Weekend Discussion: Televisa Remakes We Would Produce – Classic Movie Edition 1

Just as we had fun with recasting classic TV shows (We'll do that again if everyone wants to) here we will do classic movies. Same rules apply:

• Pick a classic movie, any genre.  Title translation optional.

• Give your dream cast for the Televisa Remake you would produce.  Actors currently under contract to Telemundo are also invited to the casting call.  Although most or all character names would be changed into Spanish ones, use the original character names for clarity.

• Make note of any minor changes to setting, character relationships, etc.

• Comment on any previously posted project.

• New projects should occur at least every third post, but more frequently is good, too!

A lot of US blockbusters have enjoyed international success, so I will launch with one we all know and most of us love. Since the dialogue is already in keeping with novela melodrama, direct translation may be all we need so we can put more dinero into sets, props, costumes, jewelry, and SFX.  I'm sure Cecil B. DeMille would approve of this cast for the Televisa remake of his last film, The Ten Commandments.  Herewith we present the cast for Los Dies Mandamientos:

Narrator.........              Enrique Rocha

Rameses I.........            Guillermo Garcia Cantú

Sethi..........                   Otto Sirgo

Bithia.........                   Adele Noriega (early scenes) / Helena Rojo (later scenes)

Yochabel.....                 Nora Salinas (early scenes) / Alma Muriel (later scenes)

High Priest......              Rene Casados

Moses...............           Jorge Salinas

Rameses II.........          Manuel Landeta

Nefretiri.......                Edith Gonzales

Dathan..........               Julian Gil

Bahka...........               Jorge Aravena

Memnet.....                   Lucía Guilmáin

Old Man in Mud Pit      José Carlos Ruiz

Jethro.............              Eric del Castillo

Sephora............           Sylvia Navarro

Voice of God............   César Evora

Pentaur...............         Gerardo Murguía

Rameses' Son......        Juan Bernardo Flores

Ethiopian King....         Rudy Casanova

Princess Tharbis...        Indhira Serrano

Aaron...........               Alejandro Avila

Miriam.........                Jacqueline Bracamontes

Lilia.......                      Ana Brenda Contreras or Livia Brito

Joshua..... .                  Gabriel Soto or Jorge de Silva