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If The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy was made 20 years earlier.

Tell me what you think. I think the concept is pretty fun.

I've always had this question ever since I saw Army of Darkness (1992): Why has no one ever called up Sam Raimi to direct a Masters of the Universe film? To me, at least, Army of Darkness showed me that Raimi could definitely nail the tone that a Masters of the Universe movie needs. Furthermore, after viewing the other films from his filmography, I just feel like it was missed opportunity that no one ever approached Raimi to direct a Masters of the Universe film.

What if Jingle All the Way (1996) was made 30 years later? 🎄🎅🎁

Distributed by 20th Century Studios

Director: Matt Spicer

Cast:

John Cena as Howard Langston

Eric André as Myron Larabee

Bill Hader as Ted Maltin

Mila Kunis as Liz Langston

Toby Huss as Officer Alexander Hummell

Will Arnett as KQRS D.J.

Jagger Amor as Jamie Langston

and Seth Rogen as Mall Santa

(Would’ve been beyond generational 😭)

DEADSHOT: Gabriel Leone ( 33, The Secret Agent, $'10)

hes an excellent actor, not really been sugested for the role but i think he would deliver a more serious but with a hint of fun take, something distinctly unique from will smith.

i think he had an excellent look for the character & is very close to how i imagined him, i personally wanted someone a bit more unknown to English speaking audiences who was also likely to be shorter than the popular Deathstroke Fan cast's.

he has a stunt background particularly in Driving stunts & he actually began to Learn BJJ with Wagner Moura ( ELITE SQUAD.)

he's very critically acclaimed in Brazil & Has done work in an Oscar nominated film " The Secret Agent" with Wagner Moura 2025.

kent v nelson: Paris brosnan

Jay garrick: Bob Odenkirk

Wildcat: Sylvester stallone

Hippolyta: Sandra bullock

Alan scott: Cary Elwes

Spectre: Nicholas cage

Kendra Saunders: Isabela Merced

Hawkman: Aldis Hodge

Sandy hawkins: Tom felton

Rex tyler: Daniel Radcliffe

Parts 1 and 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fancast/s/AiFW4Ubkcu

Part 3: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fancast/s/CVYLyyBjAt

Alan Rrichardson as Conrad "Duke" Hauser
Winston Duke as Marvin "Roadblock" Hinton
Olivia Cooke as Shana "Scarlett" O'Hara
Leo Howard as Snake Eyes
Tokala Black Elk as Charlie “Spirit” Iron-Knife
David Correnswet as Dashiell "Flint" Faireborn
Daniela Melchior as Jaye "Lady Jaye" Burnett
Jon Bernthal as Ettienne “Gung Ho” LaFitte
Glen Powell as William “Wild Bill” Hardy
Ella Purnell as Jill “Dial-Tone” Morelli
Emily Rudd as Courtney “Cover Girl) Krieger
Oscar Issac as Hector “Shipwreck” Delgado
Anthony Mackie as Lonzo “Stalker” Wilkinson
Wunmi Mosaku as Carla “Doc” Greer
Brenden Fraser as General Clayton "Hawk" Abernathy

Jon Hamm as Batman

Finn Wolfhard as Robin

Tony Dalton as Joker

Glenn Howerton as The Riddler

Stephen Root as The Penguin

Aubrey Plaza as Catwoman

I truly think his voice & stoic nature would lend well to Darkseid, and assuming it would be a motion capture performance I think they could pull it off and make him look cool.

Seth Macfarlane as Cobra Commander
Alexandra Daddario as Anastasia Cisarovna/The Baroness
David Tennant as James McCullen Destro XXIV
Mackenyu as Thomas Arashikage/Storm Shadow
Ed Skrein as Zartan
Max Carver as Tomax Paoli
Charlie Carver as Xamot Paoli
Bill Hader as Doctor Mindbender
Hugh Jackman as Sebastian Bludd/Major Bludd

Ron Perlman as Batman

Tom Cruise as Joker

I was watching Sons of Anarchy, and I got to the scene where Ron's character makes a threat during a vote scene and it just gave me older Batman vibes. apparently he voiced Batman & Deathstroke before but honestly I just prefer his normal voice of his Batman's.

He's huge, has an exotic skull, gigantic teeth and is just talented and cold. for some reason his voice sounds fitting for a classical transatlantic accent on an older Batman. just what Adam West went for with his TDKR narration. perfect for this role.

Tom on the other hand is creepy af he'll do good

If Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was made 20 years earlier.

I’m a bit tired of scarred and deformed iterations of the Joker in live action. This casting would never happen in the mainline DCU, but I think Johnny Knoxville would crush as a more traditional, tux-laden Prince of Crime in a one-off Elseworlds film.

Codename: Blood Brothers

The Old Team

Sylvester Stallone - Barney Ross (Leader of the Expendables)

Mel Gibson - Conrad Stonebanks (Cofounder of the Expendables. He would be the "main villain" of sorts as he betrayed them all and was the reason the original team died, making him a dangerous foe.)

Wesley Snipes - Doc (Army medic and another original Expendable.)

Kurt Russell - Jack Hammer (Hammer was mentioned by Doc in EX3)

Carl Weathers - Max Woodsman (Woodsman was mentioned by Doc in EX3)

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New Members

Arnold Schwarzenegger - Trent "Trench" Mauser (Barney's "best worst friend" who used to "serve on the same team" with him. This could be the team.)

Kelsey Grammer — Bonaparte (Appeared in EX3 as an "old friend" of Barney's, a recruiter, and former Expendable. He could "know some guys" to help build this large team.)

Chuck Norris - Booker (Another old friend of Barney's. This film could show how they lost the team which led to Booker going into "Lone Wolf" mode.)

Patrick Swayze 

Kevin Costner

Mickey Rourke - Tool ((From the first film, he's been through a lot, but he was still one of the flock.)

Nick Nolte

Clint Eastwood - (I feel he could play an almost father-figure type of role to Barney. Maybe it's his old commanding officer now riding with him, then something happens and he "passes the torch" of leadership to Barney.)

Christopher Reeves

Billy Dee Williams

Robert De Niro

Michael Douglas

Gary Busey

Tom Selleck

Jackie Chan

Michael Clarke Duncan

Nicolas Cage

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This prequel would see origins the original Expendables team before the 2010 team came along, somewhere in the late 80s/early 90s.

In Expendables 3, Doc said that they "started out with five" and worked their way up to 22." These are actors who i believe would've made up that team if a movie had been made in the late 80/early 90s.