Come to think of it, Sam Worthington is too boyish too. I can’t really think of anyone who could do it, of our current crop of leading men. Christian Bale could do the gravitas, but Aaron Eckhart has the jawline. Maybe Bale could be further Aryanized, somehow?

I saw Jensen Ackles name mentioned above, he could be good in something like this, he needs to break onto the big screen in a major way.

Ummm… I said it was a “rumor” followed by “it doesn’t mean that much” seeing these names.

i have actually seen the 30′s version, and I think it is absolutely excellent, I love those old B/W movies.
And, funnily enough, I called one of the characters in my novel Cruithne.

I get your meaning though DrSam. A 1936 episode can’t be considered a movie by today’s standards. If you watched the 1936 story or read the original strip you might feel a little differently about Dino’s version being definitive for all time. I think a retelling can be seriously done today using 85% real science. Maybe higher. Depends if Mongol as a rogue planet is put in an orbit around our sun or not. A much smaller planet than Earth with lesser gravity would be nice. Putting it out of the plane of the elliptic like Cruithne, Earth’s second moon, would give Mongol a sweet spot that would be plausibly reachable and inhabitable. Get Cruithne involved as material used by Ming to bombard Earth.

But I would rather it was left alone, the original is an absolute classic, from the amazing Queen soundtrack to Timothy Dalton’s Prince Barin.

after thinking about it for a few hours (i was reading over some comics) i dont think either would be good for the role, worthington keeps dropping his accent and reynolds isnt really a serious character (if you’ve watched blade 3 you’ll know what im talking about)

it should be someone unique maybe even a new actor, it would be cool to see a noob playing sucka big role, maybe even the antagnoist from never back down (blonde haired guy) would be good