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THE HOrus Heresy books are AMAZING...bloody brilliant.... my question is...why isnt hollywood jumping on these books to make a movie franchise? or tv miniseries???
Who would you cast for the first book? HORUS RISING

Here is my dream cast!

First off...it should be an entirely UK cast...since the writers, game creators are all from the UK!

CAST
1. LOKEN: Pierce Brosnan
2. HORUS: DAniel Craig
3. Emperor: Chritopher Lee
4. kyril Sinderman: Ian Mckellan
5. Euphrati Keeler: Kate Beckinsale
6. Saul Tarvitz: Patrick Stewert
7. Sanguinas: John Hurt
8. little horus aximund: Jason Strahtum
9. Eidolon: Ralph Fiennes
10. Tarik Torgaddon: Liam neeson

Well these are my picks.... Please feel free to give me feedback or your own cast picks!

briurso wrote:THE HORUS HERESY books are AMAZING...bloody brilliant.... my question is...why isnt hollywood jumping on these books to make a movie franchise? or tv miniseries???
Who would you cast for the FIRST book? HORUS RISING

HERE is my dream cast!

FIRST OFF...it should be an ENTIRELY UK CAST...since the writers, game creators are all from the UK!

CAST
1. LOKEN: Pierce Brosnan
2. HORUS: DAniel Craig
3. Emperor: Chritopher Lee
4. kyril Sinderman: Ian Mckellan
5. Euphrati Keeler: Kate Beckinsale
6. Saul Tarvitz: Patrick Stewert
7. Sanguinas: John Hurt
8. little horus aximund: Jason Strahtum
9. Eidolon: Ralph Fiennes
10. Tarik Torgaddon: Liam neeson

Well these are my picks.... Please feel free to give me feedback or your own cast picks!

I think it would be a toss as to Sir Ian and Chris Lee for the role of emporer, as they are both sublime character actors.
Also it depends on how much CGI you were adding to the mix, but Alan Rickman is also very good and a great Voice actor so I would like to include him somewhere along the way.
And continuing with the CGI thing if there was going to be alot if you could also use Bill Nighy and David Tennant, but I am not sure as to what roles they would suit.

I agree NIGHYand TENNANTwould be awesome in any role in the 40k universe...the same with rickman

No non-UK actors thing is stupid, but otherwise with every Primarch + Malcador:

-Emperor: Liam Neeson
-Malcador: Ian McKellen
-Horus: Mark Strong
-Sanguinius: Chris Hemsworth
-Roboute Guilliman: Kevin McKidd
-Fulgrim: Hugo Weaving
-Magnus: Brandon Gleeson
-Rogal Dorn: Daneil Craig
-Leman Russ: Ray Stevenson
-Corax: Christian Bale
-Angron: Robert Maillet
-Lion El'Jonson: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
-Lorgar: Sean Bean
-Mortarion: Vigo Mortensen
-Konrad Curze: Ralph Fiennes
-Vulkan: Djimon Hounsou
-Perturabo: Thomas Jane
-Jaghati Khan: Jason Momoa
-Ferrus Manus: Dwane Johnson
-Alpharius: Jason Statham

-Emperor: Liam Neeson
-Malcador: Ian McKellen
-Horus: Mark Strong
-Lorgar: Sean Bean
-Vulkan: Djimon Hounsou

agreed!!

Angron: Vin Diesal
Konrad Curze: Jouqin Phoenix

I have to go to bed but I will be back to add/edit this later.

Harriticus wrote:No non-UK actors thing is stupid, but otherwise with every Primarch + Malcador:

-Emperor: Liam Neeson
-Malcador: Ian McKellen
-Horus: Mark Strong
-Sanguinius: Chris Hemsworth
-Roboute Guilliman: Kevin McKidd
-Fulgrim: Hugo Weaving
-Magnus: Brandon Gleeson
-Rogal Dorn: Daneil Craig
-Leman Russ: Ray Stevenson
-Corax: Christian Bale
-Angron: Robert Maillet
-Lion El'Jonson: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
-Lorgar: Sean Bean
-Mortarion: Vigo Mortensen
-Konrad Curze: Ralph Fiennes
-Vulkan: Djimon Hounsou
-Perturabo: Thomas Jane
-Jaghati Khan: Jason Momoa
-Ferrus Manus: Dwane Johnson
-Alpharius: Jason Statham

WHY is it stupid??? 1. the greatest actors and musicians EVER came from the UK.... 2. Gamesworkshop and ALL THE WRITERS of the HORUS HERESY BOOKS are BRITISH....
American studios and actors would never grasp the concept.

The twins should be jedward. lol, but it would be funny.

It would be CGI ....Even the voices.

Now for Hours im thinking Adam Sandler and Emperor Jim carry.... opinions. Jim carry as played God befor

Yep there not from UK, but its a funny thought

The actors really don't need to be from the UK. And to say that US actors objectively "wouldn't get it" is a load of crap. Hell, Robin Williams plays Eldar (look it up.)

Yeah, but the real god was Morgan freeman. Bruce just got greedy and couldn't be god properly.

CAN THE OP please stop TYPING lots of RANDOM WORDS in CAPITAL LETTERS. It makes it VERY HARD to READ what YOU are TRYING TO SAY.

THANKS!

L. Wrex

I couldn't see Statham playing Alpharius in person but i think the voice might suit him if it was CGI.
Also +1 to L.Wrex

-Emperor: Morgan Freeman
-Horus: Dwayne Johnson
-Sanguinius: Eddy Murphy
-Roboute Guilliman: Snoop Dogg
-Rogal Dorn: Bill Clinton
-Leman Russ: Arnold Schwarzenegger
-Angron: Sammuel L. Jackson
-Lion El'Jonson: 50 Cent (forgot his real name, who cares)
-Vulkan: The guy from Old Spice

Directed by Tom Hanks, Chuck Norris and the ghost of Jimi Hendrix

... but seriously, I don´t think you can just take modern actors you like and put their heads on Space Marines. But I will from now on keep my opinion on this to myself and just leave you with my awesome selection of people for the cast!

The idea of only British actors is ridiculous. Actors go across the pond all the time. Look at Christian Bale. He portrays American's all the time (rather convincingly too).

Also, why in the name of holy terra would the human race 38,000 years from now retain british accents? In fact, why would they retain any accent we have today? If we could time machine forward into this time, assuming they speak english, their accents would be something we have never heard before.

Going by that logic, why would they even speak english in 38000 years?

briurso wrote:
WHY is it stupid??? 1. the greatest actors and musicians EVER came from the UK....

Subjective and ridiculous.

briurso wrote: American studios and actors would never grasp the concept.

Have you even noticed the amount of American flags in this forum?

Fire_for_effect wrote:Going by that logic, why would they even speak english in 38000 years?

Wasn't the Emperor from Turkey? (Or the equivalent) so they would more than likely be speaking a hybrid of text speak and Turkish

I would nominate Yorick for the Emperor.

I think if Hollywood got ahold of the rights for the Horus Heresy, it would end up being an almost all female cast, and instead of Power Armor, they would have armored bikinis! Which I would still go to see!

Oh, and Kate Bekinsale in any role would be a win!

Because strictly speaking everyone in the hours heresy is a bad guy and Hollywood always casts English actors to be bad guys, therefore perfectly correct to have an English cast.


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Though Rowan Atkinson as lorgar would be perfect.


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Toastedandy wrote:

Wasn't the Emperor from Turkey? (Or the equivalent) so they would more than likely be speaking a hybrid of text speak and Turkish

It's implied that st. George (who was Turkish) is in fact the emperor though also implies he was around a lot earlier than that under other guises.

PraetorDave wrote:

Also, why in the name of holy terra would the human race 38,000 years from now retain british accents?

Because the Imperium is right hand drive you'll note. And the "grim, dark" bit is clearly a reference to our weather.

If we could indeed perhaps avoid both randomly adding capital letters and generally being rude to other users it'd be much appreciated.

Fire_for_effect wrote:Going by that logic, why would they even speak english in 38000 years?

They don't. They speak Gothic which is a mix of every language + Latin.

Generally speaking in 40k and sci-fi in general, British accents are used to give off a sense of diabolical professionalism. You saw it all the time in Star Wars where every Imperial Admiral/Captain was British. Generally I've seen Space Marines depicted as having American accents, with the exception of Ultramarines or Librarians or the like. The former is probably due to the Roman influence, and Romans always have British accents for whatever reason.

Whilst I do not agree that All the best actors and musicians came from the UK, I do however regonize that British Musicians and actors are some of the most influential pioneers for modern Rock and the si-fi & fantasy genres.

for example in Rock music; The Beatles, Rolling stones, Led Zepplin, Eric Clapton, Blondie, Eyrithmics, Black Sabbath, Slayer, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest are all british. (I know Blondie and eyrithmics might not be considered rock)
Hell even Slash aka Saul Hudson was born in England, and was infulenced by Bowie Whom he grew up around.
Also Hendrix moved to London to get away from americas lack of creativity at the time (maybe the war had something to do with that though.) but also met a guy with the last name of Marshall in london and together they designed what is now the staple cookie cutter amplifier for 80% of rock Bands out there.

In Movies Lucas moved the Starwars production to the UK. because of the lack of creativity and also the internal politics of hollywood, and I think that turned out alright.
Not to mention the underworld trilliogy vs the blade triliogy, I know which one I prefer.
As for fantasy do I even have to point out Tolkien?.

There are a alot of other ways that the UK has influenced Si-Fi & fantasy aswell, to many to name.

Although I dont think that this thread should be debate about the credibility of the OP's original statment, I do however believe that moving said hypothetical movie away from "moneywood" would benifit the move to no end.

and as for Bale doing a good american accent, it is a necessity for all british actors to be able to entertain the masses. (sadly most americans do not approve of anyody else's creative take on movies.) and even though I bag Hollywood it is still where most of the money is made.

CAST
1. LOKEN: Pierce Brosnan
2. HORUS: Pierce Brosnan
3. Emperor: Morgan Freeman
4. kyril Sinderman: Pierce Brosnan
5. Euphrati Keeler: Pierce Brosnan
6. Saul Tarvitz: Pierce Brosnan
7. Sanguinas: Pierce Brosnan
8. little horus aximund: Pierce Brosnan
9. Eidolon: Pierce Brosnan
10. Tarik Torgaddon: Pierce Brosnan

Malcador the Sigilite: Hugh Laurie

If ever Orks were to be cast I reckon they just paint Bill Baley green an give him big teef.

WOW....lot of anger... I joined this site for fun..and some distraction from my disease and pain....but people can be just nasty and rude... Let us have some decorum, and some resepect....hell the guy that criticised me for using caps at least said thanks!

Errrrr...? Not to be rude mate, but you've spammed threads all over general discussion (most on topics that we already have), have used a judicious amount of capitalisation when there's absolutely no need for it, have been rude and dismissive of long-time posters, tout your own subjective beliefs as facts and then act all abashed and upset when people call you out on those things.

Your 'disease and pain' whilst terrible I'm sure, should have absolutely no sway on the topics you choose to discuss, the way you choose to discuss them, and how you interact with the people who discuss them with you. Though I'm probably another 'self-appointed' moderator to you so I doubt you'll heed what I have to say regardless....

L. Wrex