Welcome Back, Mr. Nightcrawler

[qlajlu]

Nightcrawler, Gordon is getting away. Where are you?

 

[Jamie C.]

Ron Perlman is to old

Well, I figure if he can pull off "Hellboy", he should be able to get away with being Lorenzo's older brother, with the right makeup crew.

Especially since, so far, Bob has spent the majority of his time behind a rifle scope, and up on a hill in the brush.

Besides, where else are you gonna find such a physically imposing actor with such a snarky sense of humor?

Edit: One other thing... I know we've established Nightcrawler's and Sarah's age, but is there a reference in there that I've missed as to how old Lorenzo is? Hell, he could be 40 for all I know. *shrug*
J.C.

 

[Correia]

I never say how old Lorenzo is. He is older than he looks. But is one of those guys who you just couldn't really guess his age. In fact, he is the kind of person that you forget what he looks like, because he tries not to leave an impression. He likes it that way.

Bob is just a couple of years older than him.

The only ages that I actually give are Jill's (25). Reaper is approximately Nightcrawler's age. Carl's age was never given, but assume he had a lot of mileage on the odometer. Eddie was described as younger than Lorenzo expected.

I leave the rest to your imagination.

 

[Jamie C.]

Eh, I figure it really doesn't matter, since with the movies, the characters are always however old the screenwriter says they are, no matter what the actual age of the actor portraying them.

So... break out your favorite actor, and we'll just apply the anti-aging makeup as required, in whatever amount is needed to do the job. *g*

( Remember, Sean Connery lost the job as James Bond 'cause folks thought he was too old... but then they turned around and hired somebody 3 years older than him. ( Roger Moore))


J.C.

 

[silhanek]

What about Ziyi Zhang as Ling? She's 27 and has been in Hero, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and a handful of other movies. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0955471/

 

[RandomAvenger]

Ok, Ok, Rewrite......

So I had to recast the actors for our feature film...


Ryan Reynolds as Nightcrawler -


Matt Damon as Lorenzo -


Jessica Biel as Jill -


Chiaki Kuriyama as Ling -


Matt Doran* as Reaper -


Jordi Mollà** as Gordon -


Jeremy Irons*** as Eddie -


Gary Oldman as Tailor -


Billy Bob Thornton as Carl -


Kris Kristofferson as Hawk -





*- "Mouse" from The Matrix
**- bad guy from Bad Boys II
***- bad guy from Die Hard: With A Vengeance

 

[BluesBear]

Kris Kristofferson as Hawk

Now THAT'S great casting!

Just PELASE do not let him sing on the soundtrack.

 

[Jim March]

But where do we put Rick Moranis?

 

[LiquidTension]

But where do we put Rick Moranis?

In the elevator with Michael Moore? That guy is almost as annoying as Gilbert Gottfried.

For some reason I always picture Will Ferrell as Mugatu from Zoolander when I think about Eddie. Oh, and Jessica Biel would be an excellent choice as Jill. She's real nice to look at.

 

[Lupinus]

RA I think you nailed it with the exception of Lorenzo, Colin Farrell would do better as him in my opinion

 

[RandomAvenger]

Yah, the more I think about it, the more I like Colin Farrell as Lorenzo. I picked him as Lorenzo in my first casting, but for whatever reason, I went with Damon in round two. So, my final decision would be for Colin Farrell.

 

[Lupinus]

I'm just tired of matt damon

 

[coonan357]

14 hours 36 pages and 887 post later .... this has to be one of the best Fiction pieces I have read in my life !!! Nightcrawler and correia great job putting it together . both of you good luck with your books ( nightcrawler I know your going to publish one and its gonna be a best seller

P.s. clean up the korth and you should also use a Coonan in there too.

 

[ilcylic]

Who should play Ling? Zhang Zi-Ying, of course. Kicks ass, beautiful, *and* young enough to play the part.

As for Colin Ferrell: Feh. What a wooden cardboard cut-out of an actor.

 

[distortion9]

WOW! Very, VERY cool...excellent job guys. If it's ok, I'd like to offer some soundtrack choices and casting ideas.

Theme Song

"Only" by Anthrax

Everything is perfect
Everything is sick, thats it
You cant tell me to stop it
You cant tell me not to quit, thats it

Revolve around yourself
Its you and no one else
Hard for me to stay
Swinging moods that change
From calmness to deranged
Unpredictable, unpredictable

You would see if
Only
You hadnt taken things out of my hands
Only
You never wanted to understand

Clasing ways to live here
Compromise for me
Im at both ends of the spectrum
Youre somewhere in the between
Ah, come clean

Revolve around yourself
Its you and no one else
Hard for me to stay
Swinging moods that change
From calmness to deranged
Unpredictable, unpredictable

You would see if
Only
You hadnt taken things out of my hands
Only
You never wanted to understand
Only
You hadnt taken things out of my hands
Only
You never wanted to understand
Only
You hadnt taken things out of my hands
Only
You never wanted to understand

Crucified, terrified, sacrifice, my whole life
My whole life, my whole life, my whole life
My whole life
If only...
I cant contain myself
I cant contain myself
I just cant take myself


Staring

Josh Hartnett as Nightcrawler

Devon Aoki as Ling (Japanese yes but, I love her)

Matthew McConaughey as Lorenzo

Mila Jovovich as Jill


Tom Sizemore as Carl

Willem Dafoe as Eddie

Matthew Lillard as Reaper

Jack Black as Fat Man


How am I doin?

 

[steveracer]

I always called her ZZ-Hot.

I love that girl.

 

[distortion9]

Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become

I can't escape this hell
So many times I've tried
But I'm still caged inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

Someone if you can see
The dark inside of me
Noone would ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe, It's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal (this animal x's 2)

I can't escape myself
So many times I've lied
But there's still rage inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

Someone if you can see
The dark inside of me
Noone would ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe, It's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe, It's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal

Somebody help me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
Somebody wake me from this nightmare
I can't escape this cell

This Animal x's 7

Someone if you can see
The dark inside of me
Noone would ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe, It's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe, It's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal

This animal I have become.

 

[Nightcrawler]

update

Look for an update from Correia soon. My next bit will be Thursday or Friday.

Sorry for the hiatus, but some friends came from out of town to visit.

For those of you that were worrying that it's over, it's not. It's getting there, but it's not over.

 

[Lupinus]

story now friends later

 

[Legionnaire]

For those of you that were worrying that it's over, it's not.

Not worried ... just impatient!

 

[Tinman357]

Casting for Nightcrawler.

I think it needs to be someone with real world military experiance. Someone just butt ugly. Like me. I work cheap and no big ego for a director to massage.

 

[Cliff47]

Ripping good read!! Can't wait to see how Gordon gets his.

On a previous post: I was in Spokane, WA last weekend, and ran across a Sonic drive-in between North Division and Ruby, not too far from the Zip's on north Division (now THERE is a place for real gut-bombery, next to Zip's, Mickey D's is gourmet dining). Couldn't get in the place, it was packed.

Must say, I like Carl's choice of handgun. I'm a CZ fancier, myself. Just what variant was that he was carrying?? Inquiring minds want to know.

Waiting for the next installment. I will try to remain calm (it's not easy).

 

[ilcylic]

Tinman357: Sorry, but no such thing. I've been executive producer on two independant films, and worked crew on three others, and the thing my (usual) director told me once still stands true: "The biggest obstacle to making movies is the Talent." It's amazing to watch--you can take someone who has never been in front of a camera a day in their lives--and once they *realize* that the production can't go on without them, they turn into utter prima donnas. "WHERE THE **** IS MY COFFEE!?!?!"

 

[evan price]

#1, Meat Loaf as Gordon.

#2, Why didn't they use a Barret .50 BMG to shoot down the Lear, I mean, California says its possible........
just kidding


#3, Reaper should be that guy that played Tommy in Snatch (Stephen Graham)

#4, Stephanie Leonidas as Jill (played Helena in MirrorMask)

 

[CajunBass]

Man, I'm getting old. I've not only never heard of these actors and actresses, I've never heard of their movies. I'm glad someone mentioned Kris Kristofferson. I was starting to feel like I was in the Twilight Zone.

We won't even talk about the music.

I'll just go back over here in the corner now, and take my Geritol.

Carry on.