• 23 Jul 2009 at 9:22 AM

Opening In Cast Of Wall Street Sequel

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Picture 1793.pngDon’t get too excited just yet– Shia LaBeouf is still committed to this thing. It’s Javier Bardem that’s dropped out due to scheduling conflicts (a RomCom with Julia Roberts), leaving an opening for the role of the “villainous hedge fund chief” (a short seller, natch), who ShiLa somehow gets in his head is responsible for the suicide of his mentor (Dick Fuld*).
Obviously this is quite disappointing to those of us who were hoping the “evil short” would be a guy who walks the trading floor with a captive bolt pistol and can pull off a bowl-cut. Fox hasn’t announced an alternative actor, presumably because they’ve yet to come up with one, which is clearly where we come in. One London trader told Forbes the part calls for a thespian who can do the whole “emotionless expression” thing, since “successful traders need a bit of a steely demeanor where nothing shakes you, and he epitomizes that.” We could go in that direction, sure, if we wanted to be unimaginative fucks, or we could go with someone who could play an eccentric, should the role call for losing it at the drop of a hat, smashing computer screens, riding Zambonis around the office, and tap dancing on the desk, all in the course of one trading session. Ideas?
Bardem Snubs ‘Wall Street’ Sequel [Forbes via Dealbook]
*We’ve yet to see a script, and we’re not even sure if a final one has been completed but
who among us can say there wouldn’t be some comedic value there?

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    Comments (61)

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    1. 1
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 9:24 AM

      cliff asness

    2. 2
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 9:25 AM

      The Buse, of course.

    3. 3
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 9:27 AM

      Ashley Schaeffer

    4. 4
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 9:27 AM

      Gary B baby

    5. 5
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 9:29 AM

      Kimbo Slice, is there really any other choice?

    6. 6
      Posted by Becky Boot Fan | July 23, 2009 at 9:29 AM

      Harvey Keitel

    7. 7
      Posted by wcburrs87 | July 23, 2009 at 9:30 AM

      The Guy From Delaware.

    8. 8
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 9:33 AM

      Danny DeVito as The Penguin

    9. 9
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 9:34 AM

      Rob Reiner as Stevie

    10. 10
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 9:36 AM

      Porter Stansberry

    11. 11
      Posted by Perkins Maxwell | July 23, 2009 at 9:37 AM

      Ahnold, of course.

    12. 12
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 9:39 AM

      Rob Schneider as Prince Habeeboo

    13. 13
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 9:41 AM

      Rahm Emanuel as Daniel Loeb.

    14. 14
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 9:44 AM

      Ice-T as Ken Griffin.

    15. 15
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 9:44 AM

      K-Bacon…he’ll prob work for scale now.

    16. 16
      Posted by merkin capital partners | July 23, 2009 at 9:44 AM

      Tim Meadows as John Rogers.

    17. 17
      Posted by NakedShort | July 23, 2009 at 9:44 AM

      Sacha Baron Cohen

    18. 18
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 9:46 AM

      http://www.metroactive.com/metro-santa-cruz/02.22.06/gifs/muz-0608.jpg AS http://www.chicagobooth.edu/magazine/29/3/images/DAA-5-mins_Asness.jpg

    19. 19
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 9:46 AM

      Don Cheadle doing his British accent.

    20. 20
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 9:48 AM

      Greg Michaels

    21. 21
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 9:52 AM

      Tom Green as Obama

    22. 22
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 9:52 AM

      Ruth Madoff as Daryl Hannah

    23. 23
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 9:54 AM

      Dennis Kneale ranting about “digital dickweeds”

    24. 24
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 9:55 AM

      Wilford Brimley as Michael Steinhardt

    25. 25
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 9:57 AM

      Dennis Kneale’s asslobster as himself.

    26. 26
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 10:06 AM

      @14 excellent.
      -kg

    27. 27
      Posted by highlyconfident | July 23, 2009 at 10:07 AM

      Bennett from Commando

    28. 28
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 10:08 AM

      Marshal Mathers

    29. 29
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 10:10 AM

      jimmy fallon

    30. 30
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 10:11 AM

      @14 = great, buy I was thinking Carl Weathers

    31. 31
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 10:11 AM

      @14 = great, but I was thinking Carl Weathers

    32. 32
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 10:12 AM

      Jeremy Piven

    33. 33
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 10:13 AM

      Mickey Rourke as Warren Buffet.

    34. 34
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 10:15 AM

      Megan Fox as Dennis Kneale.

    35. 35
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 10:15 AM

      Jeremey Piven. Nuff’ said.
      THINK OF IT LIKE WORLD WAR TWO: NEVER-AGAIN!

    36. 36
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 10:20 AM

      Verne Troyer in blackface

    37. 37
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 10:22 AM

      Wilford Brimley as R. Kelly

    38. 38
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 10:27 AM

      me, as myself.
      -cliff ass

    39. 39
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 10:28 AM

      Wilford Brimley as Cliff Asness

    40. 40
      Posted by Becky Boot Fan | July 23, 2009 at 10:29 AM

      @27, you’re my hero.
      “Come on Bennett…..let’s party!”

    41. 41
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 10:37 AM

      CHARLES GASPARINO

    42. 42
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 10:38 AM

      This movie is slated for “Mystery Science Theatre” type of parody – will be great to watch it trashed! lol

    43. 43
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 11:05 AM

      @5 Agreed.
      If Kimbo doesn’t make the movie, could someone just set him loose in DK’s studio? It probably would be more entertaining anyway.

    44. 44
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 11:06 AM

      Why not K. Bacon? Cmon guys, I’m one of those Wall Street types and I messed him over pretty bad. Maybe this would be a good way for us to say “I’m Sorry” to Hollywood.
      -BM

    45. 45
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 11:08 AM

      Keanu Reeves in Wall St. 2: Cruise Control

    46. 46
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 11:18 AM

      Christopher Walken…”I know”

    47. 47
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 11:20 AM

      If Kevin Bacon and Alan Greenspan are in the same movie, it opens up whole new worlds of possibilities for “5 Degrees of Kevin Bacon”

    48. 48
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 11:22 AM

      @43 – Here here. That would be an excellent pay per view event.
      Kimbo Slice
      v
      Dennis ‘Collie Molester’ Kneale
      Tonight- 9PM
      Dennis Kneale’s apt

    49. 49
      Posted by Anal_yst | July 23, 2009 at 11:47 AM

      Wilford Brimley is Steinhardt’s doppleganger, could work, diabetehs and all
      Perhaps we could get F. Murray Abraham’s character from Star Trek: Nemesis to play George Soros, and Tom Cruise to play Adam Sender
      That’s it, yes, the plot shouldn’t be just one evil short seller, but an entire global cabal of them, the likes of which the SEC in its infinite wisdom never could have fathomed!

    50. 50
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 11:49 AM

      resurrect Ted Knight
      “Ive sent boys younger than you to the gas chamber, didn’t want to do it, felt I owed it to them”

    51. 51
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 12:46 PM

      Alex Wilkinson.

    52. 52
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 12:51 PM

      Stephen Baldwin

    53. 53
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 12:52 PM

      @52 no can do, covered in bug bites. try my brother.

    54. 54
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 1:40 PM

      Give Joe Biden a bottle of Just For Men super jet black color and a rotating cocktail of GoldmanSachs meth and Morgan Stanley Ativan. Add a Mossberg Marine coate 12 gauge pump and watch out for falling debris and multiple takes.

    55. 55
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 1:41 PM

      Just use Terence Stamp again, only this time dressed in his Zod outfit.
      Oh, and there has to be a giant spider in the 3rd act.
      /John Peters’d

    56. 56
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 1:59 PM

      ron howard

    57. 57
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 2:31 PM

      Vinnie Jones

    58. 58
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 2:58 PM

      obviously the ponz himself… Le’ Bernie…

    59. 59
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 6:11 PM

      Chris Burke

    60. 60
      Posted by guest | July 23, 2009 at 8:24 PM

      RICK ASTLEY. DONE.

    61. 61
      Posted by bateman | July 24, 2009 at 12:27 AM

      Andrea McNulty

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