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Yeah, so, if someone created a movie of the Horus Heresy, which actors would play the main characters?
Who would play the Primarchs?
The Emprah?
Erebus?
Loken, Torgaddon, Abbadon, Aximand?
Garro?
Ollanius Pius?
Heck, even the Chaos Gods?!
Please no comments on why a HH movie would never happen, just who would play the pivotal characters if one was made.
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If it was done in one movie it would be terrible. The Horus Heresy is a monumental event and to try to cram it into a frantic three hours would frankly spoil a years-long war. It would need to be at least 6-8 films, similar in style to the Harry Potter series. The other problem is that it's a very simultaneous story. The Burning of Prospero, the Battle of Calth and Isstvan 3 & 5 occur very close together in the timeline but are too important to squeeze into one film, so there's a risk people not familiar with the events might find the story confusing. Ideally I guess you would have one film for the seeds of Horus' downfall and Isstvan 3, one for Isstvan V, one for Calth, one for Prospero, one for the Schism of Mars, one for the Siege of Terra and then the rest linking things together, develping plot and focussing on lesser events like the battle of Phall (a big deal but not quite as huge as the others imo), Fulgrim's apotheosis and many other events like that. If done full justice it would be a brilliant series, it's a fantastic piece of background with rich development, though I worry that there wouldn't be a great deal of attendance.

Since I hardly answered your original question, Stephen Fry as Nurgle.

The emprah would have to be arnold cant-spell-his-surname-correctly-because-he's-austrian as arnold in a movie makes my day...or morgan freeman...


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Morgan freeman as vulcan...

The main issue with a 40k film I think would be the age rating, make it a 12 and all the grim dark will be gone, make it an 18 and no one will see it at the cinema, hard to make these kinds of films

Russell Crowe as Horus, and cast Anne Hathaway as Abaddona, his girlfriend/second in command.


Yeah, that's what would happen.

I was in a meeting once with Tom Kirby and he said that when he has been approached about GW doing movies, that is one of the stopping points...the romance of a Space Marine and a female character.

I'm guessing a GW movie would have to be done Transformers style, where normal humans run around helping the Space Marines etc.

Arnold as Angron. Full stop.

Mel Gibson as emps. (because brave heart)

Samuel L. Jackson as Vulkan

Alan Rickman (because snape) as Konrad Curze (but if we can pick dead actors, then it would Heath Ledger)

Sanginious would be Chris Hemsworth

No one is heroic enough to play Pius

some one start photoshoping this.

Ps. I'll edit in more if I can think of some,

Edit: Jim Carrey as Fabious Bile

Edit: Nathan Fillion for Lorgar (sorry for copying others posts, I forget what actors exist a lot)

You need Jim Carey as Abaddon.

You cannot disagree this would make for some fun times.

Sgt_Smudge wrote:
Yeah, so, if someone created a movie of the Horus Heresy, which actors would play the main characters?

Vin Diesel would make a good primarch or marine.
Ron Perlman would make a great Angron or Abaddon.
Nathan Fillion could make a good Horus.
Jason Statham as a servitor or console. (I kid)
Jason Momoa would be great as a marine or primarch.

Not just listing actors I like or anything, honest... ; p

Daniel Day Lewis would play all of the Primarchs in my vision.

Guillermo del Toro should direct it!

The Horus Heresy would never work in on the big screen. As pointed out earlier, to stay true the story, you alienate the revenue, and to generate the revenue, you alienate the story. Kids = Full seats, and anything in a theatre is all about filling chairs. Take 50 Shades of Grey for example. When the project first launched, they promised to stick with the story and include all the sex and rate it at NC-17. Recently they announced they'll release an edited version alongside rated R. HH would be best served in the same respect as Game of Thrones. On HBO and broken down into a lot of episodes to fully utilize the vast story. However, there isn't enough sex, so the ratings will always come up short...

Jedward for Alpharius and his twin...

Tom Hardy as Horus.

To be as brutal as possible. Like, Quentin Tarantino brutal.

Heh, imagine it - a warhammer film directed by Tarantino. It will either be completely awesome or weaksauce.

Anyway, Sean Bean as Ollanius Pius. Because apparently, dying is his job in films

Hugo Weaving as the Emperor

Javier Bardem as Magnus

Viggo Mortensen as Dorn

Russell Crowe as Guilliman

Tom Hardy as Lorgar
Doug Jones as Kor Phaeron

I'd like to see the numerous people who start this post every week starring as target practice for the Astartes.

I don't know who would play who, but I'm going to go with my acting dreamteam:

Harrison Ford
Sean Connery
Christian Bale
Gerard Butler
Russell Crowe
Liam Neeson
Chris Hemsworth
Vin Diesel
Nathan Fillion
Viggo Mortenson
Morgan Freeman (Macharius the Sigilite? I think so.)
Samuel L. Jackson
Laurence Fishburne
Michael Fassbender
Christoph Waltz

Granted some of these might be too old to really play any of the major roles, but with computer tech being what it is these days...

Vin Diesel as Curze
Aaron Eckart as Sanguinius
Chris Hemsworth as Horus
Jamal Duff as Vulkan- big black dude from Dodgeball.
Sean Connery as the Emperor
Liam Neeson as the Dork Angel Primarch

Now most of you have named some fine actors and please shout out if I'm mistaken but don't all the Primarchs share smell facial and physical attributes? If I'm right doesn't that mean that we need to be looking at actors of similar ages?

Again I'm probably wrong here.

Christopher Lee or Charles Dance as Kor Phaeron.

Give me Bill Nighy as Malcador. That and promise me I won't see Ben Affleck anywhere in the flick.

Ben Affleck as Ollanus Pius

Shia LaBoeuf as Sanguinius.

PastelAvenger wrote:
Now most of you have named some fine actors and please shout out if I'm mistaken but don't all the Primarchs share smell facial and physical attributes? If I'm right doesn't that mean that we need to be looking at actors of similar ages?

Again I'm probably wrong here.

Well... we actually have no idea what the Primarchs looked like apart from their greatest physical features. Sanguinus had wings. Magnus had one red eye. Russ had a beard. Corax was pale as hell. Vulkan was black. So forth and so on.

Chuck Norris as emprah

I would probably spontaneously burst out laughing if I saw any well known actor without a considerable amount of make up/modifications to their appearance in the role a of a major 30k character.

I mean, other than that Colonel guy from Avatar being Dorn, though partly because he's forgettable to begin with. I'd rather see all unknowns with decent acting skills.

When this thread pops up once a month I cant tell if the suggestions are serious or not. Because the casting that seems serious is really bad.

So anyways, Jim Cavizel as Big Daddy Gold. Because..... Passion of the Christ.

/mic drop

feth it, I'm gonna include athletes in here too.
Vin Diesel should be the Emperor. He can be intimidating, and has the proper skintone. Have him grow his hair out, and use Hollywood magic to make him over 7' to be even more commanding.
Clay Matthews HAS to be Leman Russ.
Bryan Cranston should be Horus. He's bald and can sound threatening. That's the extent of this connection.
Brad Pitt with mid back length hair would be a PERFECT Sanguinius.
I can really see Johnny Depp as Fulgrim. Don't know why.
Magnus would pretty much have to be a guy red as a lobster buffed with cgi to be over 14'.
I can really see Charles Dance as Erebus.
I can really see Liam Neeson as Oll Pious.
I can really see Keith David being Khorne (gods potrayed as voices)
I can see Michelle Pfieffer as Slaanesh (again the voice)

That's all I got.

Jim carey as Mortarion

 thenoobbomb wrote:
Christopher Lee or Charles Dance as Kor Phaeron.

Charles Dance is the perfect elderly corrupter.