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1st Annual Hollywood Fantasy Draft

We’re all familiar with the concept of Fantasy Football, whether we’ve participated or not. A group of sport fanatics get together, choose different players and build their teams to follow through the football season. Well, it was only a matter of time before a bunch of film fanatics got together and applied the same principals to movies. We all love to speculate over who might be cast in recently announced projects, and now a game has been made out of it!

This fabulous idea was brought to fruition by the geniuses over at Anomalous Material. The rules are simple:
• Twenty-some cinefiles are assigned a random number
• Round by round each blogger chooses a director and the stars to fill out their film
• After seven rounds, one director and six actors should be chosen
• No actors or directors can be picked twice
• Then, on the assigned date, the blogger pitches the movie that they’ve developed with their cast and crew.

The seven rounds have already occurred with a supplementary draft allowing for three additional actors for those who needed them.

On September 16th I shall be pitching my film. But in the meantime, here is the director and cast that I have assembled:

Quentin Tarantino.: The master of the homage is the [re]definition of cool. From his canon blast of a debut (Reservoir Dogs) to his creme de le creme (Pulp Fiction), and even his underrated gems (Jackie Brown, Deathproof) Tarantino has proved that he wholly deserving of the title ‘son of cinema’. Oh yeah, and I think he directed Inglourious Basterds and those Kill Bill films, but I’m not sure. I’ll have to do an IMDb check on that.”
“My first actor pick is none other than Chloe Moretz. Perhaps the youngest bona fide badass in the history of bona fide badassery. She KICKED ASS as Hit Girl. She, uh, provided the VOICE OF REASON in (500) Days of Summer. Soon she will suck your emotions dry in LET ME IN. Under the supervision of badass director Quentin Tarantino she’s going to be inducted into the hall of badass legends next to other badass icons. Plus, there’s that ‘acting’ thing that she’s pretty good at too.”
Zoë Saldana. Fierce. Sexy. Hip. Cool. Talented. Beautiful. Tough. Rinse. Repeat.”
“Gandhi. Sexy Beast. Elegy. And everything in between. Sir Ben Kingsley is THE actor of our lifetime. Brando has nothing on this dude – a bold, but true statement. As a friend of mine once so aptly put it: “There could be a scene where multiple people are screaming and spouting off flamethrowers in the background, and you still wouldn’t be able to take your eyes off of Ben sitting quietly at the dinner table.”"
Ken Watanabe. Because I need him more than he needs me. Because he’s perhaps one of the only international actors that projects enough confidence to go toe to toe with Ben Kingsley. Because his name is an anagram for “Wanna Be Take”. Yes, it’s true.”
“There are a number of things required by this Tarantinoian role: 1. The ability to deliver an over-the-top character with over-the-top lines without it coming off cartoony, 2. To have raw physical talent, 3. To pose a reckless menace. Tak Sakaguchi has these things in spades, as seen in his Japanese B-Movie career spanning from Versus to Tokyo Gore Police. Where better to find a Tarantinoian villain than Japanese B-Movies?”
““Staying true to the “Tarantino Touch”, I’m selectingMr. Kevin Bacon to be revitalized and made cool beyond novelty once again. His fearlessness to go to the dark side is amazing but well-balanced with a great sense of humor. Not to mention he works well within an ensemble AND can be connected to every actor in this Fantasy Draft within six degrees!””
“I chooseth Mr. Method Man. I need someone with raw unabashed hipness that also has a sense of humor. His part is smaller, but definitely memorable.”