
A couple of rumors that have reached my always-attentive ears in the last couple of weeks.
The first one is about a remake of the old
Buffy movie. Apparently, since vampires are hot right now (
the Twilight books and the HBO show
True Blood are probably the best examples), somebody has come to the conclusion
Buffy is ripe for a makeover. While I wouldn't be opposed to the notion (after all, I love the character), two things make me wonder what is going to happen. One, that no actors from
the TV show will be involved in the movie (whaaaat?). And two, that
Joss Whedon himself will not be part of the project either (double whaaaat?). So what do you think? Is it going to suck, or yes?
The second rumor is also related to TV shows and their movie counterparts. For the longest time, we have been hearing rumors about an
A-Team movie. I've never been opposed to studios making movies out of old TV shows, but now that the time to remake the TV shows I grew up with has come, well, I'm not that happy about it anymore. At any rate, and whether I want it to happen or not, it looks like the movie will be made, so it doesn't really matter. What matters is the cast, and that is something I have been thinking about for a long, long time. (Apparently, I have lots of free time in which to devote myself to such intellectual and scholarly disquisitions.) Who would you cast as the charismatic and beloved John "Hannibal" Smith? Who could replace Dwight Schultz as Murdock? (IMDB lists
Woody Harrelson as “rumored”.) Well, I just
read that
Bradley Cooper is in talks to play Templeton "Faceman" Peck (will he drive a Corvette?), and
Liam Neeson has been talking about playing Hannibal. (IMDB lists
Bruce Willis as “rumored.”) Liam Neeson as Hannibal? Hmmm… What do you think? Could this work? Who would you cast if you were given the choice?