The original Blues Brothers had Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Carrie Fisher! Twiggy!. Basically a pretty stacked cast of musicians and actors. Who would make the cut these days?

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noopenusernames t1_je8vxpu wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:18 AM

I imagine The Rock would buy the rights so that he and Kevin Hart can be the main characters

Verwirklichbar t1_je9bob6 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:59 AM

I hate that you are 100% right

EuphoricMoose8232 t1_je8npx6 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:31 AM

Unfortunately, probably Jim Belushi

srslyeverynametaken t1_je8vitb wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:12 AM

Even more unfortunately, this is probably the BEST CASE scenario

bloodyell76 t1_je91542 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 8:35 AM

They already did that one.

galwegian t1_je9ptfr wrote on March 30, 2023 at 1:13 PM

“Who died and made you a movie star?”

RadAirDude t1_je8r3xc wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:13 AM

TBH it would be a fucking hellscape

Blues brothers: Nick Jonas and Shawn Mendes

Cameos would include: SZA & Doja Cat (Joint musical number as hairdressers), Lizzo & Cardi B flipping an Aretha joint, John Legend doing a Beyoncé cover (character is a piano salesman), Miley Cyrus doing a Tina Turner impression, Post Malone & Ed Sheeran as movie theater attendants covering Ray Charles, and Donald Glover channeling Chaka Khan. Meghan Trainor and Ariana grande singing Smokey Robinson.

There would also non-musical cameos from Dolly Parton, Snoop Dogg, Benny Blanco, Lil Yachty, and Kendall Jenner.

jonnytylermadcap t1_je95ecf wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:37 AM

Yuck.

Icy-Faithlessness-87 t1_je8ykb8 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:56 AM

The Blues Brothers would probably be Jimmy Fallon and Adam Sandler and would be one of the most annoying movies of all time all at once.

TrivialBanal t1_je9okvs wrote on March 30, 2023 at 1:03 PM

As it'd be a remake, according to the rules of Hollywood, Chris Pratt.

Personally, I think it would be a hilarious opportunity for Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito to relaunch their on screen partnership.

prestron t1_je8sbid wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:29 AM

It's a sign from God. I was watching Cory Wong and The Wong Notes yesterday and thought they'd be perfect for this. Thinking about it more I realize they don't really play the blues that often, but he's got a horn section that can turn goat piss into gasoline.

RickJLeanPaw t1_je92r0c wrote on March 30, 2023 at 8:58 AM

The Autotune Brothers:

It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got to work out a route taking in electric charging points at convenient times, a half-charged vape, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses.

Put it in Autopilot!

It’s just not going to be rock’n’roll, is it?!

Ramoncin t1_je9czbn wrote on March 30, 2023 at 11:14 AM

Nic Cage, Pedro Pascal and Margot Robbie.

Wdbisl t1_je9eilx wrote on March 30, 2023 at 11:31 AM

I'm surprised nobody said Chris Stapleton.

blenderdead t1_je9nq6w wrote on March 30, 2023 at 12:56 PM

Chris Pratt and Jack Harlow

mrxexon t1_je9vmbl wrote on March 30, 2023 at 1:57 PM

I can't even entertain the thought of a remake. TIRED of remakes... It's the moviemaker's path of least resistance more often than not.

Most all these musicians are now dead and can NOT be replaced. They were groundbreakers not imitators. And quite frankly there aren't enough new artists to ever fill their shoes.

ddsiddall t1_jeamclj wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:00 PM

That would be an abomination before the lord.

NewAssumption4780 t1_je9i4fs wrote on March 30, 2023 at 12:07 PM

Well the blues are long dead so it would have to be hip-hop. Jack Black and Kyle Gass would be pretty awesome with Ice Cube, Ice T , LL Cool J, Childish Gambino, RZA...