Cast Role Call

Turning books into movies is a thing that happens all the time.  Books are used as original source material and it has spawned cinematic classics, family favorite and a ton of bad adaptations.  One of my favorite books, American Gods by Neil Gaiman was just adapted into a mini series.  I think the casting is spot on.  The actor that plays Mr. Wednesday makes me want to go reread the book.

Austin the cat is all cats. 

When a book you love is turned into a mini series, it can spark conversation of what other books would be fun movie adaptations or at the very least a mini series. One of favorite just for fun, need a good laugh books I like to reread in the bathtub is Summon the Keeper by Tanya Huff. This has been a book that I have bought for friends to share the love and the chuckles and is one of my frequently gifted books.   I think Summon the Keeper would be a fun 8 part mini series that would be one of those fun summer specials.  

My friend, Faye and I were having a discussion on who we would think would be awesome casting if we could cast whom ever we wanted in Summon the Keeper.  I challenged her for her cast list, since we were having a difference of opinion.  Here is my cast for Summon the Keeper.   

Cast List:

Claire -  Anna Hathaway

Dean - Steven Amell

Augustus Smythe - Martin Short

Austin (voice) -  Benedict Cumberbatch (If he can play a dragon, then a cat is a piece of cake.)

Jacques - Nathan Fillion

Voices of Hell - Bret McKenzie & Jermaine Clement

Mrs. Abrams - Carol Kane

Sara- Annie Potts

Diana - Ellen Page

Martha- Kate Winslet

Sasha- Helena Bonham Carter

Ron & Reg (twins)- Chris Pine & Chris Pratt*

Hermes- Simon Pegg

Zeus- Chevy Chase

Hera- Andrea Martin

Hades-  Ian McKellan

Persephone-  Una Stubbs

Amphitrite-  Wanda Ventham

Poseidon- Michael Gambon

Dytie - Lainie Kazan

Hephaestus - Brian Doyle Murray

Professor Jackson- Rhys Darby

Now that I have completed my cast list, I have to chuckle.  I feel like this is one of those trivia lists and Faye is going to pull her hair out trying to remember where she has seen some of these names before.  I can't wait to see what she comes up with as a cast list.   If you have a favorite book, or even a book that you would loved to see made into a movie or mini series, what would it be?  

*Yes, I know that Chris Pine and Chris Pratt are not twins and not interchanageable.