If CannonBall Run was to be remade...

[Guest tank_abbott]

Assuming someone who is in the same spot in Hollywood today as the original star was back in 1981, who would replace who?:

 

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete

Burt Reynolds .... J.J. McClure (Some A List Actor on the down side of his drawing power...Robin Williams?)

Roger Moore .... Seymour Goldfarb, Jr./Roger Moore (Pierce Brosnan...Bond is Bond...although so far I have all the makings for a Mrs. Doubtfire sequel)

Farrah Fawcett .... Pamela Glover (Blond Bombshell= Pamela Anderson)

Dom DeLuise .... Victor Prinzim/Captain Chaos (Hmmm...)

Dean Martin .... Jamie Blake/Priest (Legendary Singer/Actor...I'll settle for Steve Martin...until I think of someone else)

Sammy Davis Jr. .... Morris Fenderbaum/Priest (Cosby??)

Jack Elam .... Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing (Unknown wacko...What's Kane Hodder up to? ...I'm kiddin...)

Adrienne Barbeau .... Marcia Thatcher (More cleavage needed....I'm sure Jennifer Love Hewitt or some other bimbo will fit the bill..)

Terry Bradshaw (I) .... Terry (Brett Favre)

Jackie Chan .... First Subaru Driver (Jet Li or Chan would work here)

Jamie Farr .... The Sheik (Hmmm...Ethnic sterotype....)

 

 

Well this was a pretty pointless exercise...

[Guest starvenger]

Whywhywhy would you EVER remake Cannonball Run? It just shouldn't happen...

[Guest Youth N Asia]

I agree with the idea that this should never be remade...although they'd probably put some putz like Mr. Lopez, er, I mean Ben Affleck for the lead.

[Guest WrestlingDeacon]

J.J. McClure-George Clooney

 

Seymore Goldfarb-Brosnan is a natural, but keep the character as a guy who thinks he's Roger Moore. Pierce Brosnan pretending to be Roger Moore is genius.

 

Pamela Glover-If you get Clooney, this will probably wind up being Julia Roberts. I think Halle Berry would be good at this time. If you want a hot blonde, go with Melissa George

 

Victor Prinzim/Captain Chaos-I'd say either Horatio Sanz or Drewy Carey.

 

Jamie Blake/Priest-Steve Martin's not a bad choice. If you go with Cosby for Fenderbaum, Robert Culp would be fun here. I say Tom Hanks, he'd have a ball and he worships Martin.

 

Morris Fenderbaum/Priest-I'd say Eddie Murphy is your obvious choice, but he hasn't been funny or interesting in awhile. Denzel Washington or Will Smith would be neat, especially playing off of Hanks. I like Bernie Mac.

 

Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing-Pay homage to the original here and use Burt Reynolds.

 

Marcia Thatcher-For the two girls use Tiffany Amber Thiessen and Elizabeth Berkely. Then the female cop that picks them up can be Lark Voorhies.

 

Terry-Brett Favre's a good choice. For Mel Tillis, I'd go with Travis Tritt.

 

First Subaru Driver-Jackie Chan could still do the roll. Chow Yun Fat makes a good fit. A nice bit would be Chan going to Fat and Jet Li and forcing them to run the race as like a rite of passage.

 

Jamie Farr .... The Sheik-Farr could still play it. I see John Goodman here for some reason. I say go with a huge name that you would never think for the part, but has a good sense of humor and would enjoy himself. Ben Affleck is a good choice in that mode.

[Guest El Satanico]

I'm doing mine based on people who would possibly agree to such a dumb project. And those who would likely be cast in a movie who's sole purpose is a quick buck.

 

 

Burt Reynolds...J.J. McClure: Seann William Scott

Roger Moore...Seymour Goldfarb, Jr./Roger Moore: Rowan Atkinson unless they can get Pierce Brosnan

Farrah Fawcett .... Pamela Glover: Jennifer Love Hewitt

Dom DeLuise .... Victor Prinzim/Captain Chaos: Ashton Krutcher

Dean Martin .... Jamie Blake/Priest: Kid Rock

Sammy Davis Jr. .... Morris Fenderbaum/Priest: Snoop Dogg

Jack Elam .... Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing: Dee Snider or like Deacon said Burt Reynolds if they could get him.

Adrienne Barbeau .... Marcia Thatcher: Eliza Dushku

Terry Bradshaw...Terry: Brett Favre by default since he's the only redneckish current football player that has done movies and has shown on camera charisma.

Jackie Chan...First Subaru Driver: Jet Li of course

Jamie Farr...The Sheik: They would be afraid to use The Sheik now so DMX would now play this

[Guest razazteca]

Rat Race was funny, just make a sequal to that movie, it has the same plot as CannonBall Run.

 

Just add Howard Stern, Ted Nuggent, The Rock, Johnny Knoxville, Christina Ricci, Jimmy Kimble & Adam Corella.

[Ultimo Dugas 0]

They should remake it with Norm MacDonald as Burt Reynolds as J.J. McClure.

[Guest tank_abbott]

I appreciate those of you who took the time to humor me with your responses instead of just blowing it off....