20 Upcoming Horror Movies That Made PERFECT Casting Choices
These horror movies certainly cast the right actor for the role.
It's often said that 90% of directing is casting, because if you hire the right people to play the central roles, everything else becomes a whole lot easier, and it's simply way harder to produce a bad movie at the end of it.
Many movies make good or even great casting choices, of course, but what about those films that seemed to nail it on the most fundamental level, to the point where you might not even be able to imagine another actor in the part?
That sure seems to be the case with the following 20 upcoming movies, which, from what we've seen and heard so far, have absolutely knocked their most crucial casting right out of the park.
From directors reuniting with fruitful collaborators to actors being cast intriguingly against-type and incredible character actors getting their time to shine, these casting choices all seem like absolute slam-dunks on paper.
As ever, we'll have to see how the entire movie pans out, but in the very least, no matter the end result, the casting department absolutely cooked in each case...
20. Austin Abrams - Resident Evil
Zach Cregger's adaptation of hit video game franchise Resident Evil will star Austin Abrams, and while many initially assumed he might be playing series icon Leon Kennedy, he's actually set to portray an entirely original character - an embattled organ courier by the name of Bryan.
Now, Abrams' performance in Cregger's previous film, Weapons, was a perfect showcase for how brilliantly he can portray someone who is hopelessly, at times hilariously in over their head. So, it's easy to see why Cregger wanted to reunite with him for this role, with Bryan being a Totally Regular Dude who finds himself suddenly fighting to survive an undead apocalypse against all odds.
From the trailer, it's clear that Abrams will bring a whole ton of relatable humanity to the character, which already puts this loose adaptation leagues ahead of every other Resident Evil movie to date, even if some fans are miffed that Cregger isn't hewing closer to the source material.