So Universal have put out the cast list for the remake, and it's being filmed in Yorkshire....
Toby Jones, who has recently appeared in BBC One's Marvellous, will play Captain Mainwaring
Bill Nighy will take the role of Sergeant Wilson, originally played by John Le Mesurier
Sir Tom Courtenay will attempt to fill the boots of Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones
Danny Mays, who has starred in TV shows like Public Enemies and Outcasts, will play Private Walker
The Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison will take Ian Lavender's role as 'stupid boy' Private Pike
Sir Michael Gambon, star of Harry Potter and The Singing Detective, will step in as the ageing Private Godfrey
Bill Paterson, seen in TV's Outlander and 37 Days, will be Frazer, whose catchphrase was 'We're doomed'
|
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
 |
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"Christ, this was dull when it was on TV. I hated being at my grandparents when it was on, because they loved it!"
Dull !! It was bloody brilliant.And not a swear word in sight. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago
Titz Towers, North Notts |
I think it is a good cast, although I note Catherine Zeta Jones is in it and I've never been convinced of her credentials. I think it risks falling flat, though, due to the heritage it carries from the telly.  |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"Christ, this was dull when it was on TV. I hated being at my grandparents when it was on, because they loved it!
Dull !! It was bloody brilliant.And not a swear word in sight."
I am afraid I was never a fan. It really did not tickle my fancy and just brought to mind crap slapstick. But each to their own as they say. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
Wasn't all that enamoured as a kid but that was because the subtleties of the scripts and characters went over my head
Great scripts, great characters, great actors |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
as a kid i loved dads army,still love to see the odd episode on advert tv,but as to remaking it with a modern cast? no,leave well alone.im sure there are many many scripts out there for new material to be made into movies,give audiences something new |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"Don't forget kathryn zeta Jones is in it as well, "
Who's she playing?
A good cast but it'll never be as good as the original. The cast and writing was sheer genius |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
To use a tired catchphrase, it's doomed.
It'll be running against a decades old quality example of British eccentricity, and comedy gold that it is just never going to live up to.
Sometimes it's best to leave people with the good memories rather than flogging it for every last penny they can get out of it. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago
carrbrook stalybridge |
"So Universal have put out the cast list for the remake, and it's being filmed in Yorkshire....
Toby Jones, who has recently appeared in BBC One's Marvellous, will play Captain Mainwaring
Bill Nighy will take the role of Sergeant Wilson, originally played by John Le Mesurier
Sir Tom Courtenay will attempt to fill the boots of Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones
Danny Mays, who has starred in TV shows like Public Enemies and Outcasts, will play Private Walker
The Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison will take Ian Lavender's role as 'stupid boy' Private Pike
Sir Michael Gambon, star of Harry Potter and The Singing Detective, will step in as the ageing Private Godfrey
Bill Paterson, seen in TV's Outlander and 37 Days, will be Frazer, whose catchphrase was 'We're doomed'
"
sacrilidge what next a remake of porridge both of there time leave them alone |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"Hopefully it will be funny this time around "
You can't say it wasn't funny. The correct phrase is "I didn't find it funny". The fact that it's now being made into a major film is testament to the fact that a lot of people found it funny. True, a lot of those people are now in care homes but that's beside the point! |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"Hopefully it will be funny this time around
You can't say it wasn't funny. The correct phrase is "I didn't find it funny". The fact that it's now being made into a major film is testament to the fact that a lot of people found it funny. True, a lot of those people are now in care homes but that's beside the point! "
I don't doubt a lot found it funny... A lot find miranda funny but it's not.... oops sorry. .. i don't find it funny |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"Don't forget kathryn zeta Jones is in it as well,
Who's she playing?
A good cast but it'll never be as good as the original. The cast and writing was sheer genius"
She's playing a journalist who is doing a piece on the home guard, basically just crow barred her in so there's a woman in it |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
In the main the TV series was brilliant with a couple of not so good ones at times and it was very much about the writing and character development.
The new film needs to be compared to the original film that was done as the production values will be different.
|
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
The new cast seems good, but it also seems somewhat like for like, which beggars the question why bother.
I loved the original, and will no doubt look forward to the remake, with a little trepidation.
Uncle Arfur |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"Christ, this was dull when it was on TV. I hated being at my grandparents when it was on, because they loved it!
Dull !! It was bloody brilliant.And not a swear word in sight.
I am afraid I was never a fan. It really did not tickle my fancy and just brought to mind crap slapstick. But each to their own as they say."
Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier were a class act. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
the show was well written and funny..but it should be left in the era it was made.
why the fuck are we going back in time with so many remakes/retellings?..
seems I'm stuck with reality TV and stories I pretty much know about. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
» Add a new message to this topic
"Danny Mays, who has starred in TV shows like Public Enemies and Outcasts, will play Private Walker"
Gimp