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In 1982, ABC debuted Hanna-Barbera’s first animated series based on a video game, titled Pac-Man: The Animated Series. (Batman: The Animated Series did not debut until the ’90s, so if you’re thinking that it was a clever play on Batman: The Animated Series, you are incorrect, but also, haha, yes it does sound like that, you are right.) Ever since Pac-Man: The Animated Series went off the air in 1983, America has been wondering, “Where did our beloved television series based on Pac-Man, a videogame that has no plot, go? Uggghh, we loved that shooooww! It was our favorite shoooooowwwwwwww moooooooooooommmmm!!!” Well look no further, America. From The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney XD has snagged a new animated action comedy starring the beloved arcade game character in the tentatively titled series, Pac-Man: The Adventure Begins. The series is being eyed for a fall 2013 debut on the children’s cable network.
Based on the iconic brand, Pac-Man: The Adventure Begins will be executive produced by Avi Arad (The Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers) and Rick Ungar (X-Men: Evolution, Biker Mice From Mars).
I didn’t know what Disney XD was either, but I was already on Wikipedia for the Pac-Man: The Animated Series info so I figured WHY NOT, and Wikipedia says it’s a sister-network of the Disney Channel that comprises mainly action series aimed at boys ages 6-14. But do children ages 6-14 even know what Pac-Man is right now? Is there some sort of suped-up Pac-Man game for their GameGearzHDx? Because if not, WHY THIS SHOW? You can’t just put a nostalgia-filled brand name on a thing and expect it to work! I don’t think! Or maybe you can! Lots of people seem to think that maybe you can! But I still don’t think it has worked out often enough to keep doing it! In any case, the most pressing question in the whole matter is: WHO IS GOING TO PLAY PAC-MAN?! The roll of a lifetime! (Get it?) (Because Pac-Man is kind of a circle?!)
To take on such an iconic roll, LOL, still funny, Disney XD needs a strong Hollywood lead. But the actor also need to appeal to young men, ages of 6-14. A difficult combination, but I think we can give it a shot:
Peter Krause?
[Relevant Roles: Casey McCall, Sports Night; Nate Fisher, Six Feet Under; Adam Braverman, Parenthood]
Vincent Gallo?
[Relevant Roles: Angelo 'Tetro' Tetrocini, Tetro; Bud Clay, Brown Bunny; Billy Brown, Buffalo '66]
Sam Rockwell?
[Relevant Roles: Sam Bell, Moon; Victor Mancini, Choke; Pizza Guy, Stella Shorts 1998-2002]
Christopher Plummer?
[Relevant Roles: Hal Fields, Beginners; Dean Whiting, Syriana; Ralph Nickleby, Nicholas Nickleby]
Jack Nicholson?
[Relevant Roles: Edward, The Bucket List; Col. Nathan R. Jessup, A Few Good Man; Garrett Breedlove, Terms Of Endearment]
Christian Bale?
[Relevant Roles: Dan Evans, 3:10 To Yuma; Trevor Reznik, The Machinist; Patrick Bateman, American Psycho]
Justin Bieber?
[Relevant Roles: Self, Never Say Never; Jason McCann, CSI]
Great casting! I can’t wait for all of my 6 to 14-year-old relatives to watch this show and love it so much!
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Neil Patrick Harris of course.
Lies, I definitely would want Matthew Lillard to do it.
Would’ve figured you’d go with Cusack.
Eh, Cusack isn’t right for the role. He’s waiting on The Peanuts: All Grown Up series…
Haha, it’s funny because The Whatever just looooooooooooves John Cusack.
I am not ashamed of that. Have you seen High Fidelity? It’s just so good. Grosse Point Blank? Hilarious. Say Anything? Classic. Cradle Will Rock? So interesting. Being John Malkovitch? So different and fantastic.
After some self reflexion, I change my casting. CUSACK for ALL OF THE ROLES.
Pros for Cusack: Friends with Hunter S Thompson, made Better Off Dead, sister seems pretty cool.
Cons: Piven
Yikes! Walking away from this one.
#kelly4mspacman
Bruce Willis can play one of the ghosts. #spoileralert
Bill Murray was rumored to be cast as a ghost too, but he is too busy golfing and getting paid to go to golf tournaments and laugh and be funny.
As always, terrific casting work, Kelly. But the best idea would be for Pac-Man to be played by all of the following actors at different points in each episode: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger (played by Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Ferrel), and obviously also Ben Whishaw (can’t forget the Whish!)
My vote is for Pizza:
Better yet, hw about having Hermancain.gif do it?
#thisgifforpizzagif
May I critique this gif on my tumblr page?
Too late, I did it without permission. Top Score though.
I don’t care who’s in it, I just want Bryan Fuller to take over and turn it into an hour-long drama. At least then we might get the sad story of how Mrs. Pac-Man became a Ms.
Feminism and the ERA movement. She was an inspiration to us all.
If Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof ran the show, we could look forward to a season 3 reveal of how Ms. Pacman got her bow.
WE HAVE TO GO BOW-K!
Well clearly the only man for the job is Adam Pacman Jones.
Since Tilda Swinton will be busy with her commitment to Yogurt of Destiny: The True Lilbobbytables Story I vote for that Gosling fellow. People love the Gosling fellow.
Breitbart…oh wait…. #toosoon?
oh come on. Brietbart’s death proves one *can* die from assholism!
He should played by often troubled NFL star Adam “Pac-man” Jones
Your spider boner is showing.
Pakku! Pakku! Truth be told, I’m far more interested in the supporting cast. From Wikipedia:
“Creator Toru Iwatani stated that he had designed each enemy with its own distinct personality in order to keep the game from becoming impossibly difficult or boring to play. He stated that the red ghost chases Pac-Man, the faster pink ghost and slower blue ghost try to position themselves in front of Pac-Man’s mouth, and the orange ghost’s behavior is random, but careful analysis of the game’s code revealed it actually chases Pac-Man most of the time, but also moves toward the lower-left corner of the maze when it gets too close to him.”
Here are my picks:
Blinky (Shadow, red) – Adam Scott
Pinky (Speedy, pink) – Ryan Gosling
Inky (Bashful, blue) – Jean Dujardin
Clyde – (Pokey, orange) – Jeff Goldblum
This cast, btw, if anyone took notice, takes Gosling out of the running to play Pac-Man. Sad…
Ugh, Disney XD. Toon Disney was so much better. Pepper Ann and the Weekenders? That’s where it’s at!
Andy Serkis