Zazie Beetz or Tessa Thompson are proposed before the idea expands to a full gender flip.
Jay Ellis is imagined in the spouse role, with concern about audience response to him obstructing a woman’s career; Michael B. Jordan and Jayson Tatum are floated as seductive alternatives. — Van Lathan
Sam Jackson remains appealing, while Viola could have fun giving the fan-of-man monologue.
An all-Black remake initially proposes Denzel as a billionaire modeled on Bob Johnson or Byron Allen, then questions whether he would accept a cuckold role. — Van Lathan
Nominees are Tessa Thompson, Wood Harris and Andre Ward, with the PTI hosts named winners for an in-universe Apollo Creed legacy segment ('Oh, I don't know, Tony').
Another suggestion is the actor playing Leo's father, heard as Richie Costa, also of True Detective season two, who looked related to Leo, played by real fighter Gabriel Rosado; 'That'd be my vote.'
Asked next, a panelist picks Rashad: sports-movie cutaways to people watching are a flaw in nearly every sports movie, with Secretariat's race montage the best exception, but her fired-up reaction during the fight makes it worth it. — Wesley Morris
Another panelist did not vote for Rashad because Apollo's wife from Rocky IV was not brought back, hoping that actress at least auditioned. — Bill Simmons
A 10-episode Netflix series including the CIA half, cast with Elgort as Chucky, Chalamet as Will, Jon Hamm as the therapist and Tessa Thompson as Skylar; a Black Good Will Hunting is Stomp the Yard
Asked whether he would watch a 10-episode Netflix series remake with the second half of the script and the CIA wrinkle, the answer is 100%, having watched the Limitless series. — Shea Serrano
Anyone smarter than everyone else figuring things out is loved; although remaking rewatchable movies is usually avoided, the obvious casting is staring them in the face: Elgort as Affleck and Chalamet as Damon, who went to the same high school, love the Knicks and are playing this out on Instagram, Elgort the empty-headed pretty boy and Chalamet the nervy energy; the first three episodes are the movie before the CIA stuff.
For the therapist, Ruffalo, Jeff Bridges, Russell Crowe and Jon Hamm are floated, Hamm with a beard, older, available, with Affleck ties and ready to go back to Boston; Tessa Thompson as Minnie; Ringer Films is jokingly producing the 10-episode adaptation.
Gus Van Sant did a version of this with Finding Forrester, a movie with issues that should have been good and was a missed opportunity, though it invented the modern internet with you're the man now, dog.
