Luke Cage
Alright…been gone for about a month, but I’m back and ready to jump into the next set of “They need to make this movie” posts. Let’s start with Luke Cage.
Luke Cage had it rough as a kid growing up in Harlem and got mixed up with the wrong crowd. So he went to prison for a murder he didn’t commit. In exchange for his release, he underwent some experiments based on a version of the well known super-soldier project. These experiments were supposed to make him immune to illnesses, instead, they made his muscle super humanly dense and strong and made his skin invulnerable. Seeing this, the people who subjected him to these experiments decided to keep him and study him, but with his new found power he broke out and went out to clear his name.
Once free, Luke makes a name for himself as a “Hero for Hire” in his old community. Quickly realizing that his powers are too important to be used only for those who can pay for it, he becomes the vigilante known as “Power Man” (a name I think should be avoided in the movie…unless used as a joke). Luke also eventually meets Jessica Jones, a woman who has seen some super-powered times herself but is now content to just live a normal life. I think no real mention of her various heroic identities needs to be made in the movie, but the occasional “Hey, weren’t you…” lines from random people might be a good head nod to the people who really know the character. Jones eventually marries Cage and they have a baby, but that might be too much for one movie.
On to the villains!
The Wrecking Crew is a group of four not-so-bright coworkers that (now follow me on this) became mystically empowered by holding on to Wrecker’s (the leader) enchanted crowbar while being struck by lightening…
…Okay, so the origin would need some tweaking for a movie audience, but we have seen Thor and Loki and magic and the Hulk and his gamma-powered change, so it might not need too much tweaking, right? These guys are funny, tough characters that are a team, so you can’t just say “Oh I’ll just use Bulldozer for the movie” and move on. They have a way of relating to each other that would make this movie that much better.
The fights would be epic and what makes them cool is that there would be this element we haven’t really seen in superhero movies yet, Luke has no secret identity, no mask. Everyone in his city knows him and has been helped by him in some way before. When the Wrecking Crew starts their “Boss Battle” at the end of this movie, you won’t see a bunch of bystanders in awe and speechless. They will be cheering for Luke like he was in some schoolyard bully beatdown!
Dream Cast:
Luke Cage: Jamie Foxx (“Collateral”)
Jessica Jones:Kristen Bell (“You Again”)
Wrecker: Ron Pearlman (“Hellboy”)
Bulldozer: Randy Couture (“The Expendables”)
Piledriver: Liam Hemsworth (“The Expendables 2”)
Thunderball: Quinton Jackson (“The A-Team”)
Movies for a Rainy Day 
That’s really good casting. I’d definitely watch this movie.
Thanks! I think a lot of people would pick Jackson or even the big black guy from “The Expendables” for Cage, but I think Foxx is the better actor and he can always buff up.
The only thing I would want is The Rock as Luke Cage. But only if I could guarantee that he would not ruin it with his bad acting. If Foxx could bulk up then I’d take him he just doesn’t seem to have the body type. However acting is way more important than looks. But just imagine The Rock as Cage and not being bad at acting. That would be pretty awesome. Everyone else I could see making this movie awesome.
Dwayne Johnson acting well? That is a “dream” cast.
I know. But you have to agree he has the body type to pull off the role.
He does, but after what Christian Bale did for “Batman Begins”, the bar for getting into your character has been raised.
Christian Bale is on another level when it comes to character acting.
Agreed!
Your dream cast is great. And I agree about Jamie Foxx. He’ll kill that role 🙂