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Cannonball Run Remake?!?!

posted 20 years ago by teegeyoung
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I just got done watching Cannonball Run with a couple of friends and we all loved this movie. After it was over, we talked about how great it would be to have a remake of The Run with some of today's stars. Here's what we came up with... please share your thoughts!

JJ: Vince Vaughn
Victor: Jack Black
Pamela: Jessica Simpson or Angelina Jolie
The Doctor: Bill Murray
2 Priests: Chevy Chase and Sam Jackson
The Sheik: Paul Giamatti
2 Hot Women driving the lamborghini: Carmen Electra and Jenny McCarthy
Roger Moore's role would obviously go to Pierce Brosnan.

Overall, the cast isn't THAT expensive and I think they would give the film it's original feel. Of course, if this did get remade it would probably be directed by Soderbergh with a terrible cast of Clooney and others.

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[–] sandman289 20 years ago

Would make a good movie... But It still wouldnt be anywhere near as good as the origional...

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[–] teegeyoung 20 years ago

Ahhh... yes! This remake would DEFINITELTY require cameos by some of the originals. I think Burt should be the grand marshall of the event with Dom and Farrah working the time clock at the start of the movie.

[–] mr_skandl 20 years ago

Burt's one of my all-time favorite actors... but, aided by his current appearance, he could play Jack Elam's character.

"He was trying to fool, Lloyd Braun!"

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[–] Kottandogi 20 years ago

I wouldnt want to see Jessica Simpson in the movie. Jessica Alba & Jordana Brewster should be the two hot chicks driving the Lamborghini. They should get Jacky Chan back and he should drive a highly modifed Subaru WRX or a Skyline R34.

If they remake the movie they should have the fallowing cars

-Lamborghini Murcielago RGT Roadcar
-Ferrari F50 or F360/F430
-Aston Martin V-12 Vanqiush
-Porsche 911
-Rolls Royce or Bentley
-Hayabusa(Bike)
-K1 Attack(Kitcar)

[–] LeviFig 18 years ago

I agree with this and the original post! :D
Nice car choice... and love those 2 chicks =) Although Jessica Alba portrays a more "cute" look... you'd better get a "p0rnstar" type to get the original feel, or just a "agressive" chick... but i looooove jordana =) :D

[–] lilguybrush 20 years ago

I think you could be onto something, the story should involve Burt REynolds reprising the role of JJ but this time he can be 'the famous JJ McClure who used to compete in The Cannonball Run', kinda like Dean Martin's character was 'Jamie Blake, who used to drive formula one when high button shoes were in fashion'.

Lead Character - Vince Vaughn is an excellent suggestion
'Goodyear Blimp' Sidekick - Jack Black was my initial thought too.
Seymour Goldfarb Jr. - Yep, Pierce Brosnan, faikling that, I'm sure the budget would accept Timothy Dalton (possibly for free).
Pamela Glover - Sarah Jessica Parker
Priest #1 (JJ) - Burt Reynolds
Priest #2 - Sugar Ray Leonard (i'm thinking for the biker fight at the end)
Doctor - Steve Buscemi
Lamborghini Driver #1 - Eva Longoria
Lamborghini Driver #2 - Elisha Cuthbert
Japanese Driver - Jackie Chan (now driving a Mitsubishi-Jackie's favourite car)
Foyt - Peter MacNicol
Head Biker - Danny Trejo

[–] teegeyoung 20 years ago

LMAO... Trejo as the biker is perfect!! The man is always in movies as a biker/bartender badass... GREAT IDEA!!!

Also, I do like the idea of Sugar Ray for the bar fight.

In keeping with today's youth and what they love... there should also be a car with MethodMan and Redman in which the car is just oozing smoke. I think it would add some comedic high spots!

All in all, a comedy of this nature would NOT be that costly and I'm imagining that it could easily crack a $100 mil at the box office.

Of course, if it's remade with with the wrong cast, you could be looking at a flop.

[–] lilguybrush 20 years ago

But who wouldn't wanna see the remake? It'd be awesome! I think that Xzibit would be much more appropriate-he loves the octane.

[–] stayhooper67 20 years ago

JJ- Ryan Renyolds
Victor- Jack Black
Pamela: Jessica Simpson
The Doctor: Bill Murray
Seymour Goldfarb Jr.- Pierce Brosnan
Japanese Driver - Jet Lee
Head Biker- Jessie James
Priest #1- Johnny Knoxville
Priest #2 - Chris Rock
2 Hot Women driving the lamborghini: Carmen Electra and Jenny McCarthy

And at the finnish line the people who are the judges should be Burt, Dom, and Farrah.

"Hi, I'm Johnny Knoxville, and we're about to test my Rocket Skates!"

[–] lilguybrush 20 years ago

I'm sorry but Jackie Chan should reprise his old role, he's still up for it.

Jessica Simpson is NOT hot enough to play a character once played by Farrah Fawcett.

The priests need to be slightly older and Chris Rock should never be casted in any film ever!

Ryan Reynolds is a fine fine FINE choice to take a role.

[–] Cobb05 20 years ago

You can't remake Cannonball Run. It can never happen. The casting was too perfect. The only way you can do a remake, is kinda make a cannonball run 4 (Speed zone with John Candy is technically part 3). You take all new people, and put them in an updated race. By having new characters, you create new situations and stunts. Also you can't help but make the movie somewhat like the original. I mean going back and forth to each car and having each person add their own schick to the movie would make it better than just trying to capture lighting in a bottle twice. Also throw in cameos by any of the surviving original cast.

And just something to throw in there casting-wise: Jeff Foxworthy and Bill Engvall as two NASCAR loving rednecks in a pickup truck.

[–] lilguybrush 20 years ago

But making 'part 4' would be foolish, you'd have to start afresh and not associate the new film with cannoball run 2 or 3 (ESPECIALLY 3)

[–] MikeHunt1075 20 years ago

A mixture of the new and old would work, but not different actors playing the original roles. Havent you guys seen sequels where they have the same charactor, but a different actor? They never work. So if any of the originals where interested in reprising the role then use them, but dont try and use the same roles for new actors, if Vince Vaughn was in it, make a new charactor, not take over the role of J.J. And the movie does not need to be remade, part 4 would good enough. (and lay off part 3, it was a decent film, just because it didnt have the cast of the last 2 didnt mean it wasnt worth watching)

Japanese Team: Jet Li & Jackie Chan
Jackie had a diffrent partner in each race anyway, and seeing those 2 together would be great.

And while where at it, lets add some cars to really make it stand out.

The General Lee, Starsky & Hutches car, The A-Team Van, Herbie The Love Bug, Knight Rider... why go for new actors? Why not make it a "Where have you guys been?' cannonball? Get Shnieder and whats his name to drive the Charger, and the original Starsky & Hutch ..etc.. and then put the new actors who are doing the remakes in the mix aswell?

[–] lilguybrush 20 years ago

And a Delorean?

[–] MikeHunt1075 20 years ago

yeah, with Marty & Doc exceeding 88 miles per hour 'causing some serios *beep* form sea to shining sea!

[–] lilguybrush 20 years ago

Now THAT'S good cinema!

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[–] disconnexions 18 years ago

Wow I like that idea... I can imagine selling 50 million worth of tickets alone of they had Mr T and Murdoch in the van or Chris Lloyd in the BTTF car. I don't know about Herbie, but that would be a nolstalgia buff's dream. I could actually see Ben Stiller pulling this type of movie off with Owen and the gang. That would make so much money....

"I'd buy that for a dollar!!"

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[–] Mister_Betelgeuse 20 years ago

"And just something to throw in there casting-wise: Jeff Foxworthy and Bill Engvall as two NASCAR loving rednecks in a pickup truck."

Dont forget the two guys in the NASCAR: Terry Bradshaw and Mel Tillis.
Have Larry the Cable Guy and Ron white driving that car...
" We are ou, ou, ou, out looking for a Scotch."

[–] sinatrachairman 20 years ago

lilguybrush:

Peter MacNicol is quite possibly one of the greatest suggestions for a remake actor in the history of the world. My friends and I play this game all the time with a lot of movies but you win the prize. He'd be perfect for Mr. uh...Mr. uh.... uh.... FOYT!! He even looks like him.

[–] Falkenberg2006 17 years ago

You HAVE to have Dom DeLuise in any remake, particularly as Captain Chaos.

They should have given the Captain his own movie.

As for the lamborghini babes, they'd have to be busty and all the female stars now are too damned flatchested.

Falkie

[–] andycool24 20 years ago

I'd love to see the next Cannonball Run movie! That'd be awesome. I haven't seen Speed Zone yet, probably never will, but I'd watch the next one if it had at least 1/2 the original actor/actresses in it (and there were ALOT).

I just found the DVD for this, this past weekend, at Wal-Mart for about $7. Has lots of great features! Bios for about 7 or 8 of the main characters which are usually that many pages long, and this includes filmographies for each one (I forget what year they go up to). Plus there's an audio-commentary option where Hal Needham and Albert S. Ruddy talk about the film (while it plays in its entirety), and all the fun times they and the cast had.

I'm hoping to find Cannonball Run II on dvd (I have it on VHS), and also Smokey & The Bandit II (my vhs copy is not good). I found Hooper on DVD with the Cannonball Run (just in different sections of the store, heh heh), and I've got Smokey & The Bandit I and III on VHS (store bought), and Stroker Ace taped on VHS from the Starz channel.

I gotta say it again...THANK GOD these movies were made :)

This is my signature, nice eh?

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[–] evantolleyaf 20 years ago

J.J.- Vince Vaughn would be good
Victor- Jack Black was also my thought while watching the movie
Pamela-
Seymour Goldfarb- Feirce Brosnan
Jamie Blake- James Gandolfini
Morris Fenderbaum- Bernie Mac
Jackie Chan- Jackie Chan
Doctor- Chevy Chase
The Shiek- Kal Penn
2 Hot women- Shannon Elizabeth and Elisha Cuthbert

[–] abuerosse 20 years ago

Jack Black would be PERFECT for the role of Victor. I can just see him donning the Cpt. Chaos uniform and fighting bikers

[–] jackcrow66 19 years ago

My guess is that in the next few years this will get remade with the frat pack. It would be the perfect opportunity to pack them all into one movie and give each of them a descent size role. It will probably only be loosely based off of the original by just sticking with the basic plot and a few of the original characters.

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[–] jponcik 19 years ago

All these are great choices. For the hot girls you gotta go with Carmen Electra and Pam Anderson(or Jenny McCarthy) . The girls in the original were the total bombshell type.

Some friends and I did the whole cast one night in college over beers but that was a couple of years ago. The only addition from our list would be in the Terry Bradshaw/Mel Tillis roles. We had Bret Farve and Dwight Yoakum. That would rock!

I would never have thought about Ryan Reynolds/Jack Black. I would pay serious money to see Jack Black in the Captain Chaos outfit!

For the priest how about Chris Rock and Ron White(perfect for Dean Martin they are both drunks!)

[–] bungee316 19 years ago

remakes = lack of imagination. Its been done put it to bed and come up with your own idea. Man i hate re-makes

[–] Pumpkinjack65 19 years ago

the director that should remake it would be the guys of broken lizard