OT tipping point. Cast your BLL Movie
OK, OT is almost officially over, and maybe this can shove it off the cliff.
You're turning John U. Bacon's book "Endzone" into a riviting Michigan Football themed thriller titled "Brandon's Lasting Lessons".
Your budget is unlimited, everyone in Hollywood is dying to be in it.
Whom do you cast?
Without much thought (obviously), here are my picks:
Brady Hoke - Jeff Garlin. honoraable mention . . John Goodman
Jim Harbaugh - Brad Pitt. honoraable mention . . George Clooney,
Dave Brandon - Andrew Divoff honoraable mention . . Hugo Weaving, Jason Sudeikis
Jim Hackett - Anthony Hopkins, honoraable mention . . Robert Duvall
Mark Schissell -Kevin Kline. honoraable mention . . Stanley Tucci
Brian Cook - Aaron Johnson, honoraable mention . . Shia Labeouf
John U Bacon - Timothy Busfield. honoraable mention . .David Caruso
Shane Morris Tyler Posey
WD - Justin Long
Ace - Dany Trejo BECAUSEIT”SMYFUCKINGMOVIETHATSWHY!
August 26th, 2015 at 9:54 PM ^
I would have maybe gone with Richard Dreyfuss as Schlissel - a dye job and a beard away from being able to do it, I would think, even at 67 years old, but it is a minor quibble, of course.
As someone mentioned above, Rowan Atkinson as Dave Brandon would be....strangely appropriate actually. I did like that suggestion.
August 26th, 2015 at 9:54 PM ^
Jim Harbaugh - Daniel Day Lewis
Hoke - John C. Reily
Brandon - Hugo Weaving (Bad guy from original Matrix)
Hackett - Paul Giamatti
Schlissel - Mandy Patinken
Brian Cook - Jorge Garcia
John U. Bacon - Aaron Eckhart
Shane Morris - Andrew Garfield (latest Spider Man)
August 26th, 2015 at 10:20 PM ^
August 26th, 2015 at 9:55 PM ^
as WD.
August 26th, 2015 at 10:42 PM ^
as WD
Here he is with "Sloth" (John Matuszak) as Dave Brandon:
August 26th, 2015 at 10:03 PM ^
Harbaugh - Danny McBride
Hacket - George the Animal Steele
Brandon - Jon Hamm
Hoke - John Goodman
MSC - Julia Louis Dreyfus
Shane Morris - Freddie Prince Junior
Cameo : John U. Bacon (as himself)
August 26th, 2015 at 10:09 PM ^
For the Ace/Trejo photoshops. 3, 2, 1
August 26th, 2015 at 10:16 PM ^
Bacon- Neal Patrick Harris
Dave Brandon-Dustin Diamond
Schlissel- Rip Torn
Brian Cook- Blake from Workaholics
Shane Morris- Zack Morris
Jim Harbaugh-Allen Covert
Brady Hoke-Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid)
Jim Hackett-BILL MURRAY
August 27th, 2015 at 6:15 AM ^
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August 26th, 2015 at 10:16 PM ^
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August 26th, 2015 at 11:05 PM ^
Dave Brandon - Tim Robbins
Brady Hoke - Jeff Garlin
Jim Hackett - Rob Corddry
Mark Schlissel - Mandy Patinkin
Jim Harbaugh - Josh Brolin
or Bill Paxton
John U. Bacon - Thomas Jane
Shane Morris - Nicholas Hoult
Devin Gardner - Morris Chestnut
Russell Bellomy - Garrett Hedlund
Brian Cook - Adam Duritz of Counting Crows
Wolverine Devotee - Josh Hutcherson
August 26th, 2015 at 11:05 PM ^
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August 26th, 2015 at 11:13 PM ^
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August 26th, 2015 at 11:15 PM ^
Our fearless leader, Brian Cook, played by Keanu Reeves. Excellent!
August 26th, 2015 at 11:19 PM ^
August 26th, 2015 at 11:29 PM ^
Al Borges
played by Conleth Hill (aka Varys the Spider from GoT)
August 26th, 2015 at 11:34 PM ^
... so this already exists on the Internet...
August 26th, 2015 at 11:38 PM ^
The Grumpy Cat
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as "Mike" D'Antonio
August 26th, 2015 at 11:39 PM ^
I am guessing that Mark Dantonio would be played by Rodney Dangerfield when they get to the part of the movie when they drive the stake into the turf.
August 26th, 2015 at 11:48 PM ^
Brian Cook - Jeff Bridges
Ace Anbender - Paul Rudd
WD - Adam DeVine
Brady Hoke - John Goodman
Dave Brandon - Christopher McDonald
Shane Morris - Nicholas Hoult
Mark Schlissel - Mandy Patinkin
Jim Hackett - Robert Duvall
Jim Harbaugh - Mark Harmon
John U. Bacon - Jeff Daniels
August 27th, 2015 at 12:52 AM ^
My go to for Brandon would be the guy who played Duck Phillips in Mad Men.
August 27th, 2015 at 7:25 AM ^
Brady Hoke - John Candy
Dave Brandon - Christopher Lee
Jim Harbaugh - Steve McQueen
Jim Hackett - Gregory Peck
Mark Schlissel - Pete Postlethwaite
John U. Bacon - Philip Seymour Hoffman
Brian Cook - James Dean
Ace - Heath Ledger
WD - River Phoenix
August 27th, 2015 at 8:10 AM ^
"and as evil corporate mastermind Dave Brandon, Christoph Waltz"
just so long as we get Danny Glover as Fred Jackson, I'm on board. I basically imagine the Jim Harbaugh assembling his coaching staff montage as being like Jake & Elwood getting the band back together.....
SCENE
Josh Brolin (Harbaugh) "Listen Tyrone, we want you back to coach running backs at Michigan."
Ice Cube (Wheatley) "You can't bring that stuff in here! My old lady is going to kill me!"
Brolin (Harbaugh) "Would it help you ma'am if you knew that what we're asking Tyrone to do is a holy thing? You see, we're on a mission from Bo."
Taraji Henson from Empire (Wheatley's wife) <runs out from behind counter of Tyrone's Chicken and Waffle Emporium in Buffalo NY> "Don't you blaspheme in here! You ain't taking my man, and you Tyrone are not running off with your ol' two bit Sincerely in Football friends.."
Cube (Wheatley) "Aw, check your self woman!"
<Entire cast breaks out into new hip-hop version of "Think">
Where's the kickstarter?
August 27th, 2015 at 8:50 AM ^
You know, I thought this thread was a lot worse than it is when I clicked on it. Kudos to you all for entertaining.
August 27th, 2015 at 9:34 AM ^
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