I no longer receive Entertainment Weekly magazine, but one feature they would have was the "Who would play" column. Every so often they would 'create' a movie based on current trends and ask, "what actors would play the major parts" Here is my stab at 'Blog' the movie. Like many big Hollywood productions we have some actors attached and a concept, but no script.
Of course the 'Blog' would be played by the original 'Blob' who has been out of work since 1958.
Major Cast
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Robert Scoble
Brian Cox as Doc Searls
Jonathan Katz as Steve Rubel, or Dr. Katz as Steve Rubel for the animated version. Wait a minute, do you think that's the Katz in Cooper Katz? :-)
Glenn Reynolds asked that a 'young' Harrison Ford play him, since he was a 'Professor' in the Indiana Jones trilogy
Rob Reiner as Dave Winer
James Cromwell as Jeff Jarvis
McCauley Culkin as Jason Calacanis
Wonkette won't do the picture unless she can play herself
Ricky Jay as Shel Holtz
Update: The following roles have been cast from reader comments
Kevin Spacey as Dan Gillmor
Tom Sizemore as Nick Denton
Visitor Comments
Nick Denton:
http://www.ascrocco.it/home/img/calend/clooney/03.jpg
I thik I should have James Spader play me!
Posted by: Jason | May 3, 2005 4:22 PM
For Dan --
http://www.thewb.com/Faces/CastBio/0,7930,63681,00.html
Tom Amandes
Posted by: Staci Kramer | May 3, 2005 5:39 PM
Hmm, Dr. Katz has too much hair. And no, no relation to Ralph Katz - the Katz in CooperKatz. How about Dr. Phil or Pierce Brosnan?
Posted by: Steve Rubel | May 3, 2005 10:21 PM
Dan Gillmor? That's easy: http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/1281/Events/1281/KevinSpacey_Granitz_258294_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Spacey,%20Kevin
Posted by: Matthew Gertner | May 4, 2005 5:35 AM
Tom Sizemore as Nick Denton?
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001744/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8dHQ9b258ZmI9dXxwbj0wfHE9dG9tIHNpemVtb3JlfGh0bWw9MXxubT1vbg__;fc=1;ft=20
Posted by: nick | May 4, 2005 10:03 AM
That is one of the funniest line-up I have ever seen. It made me laugh my tentacles off!
Doctoe
Posted by: Doctoe | May 4, 2005 4:54 PM
Brent Spiner for Dan.
Posted by: some jerk with too much time | May 4, 2005 5:12 PM
Kevin Spacey? Yike. BTW that's my old picture; current one is here:
http://dangillmor.typepad.com/dgillmorbook.jpg
Posted by: Dan Gillmor | May 4, 2005 5:15 PM
Hope Dan takes this right
Jeff Daniels (in his non-goofy roles) ?
But won't the blogosphere morph away from the script?
Nailing jello to the wall?
All in all, good fun!
Posted by: JTH | May 4, 2005 5:38 PM
Well I am just surprised that Disney is looking to recast the voice of Aslan for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe because they didn't think Brian Cox had the voice for it.
I'm thinking James Earl Jones.
Posted by: Jeremy Pepper | May 4, 2005 6:10 PM
Who will play ZuDfunck, the CrazyMacDUDE?
Oh I know
Jeff Bridges...The original DUDE!
Posted by: ZuDfunck | May 4, 2005 6:29 PM
Ha ha, classic stuff Josh! Can I have Russell Crowe playing me? I don't know that he'd be happy to play a "B-List" blogger though ;-)
Incidentally, where *are* all the B-Listers?
Posted by: Richard MacManus | May 4, 2005 6:59 PM
Where is Rebecca Blood (who would also, no doubt, play herself)?? The blog movie seems to have a lot of testosterone so far ...
Posted by: Tama | May 5, 2005 12:29 AM
This is great. I still contend that Gary Sinise should play Fred Wilson, but Fred doesn't buy it.
Posted by: Charlie O'Donnell | May 5, 2005 12:37 AM
Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder...
Posted by: Jozef Imrich | May 10, 2005 9:35 AM
Kirsten Dunst as Wonkette is a no-brainer
Posted by: gh | May 11, 2005 4:47 PM
Funny coincidence (but definitely a coincidence, I hasten to add, having --coincidentally-- just returned from watching "Secret Window"!), taht we both grabbed the Blob movie poster. Scroll down the home page for the URL above for "The Blob", the movie.
Posted by: Chris Dichtel | May 16, 2005 12:45 AM
To correct the credits for Mr Blob. He was played one of the California Raisins in 1978.
Posted by: Myrtle Beach | August 21, 2005 12:43 PM