For the past nine-and-a-half years, I’ve been able to sleep comfortably every night, safe in my knowledge that the Titanic sank and there’s no way for James Cameron to make a sequel to his flippin’ movie. And then… ack! I logged onto EW.com yesterday morning and looked at my colleague Mike Bruno’s News Roundup and saw that my worst fears are about to come true. Well, okay, actually, only sort of. The word from Hollywood’s trade papers is that Kathy Bates has signed on to costar in Sam Mendes’ 1950s-era domestic drama Revolutionary Road opposite her former shipmates, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Great actors, all, of course, but together… I’m just not sure I want to go there once more.
Still, there are a lot of other terrific casts that I’d like to see team up again. You know, just like the Boogie Nights/Magnolia bunch did, or the comedic team behind A Fish Called Wanda/Fierce Creatures. For example, I’d just about die to see Tom Cruise (pictured, right), Anthony Edwards (left), Val Kilmer, Kelly McGillis, wonder twins Skerritt and Ironside, and everybody else from The Greatest Movie Of All Time, Top Gun, reconvene for anything — drama, comedy, action flick, whatever. So, hey, PopWatchers, which group of actors has you once again feeling the need, the need for speed?
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The cast of the Godfather and Godfather 2..obviously the ones still alive. With the acting chops of these veterans we could have another classic on our hands!
I’m thinking George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Drew Barrymore, Alicia Silverstone, Uma Thurman, and Chris O’Donnell need to make amends for “Batman Forever”. Maybe a political dramedy?
Oops…I mean “Batman & Robin”. I guess the movie was so bad I forgot what it was called!
The cast of “Pride & Prejudice” (2005), “The Broken Hearts Club” and “Smokin’ Aces”
How about the brat pack from “St. Elmo’s Fire.” That would be fun – St. Elmo’s Fire, 20 years later.
What’s so bad about Kate and Leo reuniting?
I have to see Michelle Yeoh and Chow Yun-Fat end up happy together in something.
Why does “Titanic” get such a bad rap? When it first came out, it got rave reviews- it was only until it began to stay at #1 for week after week that the backlash began (I’m sure the writer of this Pop Watch did like Titanic at first, but then jumped on the “cool indie” opinion to dis “Titanic”. Anyway, it was/is a great movie and I’m looking forward to Leo, Kate and Kathy reuniting. That said, what about the cast of fellow 1997 Oscar nom “L.A. Confidential”?
I think it’d be funny to see the cast of “The Full Monty” in something else (to borrow yet another 1997 Oscar nominee). Those guys had great chemistry, and it wouldn’t even have to be a comedy…I could easily see those guys doing a drama as well.
I couldn’t stand Titanic when it came out. It was overlong, a cheesy soap opera with special effects and a very annoying theme song that wouldn’t go away. However, Kate and Leo have since starred in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Departed.
All is forgiven. Bring on the reunion.
I think it would be awesome if the Star Wars (non-prequel) regulars came back for a completely different genre film (like an urbanite romantic comedy or a slasher film). Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, non-costumed David Prowse, non-costumed Peter Mayhew, non-costumed Anthony Daniels, non-costumed Kenny Baker, non-costumed Jeremy Bulloch, non-costumed Warwick Davis, Ian McDarmidd… even Harrison Ford could use the money.
I’d like to see the entire cast of True Romance team up again:
Slater, Arquette, Kilmer, Pitt, Pinchot, Hopper, Walken, Oldman, Jackson, Gandolfini, Penn and Black.
But, the movie should be about a Scrabble championship or something.
The cast from Valley Girl. LIKE I AM SO SURE!!!
I’d be up for one more Favreau/Vince Vaugn comedy, but only if it’s better than “Made”.
And part of me wishes to see Samuel L. team up with John Travolta again. From my recollection, Travolta got a second shot with Uma Thurman and the scene was pretty slick.
The cast from Steel Magnolias, sans Julia Roberts.
I’d go or the cast of Empire Records…they were a fun group.
Swinger and Big Lebowski. Actually, better still, combine the two casts.
Saturday Night Fever. Who wouldn’t want to see John Travolta with a bunch of actors we haven’t seen since 1977?
The Breakfast Club.
How about the cast of the “Marrying Man” starring Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin? I believe it would make for a great dark comedy… really dark! It seems that there are enough actors from the rest of the cast that have dropped off of the face of the earth that just might do it. Besides, Basinger may need the money from something more legitimate instead of running to the tabloids with her daughters cell phone fodder. Cheers!
Dazed and Confused…loved that cast!
how about the cast of “The Outsiders”?
Rob Lowe, Emilio Esteves, Ralph Macchio, C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Patrick Swayze, Tom Cruise….that would be interesting
Jennifer, I, like, totally agree with you on your Valley Girl pick. That would be totally rad to the max!
Also, how about the girls from 9 to 5? Dolly, Jane, Lilly, good o’l Dabney Coleman? That would be fun.
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson…for an all new Ghostbusters..and have them training Vince Vaughn, Paul Rudd, and Steve Carrell as the new “team”…that MIGHT make up for Ghostbusters II…
This is the easiest Popwatch question ever: Dazed and Confused, hands down. Affleck, Jason London, Matthew McConaghey, Adam Goldberg, Joey Lauren Adams, Parker Posey, Milla Jovavich. Hey, as long as they get back that chick who kisses Randall Pink in the woods at the kegger, I’m happy! Most underrated chick EVER! LOL
The Lord of the Rings cast in a Kevin Smith flick. The hobbit boys, Orlando, Cate, Liv, Miranda Otto, Sean Bean, Viggo, Mz Ian, creepy Australian guy who played the burning dude, the Gollum guy, Hugo Weaving, everybody and John Rhys Davies, who is after all in every movie anyway.
Everyone in the Departed.
The cast of “The Witches of Eastwick.” Cher, Pfeiffer, Sarandon, and Nicholson. PERFECT
Top Gun bl*ws, bring back the cast of The Goonies
How about the cast of ‘The Breakfast Club’ in an ‘Ocean’s Eleven’-style heist flick? We already know that Judd Nelson can crawl through ductwork.