Shazam! Fan Cast

I like these picks. Seriously great job. Brian Doyle-Murray for Tawky Tawny is a great idea. Who is this Brandon Molale dude? Do you think he could really pull off the squeaky clean additude?

Yes well, that's the talentless hack with three inches high eyebrows that i was talking about Loganoneil. It would be the same as casting ANYBODY with no talent but the accurate look. It would suck as much as HHH for Thor. Sorry InSpace, looks wise he's perfect but he would single handedly sink the franchise.

the rock will be the black atom if they make this movie. ite the only way it would make money. also, isnt that the kid from surface?

Good point teabag.

Supermike, you're an asshole. Don't try to make a valid argument cause your head will explode from incompetency. You don't need to act to see how bad an actor is. That guy was in "The Rundown" and couldn't even pull off a convincing thug with no lines!!! He's the last guy ANYONE in they're right mind would want to represent their favorite hero.

Who is Brandon Molale and why should he get to play Captain Marvel? Like I said about Patrick Warburton in LEEE777's article, just because he kinda' looks like the Big Red Cheese, doesn't necessarily make him the best chioce for the role. CAN HE 'ACT'?! I also feel that an introductory movie should be just about Captain Marvel - no Mary Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr. or Uncle Marvel allowed (let's not turn this into 'Spiderman III', please!). Additionally, let's ground this in a semi-realistic world - no talking tigers, worms or rabbits! Get a decent cast (one that can ACT as well as look like the characters), go with 'The New Beginning' origin, and keep it real!

This next bit I copied verbatim from my post on LEEE777's thread:

"I know what some would say, "But it's JUST Captain Marvel!" Would those same critics say the same for an 'A-lister' like Batman or Superman? Would people still have a non-commital attitude if just anyone and not Christian Bale landed the role in 'Batman Begins'?

A little history lesson - back in the day when Captain Marvel was still owned by Fawcett Publications, he was THE MOST POPULAR COMIC BOOK CHARACTER - PERIOD. He out-sold BOTH Superman AND Batman. DC (seeing the OBVIOUS threat to their money-makers) decided to instigate a series of lawsuits against Fawcett that eventually bankrupted them (they were a pretty much a one-trick pony and had all their eggs in one basket with the Big Red Cheese). After Fawcett went belly-up, DC scooped-up (stole) Cap for a song and relegated him to the B-listers (making sure that he would NEVER again compete with their primary bread-winner, the Big Blue Schoolboy). When Marvel created Captain Mar-Vell (Marvel), another series of lawsuits started over the name, with Marvel partially winning the right (how I have NO idea - DC probably didn't give a rat's @ss about Red), pushing the Big Red Cheese further down the comic book food chain (that's WHY you never see his name referred to in a title. It's always something like 'The Power of Shazam', or something like that).

Now I know what you're all thinking, what's the big deal? It was a silly little comic - talking tigers, rabbits and worms, vertically-challenged mad scientists bent on global domination, etc. But don't forget to put it into CONTEXT - nearly EVERY comic of that time was like that (INCLUDING the beloved Batman and Superman!). If DC hadn't sued (or if Fawcett had won), if Captain Marvel had been allowed to evolve with the times as a major player and not like the two-bit after-thought that DC has been treating him for decades, I'm willing to bet he would have been a SERIOUS contenter, with movies with the weight and gravitas of a 'Batman Begins', Dark Knight' or 'Iron Man'! Artists like Alex Ross see his potential - just read 'Kingdom Come' and tell me he's crap, I DARE YOU!"

There's a LOT of GREAT stuff there in the origins storyline, IF it's done properly.

Don't mess with the Captain!

...SHAZAM!

That ALSO is a matter of opinion... (LOL) ;)

i think brandon molale is a good actor. he was hilarious in mr deeds. and he has a major role in the new vampires assisstant movie, which has alot of good actors in it. so i think he would be perfect

brycied- Honestly, i felt his performance was as lame in Mr. Deeds as it was in The Rundown.

InSpace- Us fans aren't here to give any actor "chances" with beloved superhero roles. He needs to have a decent background (which he really doesn't) OR be an unknown that has the talent to blow our socks off!!!

teabag- Ah yes, i didn't remember where you were from. Roar had told ne that on the other side of the ocean, it was named "welcome to the jungle". It was quite an exciting film and The Rock was very very decent in it. Come back later this evening to check out my next sketch in the fan fic section.

Loganoneil- I know it's all a matter of opinion but the majority of the people on this site feel it's a lost cause. Unless they can figure out a way to make the character more appealing. Hopefully they will cause he's actually a very decent character. Soooo underused because of that douche that always gets his ass handed to him... can't remember the name... had a kid last time i saw him... hmmmmmmm?

INSPACE @ I can suck what?????

Well that's really nice considering you don't even bother going to my article to even comment?

MOLALE couldn't act of Day of our lives let alone carry a feature film? I don't see how he even looks like CM either, not one bit??? Well apart from the t-shirt lol.

INSPACE @ Nice picks though, but i don't get how MARY MARVEL is 11 or something and BILLYS a TEEN and older than her??? WTF with that lol?

MICHAEL CAINE i cannot see as SHAZAM??? Id just see ALFRED with a magic wond? I can deal with actorsdoing a DC character and a Marvel but doing another Dc major character just takes the magic (lol) from the movie, it takes something away! ; )

i love BRAIN as TAWKY even though hopefully that character and UNCLE MARVEL don't make it in the movie, i agree with LOGAN we need it a little um real lol.

That goes for HOPPY too! ; D

Dude i like you HOFFMAN idea lol!

Oh and as you told me to SUCK IT for no apparent reason...

im with lees picks

Heh heh, my bad! ; )

10TIGER @ ; )

Oh man @ InSpace @ Ive just seen the trailer to that LAND OF THE LOST, it looks really good man! I wanna see that YEAR ONE too! Oh an BRUNO is friggin' funny, you gotta catch that one!!!

Year One was just sad, it sucked...bad. Probably one of the worst this year. I was disappointed. Now the Hangover, that was good.

Jack Black lost it right after High Fidelity and before Saving Silvercrap!!!

Aw, c'mon Shaman - you gotta' give props to him for 'Tropic Thunder' (although, it was an ENSEMBLE cast... and Downey did STEAL the show!).

nice cast man!!!
anthony hopkins or ben kingsley for dr.sivana..
dwayne would be greatblack adam!! he's rock!!

Frogman@ Yeah I know I just like the idea of Billy having a younger sister that he has to take care of better than the other way around

Damn @ Inspace @ Didn't know i put that many picks up, oops sorry brother!! : D

Hey your pictures arn't showing??? You do know you have to keep them and not delete them when you use thissite right??!

Ive come to terms PATRICK WARBURTONS a better KINGDOM COME SHAZAM rather than regular DC Universe!!!

Great picks again, and sort out ya PICS dude!

LEEE.

Hey whats ya next casting by the way????

Lol @ INSPACE!! Yeah you know if you put the same original pictures back in here the PICS will come up again!

Yeah do a FF REBOOT dude, and i did that sequel casting a while back, i too think it'll be better to reboot it, just not go and do the reboot the whole ORIGIN thing again, maybe do what they did with the INCREDIBLE HULK movie, just go straight into the action!

Anyway, cool dude hope ya have a great Christmas!!!