So its rumoured that their going to try and make ANOTHER remake of Power Rangers as a movie. Personally i liked the 2017 movie, yeah it was silly in places and not a great adaptation of the Villain’s (Good casting but bad writing for Rita & Goldar was a let down) but i enjoyed the new versions of the rangers personalities and backstories, though the action was kind of lacking. I would have enjoyed seeing where the franchise would have gone but im also curious to see what they might make and what they would do differently if they are going to reboot it.
There are some rumours going around about casting and an LGBTQ character, but id take these with a pinch of salt as whilst it would be great if true they are highly unlikely to be.
The first rumour is that Sophia Lillis will be in it, and that she will be the lead Red Ranger. I love this idea, i really hope its true as ever since Shinkenger (power rangers samurai for anyone whose never seen the tokusatsu) where there was a red ranger as a temporary leader I’ve loved the idea and am surprised it hasn’t happened yet. I know the fighting footage for power rangers comes from Japan but in the very 1st ever series of power ranger the yellow rangers sentai counterpart was played by a dude and i never noticed, so why not pull that again?
Second rumour is that Finn Wolfhard will be in it, possibly as the Blue Ranger, and that his character will be gay. This would be good representation and a call back to the Blue rangers actor, David Yost from the original series who sadly had many bad homophobic experiences whilst filming the series. It wouldn’t take back the experiences David went through but, having that representation that a guy (or girl like in the last movie) can be gay and a superhero would definitely boost some young questioning minds self esteem/worth and shatter the illusion in young straight minds that we cant be. I know Trini was implied Lesbian in the 2017 movie but come on, lets have an actual confirmation for representation.
Like i said these are all rumours and highly unlikely to be real. If they are though it would mean they were casting actual teenagers who look like teenagers and not 20 somethings who look like body builders or glamour models which would be refreshing.
One thing i hope they consider even if none of the casting is true: Cast Darce Montgomery as a villian, even if its just his voice and especially if its Lord Zedd. It would be a great callback to have the actor playing the lead of the last movie come back as its villain. His delivery when possessed by the Mind Flayer in season three of stranger things was so chilling. imagine this coming out of a more calm, collected and sinister Zedd terrorising the rangers before exploding in a fit of rage, lightning and monster growing grenades. i wonder what a movieverse Zedd would look like…
i just see her as the live action version. Elisa is the more badass version of her character from the marvel series with a more central role. Rosario is more than capable of portraying the sassy yet deep Elisa i remember from the show.
Much like Darth Vader theres only one man who can and should voice Goliath: Kieth David
one of the most memorable things about this show is this mans magnificent voice. Im not kidding if Keith, James Earl Jones and Morgan Freeman are ever in the same movie or show together it will be the most awesome vocal experience to the ears. the guy could play anything and make the character awesome, so he needs to come back to play the shows most badass character.
This next one was a bit tough but for Hudson: Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid from harry potter)
I wanted a proper Scottish actor to play Hudson and whilst Hudson is usually very serious he does have his softer side with both Bronx and Elisa. Robbie as we know can play a big softy as Hagrid but he’s also played some serious and even sinister characters as well.
the next three are the younger Gargoyles so im going to pick younger actors for them
First Brooklyn: Joe Keery
Brooklyn was the “try to be cool but usually looks like a fool” wise cracking one and as Steve from Stranger things Joe plays this character really well with his comedic timing. I also got the sense that Brooklyn was the oldest of the three as he definitely had more of a leader role when it was just them.
Next is Brooklyn and after much thinking Jacob Batalon
Broadway is meant to be a sweet by naive character and Ned from spiderman homecoming was both. At first i thought of Jonah Hill but i’ll be honest his voice is kind of annoying and he only ever seems to play one sort of character and its never sweet, usually pervy which is not how i see Broadway.
Next Lexington: Finn Wolfhard
I always thought Lexington was the youngest of the group being the smallest and most child like, which was a good contrast for him being the tech whiz kid of the group which made him a fan favorite for me. Doubly so years later when i found out the comic continuing the series had started a story line where he would be gay. As for his actor Finn has a very distinctive voice like Lex and has shown he can portray serious, emotional and humorous rolls with both Richie and Mike as his most well known characters. plus if they ever did that what if scenario where Lex went evil i would love to see finn have a crack at it.
last for the heroes Frank Welker, the man of a thousand voices (including megatron, abu and a thousand growling animals) MUST return as Bronx
Next we have probably the best Villain in this show: Demona: Gwendoline Christie
That voice, for both of them. As a child i remember feeling dread in every episode she appeared much like children dread seeing the daleks in doctor who; you know something bad was going to happen and that she would be scary doing it on screen. Gwendoline is just frigging amazing and she needs the chance to shine as proper villain and not the disappointing captain phantasm we got.
Macbeth: Gerard Butler
Just imagine Gerard in the fight scenes of medieval Scotland one minute and fighting Goliath with futuristic weaponry the next and tell me it wouldn’t look badass. He is perhaps Scotland’s most badass action actor after all.
Xanatos: George Clooney
Xanatos is suave and smooth. Those words are George Clooney. the guy could sell anything and give a performance so charming you would at least pay attention to what he was saying. Plus Xanatos isn’t your usual type of villain with talks of how he’ll take over the world or laughing maniacally, and i think Clooney would play it perfectly. Gwendoline Christie
Since Gargoyles is going onto Disney+ i thought id repost my fan cast for a live action movie or series. still stand by my choices. really hope the show gets the same love it got back when i watched it.
Another rumour was that they wanted to cast him as Nova, specifically Sam Alexander, a teen whose father was a special agent or something in Nova Corps (which weve seen in Guardians of the galaxy) and inherits his armour & powers.
I dont know much about the character & whilst Im sure Finn would do a great job ive thought of something far better id like to see him take a stab at if he joined the MCU.
So ever since Antman & even Iron man 3 ive seen the possibility that they may do a young Avengers movie, though now it could also be a Disney+ drama. With the Events of endgame having Cassie Lang be the right age, the announcement of Kate Bishop being in the Hawkeye show as well as the fact Marvel now has the rights to Kree & Skrulls it looks like this may be happening more & more. So who would Finn play? Well the character becomes a much later addition to the group when only 3 of the original members are still part of the team, though given the fact Black widow & hawkeye were not part of the 1st avengers team in the comics it doesn’t matter if they change the line up of the team a bit. But given the fact this character now has his own Disney+ series the possibilities of it happening are less and less likely. However if Young Avengers does happen it wont be till way down the line since most of phase 4 has already been planned out, and if shit that’s been happening with Sony & Spiderman has taught us anything is that things can change at the drop of a hat. So heres who I think would be a good character for Finn if he does join the MCU in young avengers:
Kid/Teen Loki
From what I understand of the Comics Loki sacrificed himself in order to prevent something he had put in motion but lost control of from destroying everything, apologising to his brother as his final words. Because of something to do with Hela rather than truly die he was reincarnated on earth as a kid with no memories of his past and found by Thor who told him who he really was, though the boy was terrified of the nightmares which showed the horrible things he had done. The Asgardians didn’t want him back in Asgard, especially Odin who constantly yelled at him and belittled him for the actions of his past self. After helping Thor defend Asgard (at one point he even uses the Destroyer (from the first Thor movie) to save the day) he eventually makes contact with his past self who reveals that this has all been part of his plan and it is time for him to assume control. Refusing to let that happen Kid Loki traps Loki and hides it from Thor..
Eventually after a lot of character development Kid Loki has to let his past self take back control in order to save everyone, though not before letting him have 3 conversations with anyone he chooses without revealing whats about to happen, basically giving him the chance to say goodbye before he disappears and old Loki takes over. Its after this point, whilst still disguising himself as Kid Loki that he joins the young avengers.
Now heres how I think Kid, or rather Teen Loki would fit into the MCU and why Finn would be good to play him (warning this will be long winded so skip this if your not interested):
The Loki Show: its been made clear that the show will be focusing on the Loki from the timeline where he escaped with the tesseract (space stone) in Endgame. Its also clear that the Multiverse will play a big part in the Doctor Strange sequel and that Scarlet Witch will play a big part in that movie. So im wondering if the events of WandaVision (which airs before DS & Loki) will be similar to House of M in that her powers have grown and in her grief over what happened to vision along with all the shit that has happened to her in her life she is losing her sanity and unintentionally altering reality in which Vision lived and the two are a happy couple, complete with kids (which plays a HUGE part in 2 of the young avengers & their powers). The series would end with Doctor Strange confronting her and lead into Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness where the 2 must put reality back together after realities start bleeding into each other.
In the chaos of all the multiverses bleeding into each other the Loki from the reality where he escaped with the space stone ends up in the main MCU reality which will lead into the Loki series. Either during that or Thor Love & Thunder he will sacrifice himself only to be discovered reincarnated by Thor as Teen Loki (played by Finn) with seemingly no memory of his past self in the end credits.
Due to his past he’ll be shunned by other Asgardians and get involved with whatever leads up to the young avengers being formed. Given how stopping Loki was the reason the Avengers first teamed up wouldn’t it be a cool call back if Teen Loki was the one who brought the Young Avengers together to save the world this time?
But as the series progresses Old Loki starts to whisper to Teen Loki (Hiddleston cameoing either in person or voice), eventually revealing that nearly everything that has happened in the series, including the team being formed, has been set up by him pre mind wipe so that he gains the trust of both the young & old avengers, going to such lengths as completely wiping his memories so that any mind readers will believe he really is a different person before putting his plans into action. Remember THIS Loki is still the villainous Loki we had in the first avengers movie. Any character development after that is retconned by whatever we get in Thor 4 & the Loki Series, so Old Loki could still be all out evil.
By series end he is the final villain and enacts his master plan that the team must stop. Either they or whatever is left of Teen Loki will be the ones to foil the plan. Hopefully the door for Teen Loki to make a comeback would be open ended (Finn’s a workaholic after all).
Now as for why I think Finn would be good as Loki:
First and foremost, hes a great actor. We’ve seen he is great at giving emotional performances and has great comedic timing. The taunting creepy childlike laugh he gives Billy in stranger things sauna scene would be super creepy if Loki eventually went evil & used his knowledge of his team & his magic/illusions to taunt them. Id actually like to see Finn play a full-on villain, and I think he could pull off Loki at his smarmiest overconfident to his full on deranged gleefully smiling maniac. As for the emotional scenes just tell me he wouldn’t be good at giving the three secret goodbye speeches before Old Loki takes over again.
Like I said this is all my own opinion on who he would be good to play in the MCU. Finn has reportedly stated he would be fine playing a background character rather than an actual full on character in a superhero movie so he may not even be interested if the chance came up.
But what do you guys think? Could you see Finn as this character?
“You punched me in the face, you made me walk through shitty water, brought me to a fucking crackhead house and now… I’m gonna have to kill this fucking clown. Welcome to The Losers’ Club, asshole!”
