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Tim Drake II/Batman As seen in "Dead Man on Campus," Mark-Paul here has all the qualities required to play our man-about-town, Tim Drake. |
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Alfred "Gattaca" proved to me that there was someone capable of portraying both Alfred and his robotic body; Jude be that man. |
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Clark Kent He's the choice of many to be Superman, and he's mine as well. Just, ah, lose the facial hair... maybe comb the hair. Yeah. |
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Ennis Hobbs I never had another choice for Ennis; Mr. Freeman's always been perfect for the part. |
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Donna Olsen It occurred to me not too long after my original casting call that Donna's supposed to be a bit younger than Tim. Oops. Recast. Keri here works just as well, doesn't she? |
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Commissioner Mark Grayson Even though he's now deceased, Mark Grayson was an important part of the Bat-Cast. Shepard has this part tattooed on his forehead. |
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Commissioner Jon Isaacs He just has the right type of demeanor for this former detective and current commissioner. I don't know why or how, he just does. |
Shannon Mitchells .... |
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Michael "Booster"
Carter And he can even be funny. |
Det. Kylie Roarke .... |
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Mike Roarke He's got an easygoing charm and a good wit. Shame Mike's gotta die, but hey. |
Patty Hollander .... |
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Grover Bowles Roth can turn on that "sleazy" kinda charm... that's what Grover needs, folks. |
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Melissa Bloom Melissa's an acerbic disc jockey and the antiheroine type. She's got a quick wit, too... I hope creator Daniel Ben-Zvi digs this call. |
Det. Paul Chandler .... |
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Det. Jon Chandler Not technically my character (see the estranged Tony Wilson, people) but he is Paul's cousin - and even showed up in the book once. |
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Marc Chandler The only time Marc (aka Nightwing of the Wilson clan) showed up on page with Batman was in the miniseries they costarred in... but I cast two other Chandlers, so why not just one more? (Don't hate me, Pimp Daddy!) |
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Xanadu Created by Tommy Hancock, Xanadu was one of Tim's teachers and a big player in the aforementioned Bats/Nightwing miniseries and the Brave & The Bold story co-starring Batman and Deadman. Catherine Zeta-Jones (who I earlier cast erroneously as Star) fits the look of the character, at least in my mind. Who knows what Tom thinks of... |
Hallow's Jack We just needed a voice, here... and this guy has the voice, people. |
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Mercury Mercury can't talk, so Ed's voice can't get in the way... and this here pic (which I'm assuming is from Saving Pvt. Ryan) is just what I've come to think of Mercury looking like. Let's hope creator Jason Tippitt approves. |
Captain Atom .... |
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Guy Gardner He just looks right for the part. |
Eve Tresser/Nemesis .... |
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Liam Concord/Sandman I've always thought that Gotham's other vigilante (as created and written by Bryan Hall) would be excellently portrayed by Ralph Fiennes, who just... looks like the character would. Phooey on him being too old, but in this case, I'm letting it slide. Sandman's just going to have to age. |
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Mr. October This very powerful leaguer that shadowed Tim at the beginning of his career will be back very soon. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing is not yet determined. |
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Justice Pulling a Darth here and just using the vocal talents of Mr. L here (and boy howdy, does he have 'em.) Some big guy in a suit can do the rest. |
Alucard Holmes .... |
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Jenna Holloway .... |
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Bradley Carrington/The Penguin I had originally intended for the Penguin to be a little bit bigger, but the way he ended up being written suggested something far different, hence Mr. Branagh. |
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Maria/Batgirl Halle Berry was pretty much my inspiration for the look of Batgirl from day one... hard to suppress that now. |
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Mr. Mxyzptlk The innocent face, the snow-white hair, the condescending and flattering tone... this wild and crazy guy is my choice for Mxy, bar none. |
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Tuesday This Oscar winner can play over-the-top and serious. Druglord Tuesday's a perfect part for her. |
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Brereton It's a shame that Brereton doesn't speak; Fishburne is a great actor. He's also as imposing as Tuesday's bodyguard needs to be. |
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Vigilante Another change from the original call! All things considered, as soon as I started writing the character, I knew he had to have more dramatic weight behind him... and Denzel brings a lot of weight. A whole lot. |
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Laufeyson This trickster - who knows more than he should - was tailor made for James Woods, also the inspiration for said character. |
Tino Merani/Clayface This thorn in Tim's side has been hidden for a while... currently, he's usurped the persona of Angel Tuscotti and has been doing everything short of direct confrontation to get the Batman out of his town. |
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Angel Tuscotti Fiery and temperamental, the now-deceased crimelord saw everything coming... except his end at the hands of Clayface. Still, his earlier rantings could only have been pulled off by Pacino, a master of that craft. |
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Dr. Jeremy Wight/The Joker Killer This guy has been DEMANDED (literally) by fans. It's just a casting call, I sez. We don't care they sez back. We don't care and we wanna see him on the page anyways, they continue to sez. So voila; John Malkovich is Jeremy Wight. |
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Maxie Swann This first magistrate of the Kangaroo Court would be deliciously over-the-top-yet-low-key-at-the-same-time with singer/actor Tom Waits in the role... 'sides, Tom's too cool not to cast! |
Graham The current magistrate of the Kangaroo Court, with an unhealthy mad-on for Tim Drake, would be played by |
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Staci Miller/Cat-Woman She's a former secretary who's now a felinthrope! (I hope that's right!) |
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Ashley Braye/Dark The partner of Jonathan Weiss (who also went nuts) Ashley Braye now resides in the collective subconscious of the human mind. Who knows what he could get up to in there... |
Caleb Marion An ex-Time Cop who's also an A-1 nut... boy, if he ever gets back onto the Force, the DCF is in trouble! |
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Dr. Tippitt Who else could play this madman, I ask you? WHO? Well, besides Tipp himself, that is... |
| Watch for more casting if the book gets any more cool characters! |