I had really wanted to get this out for last month’s
Countdown to Halloween, but a couple of the characters just refused to be
cast. There is even still a couple that
I’m skipping because I couldn’t come up with anyone.
I’m focusing on 70s/Bronze Age monsters but to tie the story
together I’ve brought in more recent character Elsa Bloodstone – daughter of
the immortal Ulysses Bloodstone – to be our constant throughout the overarching
storyline.
Laura Prepon as Elsa
Bloodstone
I’m not sure if this could work as one movie even with Elsa tying
all the stories together. It might be
better if it were several movies – Tomb
of Dracula, Werewolf by Night, Man-Thing, etc. – with Elsa playing the
Nick Fury/Agent Coleson role. Or it could
be an anthology film – call it Savage
Tales or Haunt of Horror – with Elsa
researching the monsters of the world in a wrap around story.
Regardless of which path the film(s) take the central
villain would of course be Dracula.
Timothy Dalton as Dracula
Emma Caulfield as Rachel
van Helsing
In addition to Rachel, we would need at least Quincy Harker
and Frank Drake – probably Taj Nital as well.
I’m also tempted to include Hannibal King, but Blade was been a little
too over done and I think I’d skip him at least for the first little bit (maybe
we could bring him in early in Strange
Tales phase two. I’m also sure I
want Dracula’s Duaghter Lilith and it is probably in Tomb of Dracula that we will first meet the devil’s daughter,
Satana (as she originated in Marvel’s Vampire
Tales magazine).
Stana Katic as Lilith,
Dracula’s Daughter
Allison Scagliotti as
Satana Hellstrom
...and while we're on the subject of Scags: #AllisonScag4Cassie
It also might be here that Frankenstein’s Monster
appears. I’d like to see him in his own
movie or segment, but I’m willing to settle for him being a supporting
character here.
Ron Perlman as Adam
the Monster of Frankenstein
Next up on our slate of Marvel horrors is The
Man-Thing. My faithful readers will know
my feelings on the previous “Man-Thing” movie – there wasn’t one. But now that Marvel has the muck monster back
in hand, I think we could get a good one.
Josh Brolin as Man-Thing/Dr.
Ted Sallis
Amber Benson as Jennifer
Kale
Marvel’s even been kind enough to already cast Ted’s
girl-friend/wife for us thanks to Ellen Brandt’s Iron Man 3 appearance.
Stephanie Szostak as
Ellen Brandt-Sallis
Ted’s supporting cast will also call for at least Richard
Rory, Dakimh the Enchanter, and the demonic Thog the Nether-Spawn. Of course, there are others I’d love to see
such as F.A. Schist, Korrek the Barbarian, and Bobbi Morse (the future Mrs.
Hawkeye). It’s probably here alongside
Man-Thing, that we will first get Howard the Duck as well – another of Marvel’s
oddballs that has had less than stellar luck on film.
Joe Pesci as Howard
the Duck
Molly Quinn as Beverly
Switzler
Lastly, we have Werewolf
by Night.
Christian Kane as Werewolf
(By Night)/Jacob Russoff/Jack Russell
Amy Acker as Lissa
Russell Price
Janina Gavankar as Topaz
Russell has a number of enemies – mostly members of the evil
Committee – such as Baron Thunder, Carruthers, and Professor Mako. As well as having ties to minor Marvel heroes
Tigra and Moon Knight who could also appear here.
Of course, this is only the tip of the Marvel Monster
iceberg. Still MIA from our little film
family are N’Kantu the Living Mummy, Simon Garth the Marvel Zombie, Gabriel the
Devil-Hunter, The Straw Man, and the Darkhold Redeemers.
Add to that any number of main stream heroes like Dr.
Strange, Ghost Rider, Morbius, Hellstrom, Hellcat, and Brother Voodoo; not to
mention the various monster hunters, demon lords, and giant Kirby-esque Monsters
and the number of films that could make it into this series is incalculable.
But we can hope…
Now what do you think?
Like my casting choices? Hate
them? Wondering where the obligatory Nathan
Fillon casting is? Comment below or
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Until next time,
Nerd Is The New Cool, signing off.
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