A group project/challenge based on Sean Harterr's own alternate movie posters. The rules are simple: After settling on a POD, develop a detailed timeline where as many of the following movies were released as possible. Bonus points if television, radio shows, music, books and/or other art forms are developed by different people than OTL.
Recast! Alternate Movies (Collaborative Timeline)
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President Al Bundy
Banned
Well, we need a POD to begin with 
May 25th, 1942 - The filming of Casablanca under the direction of William Wyler begins. The main cast features people like Ronald Reagan as Rick Blaine, Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund and many more.
January 23rd, 1943 - Casablanca celebrates its worldwide release, and becomes one of the highest grossing movies in 1943.
May 25th, 1942 - The filming of Casablanca under the direction of William Wyler begins. The main cast features people like Ronald Reagan as Rick Blaine, Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund and many more.
January 23rd, 1943 - Casablanca celebrates its worldwide release, and becomes one of the highest grossing movies in 1943.
Well, we need a POD to begin with
May 25th, 1942 - The filming of Casablanca under the direction of William Wyler begins. The main cast features people like Ronald Reagan as Rick Blaine, Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund and many more.
January 23rd, 1943 - Casablanca celebrates its worldwide release, and becomes one of the highest grossing movies in 1943.
I don't want to shoot your idea down, but Reagan was in the Army at the time. It will work if you provide a POD so he is not serving.
Y'know I was just thinking about this..eery
1967- At nigh the eleventh hour, Sean Connery is persuaded to be Bond one more time. As a price, he is given 10% gross of the upcoming film "On her majesty's secret service" and the promise of backing on two directorial ventures. Brigitte Bardot is persuaded to take the role of Teresa Draco, Bond's wife to be
1969- On her majesty's secret service is a colossal hit, financially and critically, with much praise heaped upon Connery for his acting, especially in the emotional climax. Despite the success, Connery continues to say, "Never again."
1971- Christopher Plummer is cast as 007 in Diamonds Are Forever
1973- Jeremy Brett replaces Plummer as Bond in Live and Let Die and returns in the Man with the Golden Gun
1977- Brett declines to return for a third movie and is replaced by, surprisingly
,Peter Sellers, whom stars in the Spy who loved me and Moonraker, the second becomes highly reminiscent of one of the Pink Panther movies
1980- Peter Sellers dies, the first Bond to do so. The hunt is on for a new leading man to take up the mantle in For your eyes only
1981- Timothy Dalton is the new Bond in For your eyes only, and will return in Property of a Lady (TTL's Octopussy, but no damn clowns), and a View to a Kill
1987- Sam Neill is the new 007 in the Living Daylights, and returns in Licence Revoke and Colonel Sun
1995-Liam Neeson is the new Bond in Goldeneye. He will continue in Tomorrow Never Lies and the World is not enough
2002- The Bond franchise is rebooted, with Scotsman Ewan Macgregor as James Bond facing off against Christoph Waltz's Le Chiffre in Casino Royale, directed by one Quentin Tarentino
1967- At nigh the eleventh hour, Sean Connery is persuaded to be Bond one more time. As a price, he is given 10% gross of the upcoming film "On her majesty's secret service" and the promise of backing on two directorial ventures. Brigitte Bardot is persuaded to take the role of Teresa Draco, Bond's wife to be
1969- On her majesty's secret service is a colossal hit, financially and critically, with much praise heaped upon Connery for his acting, especially in the emotional climax. Despite the success, Connery continues to say, "Never again."
1971- Christopher Plummer is cast as 007 in Diamonds Are Forever
1973- Jeremy Brett replaces Plummer as Bond in Live and Let Die and returns in the Man with the Golden Gun
1977- Brett declines to return for a third movie and is replaced by, surprisingly
,Peter Sellers, whom stars in the Spy who loved me and Moonraker, the second becomes highly reminiscent of one of the Pink Panther movies
1980- Peter Sellers dies, the first Bond to do so. The hunt is on for a new leading man to take up the mantle in For your eyes only
1981- Timothy Dalton is the new Bond in For your eyes only, and will return in Property of a Lady (TTL's Octopussy, but no damn clowns), and a View to a Kill
1987- Sam Neill is the new 007 in the Living Daylights, and returns in Licence Revoke and Colonel Sun
1995-Liam Neeson is the new Bond in Goldeneye. He will continue in Tomorrow Never Lies and the World is not enough
2002- The Bond franchise is rebooted, with Scotsman Ewan Macgregor as James Bond facing off against Christoph Waltz's Le Chiffre in Casino Royale, directed by one Quentin Tarentino
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You just destroyed the Bond Genre.
To explain my reaction: I am a HUGE fan of movies (except Moonraker) and novels alike, and Ian Fleming will spin in his grave faster than the earth goes around the sun if Tarantino gets his hand on it.
I do not like Tarantino or any of his movies. (seriously) So there.
You just destroyed the Bond Genre.
To explain my reaction: I am a HUGE fan of movies (except Moonraker) and novels alike, and Ian Fleming will spin in his grave faster than the earth goes around the sun if Tarantino gets his hand on it.
I do not like Tarantino or any of his movies. (seriously) So there.
Well I can't help but imagine Tarantino would be quite different considering just how reference happy is movie are
I'm trying to think up some movies based off Tom Clancy books, but I'm stumped as who could play who in any of them.
Ok thats fine
btw I call the Godzilla series : )
Superman Returns: David Boreanaz as Clark Kent/ Superman, Scarlett Johannsen as Lois Lane, Jude Law as General Zod, and Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor, directed by Martin Campbell
btw I call the Godzilla series : )
Superman Returns: David Boreanaz as Clark Kent/ Superman, Scarlett Johannsen as Lois Lane, Jude Law as General Zod, and Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor, directed by Martin Campbell
President Al Bundy
Banned
I don't want to shoot your idea down, but Reagan was in the Army at the time. It will work if you provide a POD so he is not serving.
I know, but appearantly I forgot to include such an POD. Anyway, here it comes:
January 24th, 1942 - Ronald Reagan decides not to enlist in the Army, but to accept an offer for a role in the coming movie "Casablanca" instead.
Here are other PODs:
November 21st, 1946 - The Best Years of our Lives starring Ronald Reagan in the lead role is released. The movie gets positive reviews, and wins seven Adademy Awards, including one for Ronald Reagan as best lead actor and one for William Wyler as best director.
November 18th, 1959 - Ben Hur, starring Ronald Reagan as Messala and Chalton Heston as Judah Ben-Hur, premieres in New York. The movie receives positive critics and is cited as one of the best movies of all time by some.
June 14th, 1988 - Red Heat, starring Bruce Willis as Captain Ivan Danko and James Belushi as Art Ridžić premieres in New York. The critics are mediocre and the movie flops at the box office. But Bruce Willis receives some praise for his good performance in the film, leading to some saying that he "rescued" the movie.
July 15th, 1988 - Commando 2: Nothing Lasts Forever, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as John Matrix and Alan Rickman as Anton "Toni" Gruber is released. Many pundits notice the stylistic differences between Commando and its sequel, but nonetheless it's another box office hit for Schwarzenegger.
July 4th, 1990 - Commando 3: 58 Minutes, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as John Matrix, is released. Even though the movie is critisized for "recycling" the plot from the 2nd Commando movie, the movie fares well at the box office.
December 21st, 1990 - Kindergarten Cop, starring Bruce Willis as Detective John Kimble, is released. The movie receives average reviews and doesn't perform well at the box office.
May 19th, 1995 - Lethal Weapon 4: Vengeance, starring Mel Gibson as Martin Riggs, Danny Glover as Roger Murtaugh and Jeremy Irons as Peter Joshua, is released. The movie is well received by the public and becomes one of the highest-grossing films in 1995.
July 10th, 1998 - Lethal Weapon 5, starring once again Mel Gibson as Martin Riggs and Danny Glover as Roger Murtaugh, is released. This isn't as well received as its predecessor and also doesn't so well at the box office.
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I like this alright. Tarentino would inject some life in the franchise, I think.
Other alternate Bond moments: Johnny Lee Miller cast as Bond at some point in the nineties.
Spielberg gets his Bond film in the late seventies (culminating in either an alternate Moonraker or and alternate For Your Eyes Only under Spielberg's direction) and Lucas continues on to produce "The Adventures of Indiana Smith" with Francis Ford Coppola directing.
Don't ask me to cite my source for this because it's out of several books I have in storage and I can't find anything about it online, but before he died James Dean was apparently planning on learning guitar to play Woody Guthrie in a movie of his life. Not sure where I'm going with this other than the typical shallow AH statement: That would've been awesome.
President Al Bundy
Banned
September 21st, 1993 - Last Action Hero, starring Sylvester Stallone as Jack Slater, is released. The R-Rated parody of 80's action movies is surprisingly well received, and helps keeping Stallone's career afloat.
June 10th, 1994 - Commando 4: Fast Lane, featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger reprising his role as John Matrix, Sandra Bullock as Annie Porter and Dennis Hopper as Edward Gruber, makes its debut at the cinemas. The forth installment of the Commando-series is as well received as its predecessors and performs once again well at the box office.
June 10th, 1994 - Commando 4: Fast Lane, featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger reprising his role as John Matrix, Sandra Bullock as Annie Porter and Dennis Hopper as Edward Gruber, makes its debut at the cinemas. The forth installment of the Commando-series is as well received as its predecessors and performs once again well at the box office.
Kissinger
Banned
Ultraman Powered: The Movie
In 1993, the United States vainly attempted a reboot of the Ultraman series known as Ultraman Powered. The series, whose stories were usually a breath of life into the genre failed to gain respect with the HORRIOBLE acting while Japanese Ultraman has "Ok" actors and terrible fight scenes and it wasn't shown in the the US, and no mutilation of the monsters.
POD: Tsurabaya offers assistance to the makers of "Ultraman Powered" which is still in the prototype stages. This time the makers accept help and Ultraman Powered becomes a revered show being shown in the USA in 1994 where despite criticism of the gore and violence, becomes a popular show and defeats Power Rangers due to the made for TV Movie, "Ultraman Powered." What do you think?
In 1993, the United States vainly attempted a reboot of the Ultraman series known as Ultraman Powered. The series, whose stories were usually a breath of life into the genre failed to gain respect with the HORRIOBLE acting while Japanese Ultraman has "Ok" actors and terrible fight scenes and it wasn't shown in the the US, and no mutilation of the monsters.
POD: Tsurabaya offers assistance to the makers of "Ultraman Powered" which is still in the prototype stages. This time the makers accept help and Ultraman Powered becomes a revered show being shown in the USA in 1994 where despite criticism of the gore and violence, becomes a popular show and defeats Power Rangers due to the made for TV Movie, "Ultraman Powered." What do you think?
1999/2000: Director Chris Columbus, after deciding that Alan Rickman's screen test of Severus Snape was simply too petty and Ian Hart's screen test of Quirrell was utterly wooden, decides to go with Jeremy Irons and Dan Ackroyd, respectively.
2001 Harry Potter and The Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone debuts to impressive numbers, but the British Commonwealth press and entertainment websites pan the lone Canadian cast member and his obvious fake (English) Midlands Accent.
2001 Harry Potter and The Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone debuts to impressive numbers, but the British Commonwealth press and entertainment websites pan the lone Canadian cast member and his obvious fake (English) Midlands Accent.
You just destroyed the Bond Genre.
To explain my reaction: I am a HUGE fan of movies (except Moonraker) and novels alike, and Ian Fleming will spin in his grave faster than the earth goes around the sun if Tarantino gets his hand on it.
I do not like Tarantino or any of his movies. (seriously) So there.
trekchu
Definitely agree. Bond has some levels of cartoon violence but nothing like at much as Tarantino loves. Also Bond, despite anything has a moral basis while seems to be utterly alien to Tarantino.
Steve
October 26, 1984 - James Cameron's first epic, "The Terminator" is released. Produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Sigourney Weaver and Jim Brown, is a massive hit at the box office, both for excellent acting performances and world-class special effects. It also establishes a history of co-operation between Spielberg and Cameron.
(OOC: pretty similar to the first one, but Jim Brown takes over as Lieutenant Traxler and who lives through the film, and Weaver as a friend of Sarah Connor who is also attacked by the Terminator.)
July 3, 1991 - Cameron blows his previous Terminator epic out of the water. Again teamed with Spielberg and again starring Schwarzenegger, Hamilton, Weaver and Brown, but also introducing Robert Patrick, Joe Morton, Edward Furlong and a young Angelina Jolie to the series. In this movie, Schwarzenegger returns as the good guy, this time out to defend Sarah Connor's twins, John and Alicia (played by Furlong and Jolie) against the insane T-1000. The Terminator, at John's request, breaks Sarah Connor out of prison, and locates Sarah's emotionally-scarred friend Christina Ross (Weaver), who is also the stepmom to Alicia. The twins force Sarah, Christina and the Terminator to help them destroy those responsible for the coming Judgement Day. The fight between Weaver and Patrick is widely considered to be one of the most emotional fight scenes in a modern movie. The movie is a massive hit, and is one of the first action movies nominated for best picture at the Oscars.
May 5, 2000 - The third Terminator movie, Terminator III: Salvation, is released. This one keeps Schwarzenegger, Weaver, Morton and Jolie, but recasts most of the rest of the cast, with the arrivals of Nick Stahl, Jordana Brewster, Claire Danes, Johnny Strong, Matt Schulze and Morris Chestnut. This time also sees a female Terminator, the T-X2 (Brewster) and a second T-800 (Schulze) sent as backup. The Terminator (Schwarzenegger), tracks down Ross (Weaver) just as the two Terminators do, forcing them to run, and track down John (Stahl) and Alicia (Jolie). Unable to find their primary targets, the two Terminators start going after the Connor's lieutenants, including his future wife, Katherine (Danes), forcing the Terminator to attempt to rescue them as well as find John and Alicia. This is only successful after a chance run-in with Miles Dyson (Morton), now in a wheelchair as a result of the actions of the first movie, and his technowizard son Andrew (Chestnut). After recovering a cache of firepower from Sarah Connor's grave, they begin fighting back against the Terminators.
Learning that Skynet is planning his attack out, Andrew locates Major Christopher Rickens (Strong), a tough but brilliant computer programmer who is the one responsible for Skynet's source code, and they take him to the Skynet command station in Nevada to stop the virus before its too late - and with the two Terminators in pursuit the whole time.
(OOC: pretty similar to the first one, but Jim Brown takes over as Lieutenant Traxler and who lives through the film, and Weaver as a friend of Sarah Connor who is also attacked by the Terminator.)
July 3, 1991 - Cameron blows his previous Terminator epic out of the water. Again teamed with Spielberg and again starring Schwarzenegger, Hamilton, Weaver and Brown, but also introducing Robert Patrick, Joe Morton, Edward Furlong and a young Angelina Jolie to the series. In this movie, Schwarzenegger returns as the good guy, this time out to defend Sarah Connor's twins, John and Alicia (played by Furlong and Jolie) against the insane T-1000. The Terminator, at John's request, breaks Sarah Connor out of prison, and locates Sarah's emotionally-scarred friend Christina Ross (Weaver), who is also the stepmom to Alicia. The twins force Sarah, Christina and the Terminator to help them destroy those responsible for the coming Judgement Day. The fight between Weaver and Patrick is widely considered to be one of the most emotional fight scenes in a modern movie. The movie is a massive hit, and is one of the first action movies nominated for best picture at the Oscars.
May 5, 2000 - The third Terminator movie, Terminator III: Salvation, is released. This one keeps Schwarzenegger, Weaver, Morton and Jolie, but recasts most of the rest of the cast, with the arrivals of Nick Stahl, Jordana Brewster, Claire Danes, Johnny Strong, Matt Schulze and Morris Chestnut. This time also sees a female Terminator, the T-X2 (Brewster) and a second T-800 (Schulze) sent as backup. The Terminator (Schwarzenegger), tracks down Ross (Weaver) just as the two Terminators do, forcing them to run, and track down John (Stahl) and Alicia (Jolie). Unable to find their primary targets, the two Terminators start going after the Connor's lieutenants, including his future wife, Katherine (Danes), forcing the Terminator to attempt to rescue them as well as find John and Alicia. This is only successful after a chance run-in with Miles Dyson (Morton), now in a wheelchair as a result of the actions of the first movie, and his technowizard son Andrew (Chestnut). After recovering a cache of firepower from Sarah Connor's grave, they begin fighting back against the Terminators.
Learning that Skynet is planning his attack out, Andrew locates Major Christopher Rickens (Strong), a tough but brilliant computer programmer who is the one responsible for Skynet's source code, and they take him to the Skynet command station in Nevada to stop the virus before its too late - and with the two Terminators in pursuit the whole time.
I go with Gone with the Wind, a Franchise
June 1st, 1938: Katharine Hepburn accepts the role as Scarlett O, Hara in Gone with the Wind
June 4th, 1938: Filming for Gone with the Wind begins in Atlanta, Georgia
December 15, 1939: Gone with the Wind premiers triumphitly in Atlanta,Georgia, with a nation wide release schduled for January 17th of 1940
January 17th, 1940: Gone with the Wind releases Nation wide, It grosses over 4 million dollars, equivilent to over 2 billion dollars in today's money
March 17th, 1942: Gone with the Wind 2 is anounced, The origional cast is recast in minor roles, the movie is set to be based in the ARW
January 17th, 1944: Gone with the Wind 2: Red Coats and Red Love, is released nation wide, and grosses over 7 million dollars, which set a new record for largest grossings ever,
March 14th, 1963: Gone with the Wind 3 is anounced, with Katharine Hepburn returning as Scarlett O"Hara, and Clark Gable as Rhett Butler, Audrey Hepburn is cast as Scarlett's Daughter Ruby,
June 19th, 1965: Gone with the Wind 3: Love Always Prevails in released, and grosses more then the first two movies combined,
March 17th, 2010: The Gone with the Wind franchise is rebooted, with Gone with the Wind, A remake of the first movie, starting Jessica Alba as Scarlett O'Hara and Brad Pitt as Rhett Butler
June 1st, 1938: Katharine Hepburn accepts the role as Scarlett O, Hara in Gone with the Wind
June 4th, 1938: Filming for Gone with the Wind begins in Atlanta, Georgia
December 15, 1939: Gone with the Wind premiers triumphitly in Atlanta,Georgia, with a nation wide release schduled for January 17th of 1940
January 17th, 1940: Gone with the Wind releases Nation wide, It grosses over 4 million dollars, equivilent to over 2 billion dollars in today's money
March 17th, 1942: Gone with the Wind 2 is anounced, The origional cast is recast in minor roles, the movie is set to be based in the ARW
January 17th, 1944: Gone with the Wind 2: Red Coats and Red Love, is released nation wide, and grosses over 7 million dollars, which set a new record for largest grossings ever,
March 14th, 1963: Gone with the Wind 3 is anounced, with Katharine Hepburn returning as Scarlett O"Hara, and Clark Gable as Rhett Butler, Audrey Hepburn is cast as Scarlett's Daughter Ruby,
June 19th, 1965: Gone with the Wind 3: Love Always Prevails in released, and grosses more then the first two movies combined,
March 17th, 2010: The Gone with the Wind franchise is rebooted, with Gone with the Wind, A remake of the first movie, starting Jessica Alba as Scarlett O'Hara and Brad Pitt as Rhett Butler
June 29th 1972 - "The Candidate" is released in theaters featuring the story of a liberal lawyer named Bill McKay played by James Caan running for a Senate seat in 1970 against a popular Republican Senator named Crocker Jarmon played by Henry Fonda. McKay is the son of former Democratic California Governor John McKay played by Ronald Reagan. The film features Bill McKay's transition from idealist to pragmatist as he defeats Jarmon on a campaign of empty phrases and dirty politics that is a satire of the Nixon era.
December 11th 1977 - "The General Race" is released in theaters as a sequel to the Candidate, giving a fictional take on the future 1980 election. Senator Bill McKay, now in his second term who has gained the Democratic nomination and running against popular former Vice President David Saxon played by Jack Lemmon. The film features the blows exchanged by McKay and Saxon as they fight out a dead-heat race, ending with McKay being elected President on the night when his ailing father in a return from Ronald Reagan dies from stomach cancer which helps gain McKay sympathy votes. The film is a satire on the dirty tricks and cynicism of American presidential elections.
December 11th 1977 - "The General Race" is released in theaters as a sequel to the Candidate, giving a fictional take on the future 1980 election. Senator Bill McKay, now in his second term who has gained the Democratic nomination and running against popular former Vice President David Saxon played by Jack Lemmon. The film features the blows exchanged by McKay and Saxon as they fight out a dead-heat race, ending with McKay being elected President on the night when his ailing father in a return from Ronald Reagan dies from stomach cancer which helps gain McKay sympathy votes. The film is a satire on the dirty tricks and cynicism of American presidential elections.