance is hard to see) and slice the throat of Stefan whom he then lets fall to his death as he "BAMFS" away.
Not knowing anyone else with such powers and seeing a huge resemblance the people blame Kurt. Yet, Kurt and Jimaine were away , alone with each other. For killing one of their own he is banished. She leaves with him, knowing the truth. she anglicizes her name to Amanda Sefton and they try and move on.
Azazel, as Belasco, hands Margali the Soul Sword and explains what must be done (read his casting). She locates a necromancer hungry for power. She promises Gravemoss, or Moss, for the movie, that he will lead the Army Belasco has created.
The 2 kidnap Amanda and bring her to the location necessary. Kurt follows, as is the plan. Moss tries to Slay Kurt, but in that very moment, an awakening Amanda uses her sorcery, which interacts with Kurt's
teleportation and sends the 3 (minus Margali) to the Brimstone dimension.
This would be a CGI phenomena. Use your imagination as to what would be there, the ghouls, the fire, whatever you think of. As it turns out, the opposite effect occurs within this dimension (I will explain in Amanda's section). Kurt slays Moss and only Kurt Returns to Earth.
Margali is more enraged than ever, having lost both children and denied the power and lust she craved. She is about to kill Kurt through Black Magic as Professor X arrives and shuts her brain down removing all memory of her children, Kurt and "Belasco". He asks Kurt to help him find his original team and join a new family of others like him.
The cast
Ewan McGregor as Azazal/Belasco/Luciano
Trainspotting; Star Wars
ABOUT THE CHARACTER: Azazel claims that many years ago an ancient horde of demonic mutants from biblical times called the Neyaphem were in an epic battle with a group of angelic over-zealous mutants, named the Cheyarafim. They were victorious in the battle and vanquished the "evil" mutants to an alternate dimension for all eternity. The Neyaphem's leader, Azazel, was the only one who was able to breach the dimensional void for brief periods of time due to his teleportation powers. His only hope to return to earth was by impregnating a powerful enough woman because his child would be linked to his dimension. About twenty years ago, Azazel met Mystique in Germany. While Mystique had actually fallen in love with Azazel, he seemed only to be interested in impregnating her. Kurt, his only child, needed to be sacrificed, once he reached adulthood, by way of the Soul sword, to bring about the return of Azazel and the Neyaphem. The sacrifice had to be made on the island from which they were originally banned, the Isla Des Demonas.
WHY HIM: I wanted a young-ish, debonair actor that could play lady killer and evil excellently. He would be amazing in this devilish role.
Jordana Brewster as Mystique
The Fast and Furious franchise
ABOUT THE CHARACTER: At the time, Raven is married to Baron Christian Wagner, an affluent member of German nobility. He proves to be a loving husband, but rather disappointing as a lover. His infertility adds to their marital problems. Raven starts using her shapeshifting powers in order to secretly have sexual encounters with others. She is apparently both seeking sexual satisfaction and attempting to conceive another child.
WHY HER: I wanted a relatively young woman that can accomplish a lot in very little screen time. Visually, I think she is dead-on for Raven.
James Gandolfini as Baron Christian Wagner
The Mexican; Get Shorty
ABOUT: A good man, and a loving husband, but proves to be less of what was craved by Raven the shape-shifter.
WHY: He is a great character actor. He can play any role and I hate that he is typecast as tough-guy Tony Soprano
Rachel Weisz as Margali Szardos
Mummy franchise; Constantine
ABOUT: not much else to say that I wasn't specific about within the synopsis above.
WHY: I think she is very unique. Her subtle beauty, her ascent, her skill as an actor and... I also think that, as attractive as she is, she kind of has that "witch look" to her.
Anton Yelchin as Nightcrawler
Star Trek; Terminator Salvation
ABOUT: Again, it's all right there to read^^^^
Why: A CBM fav, I've never seen him cast as Kurt before. He has the right look, age (for an intro movie), and can out act most his age.
Emma Roberts as Amanda/Jimaine
Scream 4
ABOUT: A sorceress herself, she is the child of Margali. Throughout the movie she practices her faith and never lets her opposing faith get in the way of her love for Kurt. In the end she dies for him. The Soul sword works in such a way that a being with the blood of a Neyaphem (Kurt) must be slain on the Isla Des Demonas in order to bring about the End of Days and open up the portal for the return... Whereas, as I alluded to earlier, within the Brimstone dimension, if a being with the blood of a human is sacrificed with the sword, it will open the portal for beings with the blood of a human (also Kurt, thanks Raven). Thus, her suicide to save her lover.
WHY: She impressed me in Scream and I was only happier to learn that she is the son of 1 of my favorites, Eric Roberts, and the niece if the very talented Julia Roberts.
Robbie Amell as Stefon
Scooby-Doo
ABOUT: A pawn in the large-scale scheme of Azazel. He is forever tormented and then brutally murdered by Azazel in order to frame Kurt, baiting Margali to kill Kurt.
WHY: A small but pivotal role. I enjoyed him as Fred and I needed someone that wasn't as skinny as Kurt, but at the same time not a huge guy. In the end I chose him, again, because I thought he was alright in Scooby.
Jason Statham as Gravemoss/Moss
ABOUT: Again, not much else to explain^^^^
WHY: He's the complete opposite of Anton's Nightcrawler. Older, gruff, solidly built and seen as a badass. A fun fight to be seen by the audience.
Daniel Craig as Professor X
ABOUT: Some guy with some power doing something about something
WHY: Because I want a tougher looking Professor. I love this guy and I think going bald and pulling off a neutral American accent would be awesome