Time for The Greatest American Hero on the Big Screen!!

Hmmm, Let me give it some thought and get back to you on this! Thanks!

Heck, that's easy:

Ralph - Jesse Eisenberg. A shoe-in, since he has nearly the exact same charisma that William Katt had back in the day.

Pam - Mary Elizabeth Winstead. I was impressed with her work in Death Proof and Scott Pilgrim. I think she would be good as Pam.

Bill - This one was a lot harder than Ralph and Pam. At first I thought Eddie Murphy, doing a rendition of Axel Foley as Bill Maxwell. Then I had an idea of Michael Keaton pulling it off. But then I remembered what Bill Maxwell was: Wingnut, too old for this but still wants to defend his country but mostly screws up sort of guy. He's a sort of guy who takes himself too seriously, and because of that becomes the butt of jokes by the everymen (Ralph, Pam, the special ed kids). That's when I realized who would REALLY be the best person for the job: Mark Harmon, essentially parodying his character on NCIS. Hey, there really isn't that much difference between Maxwell and Gibbs, when you think about it.

Haven't read the other responses to this yet, but I'm currently listening to the Nerdist podcast episode with Nathan Fillion. He said this would be his choice if he could play any superhero. He may not have the curly blonde locks, but he'd be GREAT!

Ralph Hinkley- Ryan Reynolds.

Bill Maxwell-Either Harrison Ford or Dennis Quaid.

Pam Davidson- Colbie Smulders.

That's the trouble with adapting a TV series for a movie, and vice versa. Trying to bring a project that's 10, 20, 30, or 40 years old into say, 2012 is a daunting task. Do you stick with the style or tone of the original series (much like Starsky and Hutch did), or do you update it for today's times (like The A-Team)?

I recall back in the late '90s they nearly got a film off the ground which would have been directed by Paul Rodriguez and featured Adam Sandler (!) in the lead role. Thankfully Disney grounded it.

Of course, casting the series' big three of Ralph, Bill, and Pam is going to be challenging. Back then, I would have thought of Owen Wilson for Ralph, Bruce Campbell for Bill, and Courteney Cox for Pam. Nowadays, I don't think Wilson or Cox would be ideal.

But if they did do this, I have but one recommendation: Let Bruce Campbell be considered for Bill Maxwell. He's very (and I mean VERY) well-known in the SF community. (Actually, to say that is an understatement.) Also, have you seen him on Burn Notice?

SMALLVILLE: 218 episodes...and SuperBlur?

There is quite a potential for doing a continuation or reboot of the series and it maintain the charm of the original. There was a group who did a single story (sadly - it was good) this way. The difference was they ADDED another wearer, who gets a clone copy of Ralph's suit. She was admittedly a bit of the Holly Hathaway character but was a bit better thought out.

But that was small budget - I did see an attempt to continue it in a more serious vein, but that was shut down quickly when it was found out the guy was going to try and claim it was his own creation. (BTW from the few minutes we saw it was worse than "Greatest American Heroine")

"The A-Team" at least had a closer feel to what the show originally was but modernized a bit. It still had the camp, but yes it was a bit more serious.

"21 Jump Street" thankfully was done AFTER Stephen J. Cannell's passing, because I think he'd had a fit if he saw it.

(BTW - Starsky and Hutch is NOT an SJC production - he may have written for it but it wasn't his baby).

Good ideas! I'd welcome it!!

Thanks for the reply. I agree. Id prefer to see it go more of the direction The Green Hornet went.

I visit very several IMDB boards often/daily Psych, Monk, Rockford Files, My favorite Martian, Down Periscope...ETC, and when ever there is talk of Movies or restarting series with new casts.....THE SUGGESTIONS for replacements usually "Suck". But Campbell as Maxwell works very well as does Zoe or Jennifer Connelly but I will have to defer as to who would be best for Ralph to others.