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This might be the worst Idea yet:

http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=486021&gt1=28101

Interesing to see who they cast though. Who would you pick?

They are also doing this with The Smurfs.  I will go see it only because Neil Patrick Harris has signed on to voice one of the leads.

This is often a success though.  The Charlie's Angels movies were pretty big.

I think that this can actually work.  Gilligan's Island was never a great show to begin with; it was just a product of its time. 

I thought the Brady Bunch was clever because they gave it sort of an evil spin. Maybe they will take the same approach will gilligan?  Otherwise I can't see it.

I could see Matthew McConaughey as the professor. Too bad Chris farley past, he would have made the best Skipper. Maybe Kevin James?

Eva mendez would make a hot Ginger. Greg Kinner as Thurtston Howell and maybe Elizabeth Hurley as "lovey".   Can't settle on a Mary Ann.......someone completely hot and young ......so many to choose from.

How about John Goodman? Can't you just see him as Skipper?

As far as Ginger/Mary Ann goes... as long as the eye candy is sweet, their snack role in the movie will be just fine too.

Gilligan...man, no idea. You need someone really scrawny to pull it off.

Fox had a pretty good cast suggestion:

Gilligan - Michael Cera
Skipper - William Shatner
Professor - Guy from Mentalist
Ginger - Redhead from Mad Men
MaryAnne - Ginnifer Goodwin from Big Love
Mrs. Howe - Mom from Arrested Development
Mr. Howe - Guy from 90210

Simpson movie was good.  But they had the same cast. 

Without searching for images, I have no idea who any of those are after Cera and William Shatner.

Never watched Mad Men, Mentalist, Big Love or Arrested Development...and wouldn't be caught dead watching anything with 90210 attached to it, just on general principle. ;)

That "guy from the mentalist" is smoking hot. Holy shit! That. Is. All.

Stroke- I was also thinking John Goodman for the Skipper.

How about Megan Fox for Maryanne?

I don't think this is a good fit.  Maryanne is supposed to be the girl next door.  ...and I don't know where you live, but nobody like Megan Fox lives anywhere near me.

I think that you need a softer beauty....maybe Katie Holmes-ish.

Katie Holmes is not a beauty in any meaning of the word that I'm familiar with.

I had no idea who Ginnifer Goodwin was, but a quick google search reveals that she's basically a "prettier Katie Holmes".

Rachel Weiss could pull off the girl next door look enough to do Mary Ann, and seeing Rachel in pigtails could be nice...

I think that Rachel Weiss is kind of exotic looking.

Hahaha, point taken Dave. I was just thinking that Megan Fox could be made to look more homely.

BTW- your mention of Katie Holmes brought up something from this weekend. Look at my thread on "re-casting".

I don't know what movie you were watching.  Simpson movie was horrible.

I liked it a lot.

My luck they'd cast Jessica Simpson, or Britney Spears as Mary Anne... >:(

Meagan is a great idea IMO......and she is from my county. Actually arrested in 2001 for shoplifting from wallmart once. The arresting Officers brag about it constantly...... ::) her sister lives here and is amazing as well I hear.......

I thought he was a bit old for the part but the Skipper was kinda old wasn't he? he would be perfect. Isn't Shatner past his due date? 

Megan Does it for me!!

I think Ginnifer Goodwin and John Godman would be perfect. 

She cannot act and would be considered too hot to be Maryann. I think the guy from the Mentalist would be good too as the professor. John Goodman would own the Skipper.
How about Jefferey Tamborne for Mr Howe

I think David Strathairn would make a good Professor...

I think is a little old though. The Professor was a younger virile guy to wooo the ladies.

He may be a little too old, but how about Ian Abercrombie for Mr. Howell? You may know him better as Elaine's boss Mr. Pitt on Seinfeld. Or maybe another former boss of Elaine's- John O'Hurley (J. Peterman)? 

Sad I don't have a clue who 3/4 of these people are.....

Simon Baker (the mentalist) Australian guy, I liked him better in the Show Smith I saw it on Direct T.V. 101....

You kidding? Mary Ann was just as Hot as Ginger. Maybe even Hotter. Always wearing those short tight shorts and center Tied little shirts........man put me on a desert Island with her and I'm never leaving!

This guy , D.J. Quails would also make a great Gilligan:

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800419901

I don't get the Meagan Fox thing. For some reason ... she never looks as good as she did in the first movie.

Mary Ann was hot because she seemed so wholesome and natural to the fake Ginger. Megan Fox cannot pull that off. Megan could definately be Ginger if she were a redhead.

Never know what the writers have in store though. Look at the approach to the Brady Bunch movie. They flipped the table and made them nasty. I can't see Gilligan doing well if they leave it completely True to form. Its needs an edge.

Megan Fox could pull off Ginger.   Fake redhead would go perfect with the rest of Ginger. 

For some reason,I thought about this while laying in bed, and Out of left field...I think Bill Pullman could pull off the Professor,while maybe not Hip and young.The professor wasn't really young.I checked IMBD,Russell Johnson was 40 when the series started.Pullman's older but I still think he'd be pretty good....

Modified to add...I'm sorry to open Pandora's box,but Honestly,I'm surprised that they would cast an all white cast...The original series was on from 1964-1967,not exactly the most cultural diverse television shows...

She has no ta ta's.  Ginger was Voluptuous. Eva Mendez gets my nod. Not much I wouldn't do to that woman.

SO do you recast Good Times with more whites characters?

^^^ first off, Good times started 10 years after Gilligans Island started, light years in T.V. time...and they already did make a white version of good times..it was called Roseanne.. :D

I think that if they're going to make a Gilligan's Island movie, they've going to have to make it wacky, and I'd be nice to see the Globetrotters show up as an homage to the original.

Padded Bra to go with dyed hair color. 

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As for having a non-white cast...either the Howel or the prof would be the most likely canidates.  They ain't make Gilligan into a black, bumbling cabin boy. 

How about Danzel Washington for the prof. 

I think Eva Mendez can work as Ginger.

You guys need to think of the heart of the character and not just looks.  Ginger is a sophisticated movie star.  Megan Fox just can't pull that off.  Maryanne is a sweet girl-next-door.  Megan Fox can't pull that off, either.

As for the all white cast, I think that's the nature of this remake.  The characters are too iconic to change them up too much.  You can get away with making Ginger hispanic, but I just don't think you can stray too far from the standard look and uniform of the classics, in this case.

Why does it have to have non whites? It is a show about the zany adventures of a small group of people stranded on a small island. There were many non whites in the original, do you not remember the various tribes that came to their island hunting?
It is this PC bullshit that will prevent classic type comedies such as Blazing Saddles or All in the Familiy from getting made today.

All in the family is a bit different than Giligan's island.  If you have a "family" typically they are gonna all be the same race, be it "Leave it to Beaver" or "Cosby"  On the other hand there would be detracting about Gilligan's Island with Danzel Washington being black or Ginger being Latino. 

Star Trek was not worse off because it was no longer an all white crew. 

It wasn't an all white cast in the original either. You need a better example.

I'm pretty sure you missed his point entirely. He was speeaking to the politically correctness that did not exist in the 70s. All in the Family and The Jeffersons used racism as the core of their humor . You couldn't do that today.

The problem is the article says Contemporary Spin......I don't see it being set in 1964....and 2010,poses tons of other problems...Movie star in 1964,is really different than a movie star in 2010. In 2010 the basic premise is screwed,Meryl Streep,Donald Trump,and MIT Professor on a boat three hour tour? No GPS,Satellite phone,No up to the second Radar to see the Storm moving in..and on a tiny boat?

I see it as a disaster from the start.....Star trek worked, we couldn't travel to other planets at a blink of an eye when it was a series,and still can't do it now....Gilligan's island premise gets lost with modern tech IMO (no pun intended)

I don't think that political correctness has anything to do with this.  I see that term being thrown around a lot without any merit.  There is nothing politically incorrect about having an all-white cast in a movie.

It does make a movie financially less viable, though.  Black people watch movies, and when there's a black face in the film somewhere, there's going to be more ticket sales in the black community.

It's about money, not a political statement.

A Gilligan's Island movie will make money, especially if done right, with the right cast. Not every movie needs to be catered to appease every member of society. Tyler Perry's movies are primari y catered to blacks, yet they are profitable and draw in different ethnicities because they are not bad movies.
To say you need different colored faces in a movie to be more profitable is in itself political correctness, as it is wrongly assumed that blacks and other minority groups will not watch a movie or show if there is only white characters.

After watching the Big Bang Theory last night ( hadn't seen it in a while)I think anything is possible!! Stacey Keach and John Amos as an old gay couple!!!!

Wrong show. Thats on Two and a Half Men, not Big Bang Theory. (I didn't see last nights episode but saw an episode earlier this season featuring them).

Honestly cannot stand anything that I've seen Tyler Perry do to this point, and get annoyed that he puts his name ahead of the title on every show he creates.

All I know is that when Tyler Perry puts out a Flick they have to hire additional police security at the theater because of damage to the theatre , fights, and other fun stuff thats happened in the past only when these movies are premiered. Tyler Perry means Job security to me.......

To me, Tyler Perry means "lack of quality programming" and "racial separatism in media strategy."

Whoa.....I'm impressed!  I like that description !

Sorry, you are right Philly  ;D Man I got to lay off the Kool-Aid in the mornings!