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Mel Gibson Need Not Apply

By Cindy Davis | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (36)

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*Note: Zombieland spoilers follow.

Bloody Disgusting just got the scoop that Ruben Fleischer and Columbia Pictures are searching for the next Bill Murray to carry on Zombieland’s great cameo tradition. After the wild success of the first film, word is they’re looking for “someone iconic along the lines of Harrison Ford or Anthony Hopkins.” Oh how I’d love to see a Sir Tony zombie doing something Hannibal Lecterish, but then again, Woody and Indiana Jones seem to share a hat obsession so he and Harrison could be super cool together.

While Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg will be reprising their roles, there are also calls out for a villain (to be portrayed by someone with a comedic background) and a studly rival to Tallahassee. See now, if old Bill hadn’t been shot up he’d be perfect for the villain role - maybe he can be brought back as a real zombie next time.

So have at it Pajibans, who would you love to see doing the next secret guest gig. Would psycho Mel even have a shot, or did he go so far he can’t even make himself the joke?

(Update: The rumors may or may not be true. At the moment, Zombieland 2 is not even Fleishcher’s next movie, although one would imagine that once the movie is made, there will be a celebrity cameo, so feel free to speculate. Or don’t. Or just read The Playlist for their account of the rumors.)









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Comments

Shatner. Or Cronenberg.

Posted by: Vorax at November 29, 2010 5:03 PM

Betty White, obviously.

Posted by: Gabs at November 29, 2010 5:06 PM

Shatner would be awesome.

Arnold isn't Governator anymore :)

Posted by: Protoguy at November 29, 2010 5:07 PM

It isn't that Mel has gone too far too make himself the joke. It is that he doesn't deserve to be included in the joke: that would only be reassurance and possibly rebuild his fame. That cannot stand. He should have the social media equivalent of solitary confinement. Hell, put him in REAL solitary confinement. He can't go any crazier. If you're feeling generous, let him take the beaver puppet.

Posted by: Patty O'Green at November 29, 2010 5:08 PM

Leslie Nielsen, as a zombie. Too soon?

Posted by: feelsgoodman at November 29, 2010 5:20 PM

Here's who I hope they don't have:
Will Ferrell
Jonah Hill
Danny McBride
Michael Cera
Steve Carrell
or anyone else from the Judd Apatow clan.

As for who should be the cameo, it won't matter because they won't be able to top Bill Murray or duplicate the moment when he first appeared on screen.

Posted by: John W at November 29, 2010 5:26 PM

Whatever the rumors are, I don't want to hear about them. That was the beautiful genius of having Bill Murray in the first movie.

So, please, for the love of Godtopus, don't post any rumor-appropriate header pics while this is being reported. /kthxbai

Posted by: RobP at November 29, 2010 5:27 PM

Maybe, feelsgoodman...yet I can't help but think he'd appreciate the joke.

Posted by: meaux at November 29, 2010 5:28 PM

Christopher Walken

Posted by: Smokey at November 29, 2010 5:30 PM

Nathan Fillion

Posted by: nick at November 29, 2010 5:34 PM

The Jolie-Pitts.

Posted by: schmerpes at November 29, 2010 5:38 PM

While Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg will be reprising their roles...

And? And...?! What about Wichita and Little Rock?

Okay, my dumb suggestions...

Robin Williams - who Columbus stabs in the head with a lawn dart before we even see who it is... Perhaps because he's done up like Patch Adams.

Dan Aykroyd or Harold Ramis - who might habour a secret agenda of vengence, once he finds out about Columbus and Bill Murray. Then again, perhaps not.

Nathan Fillion - playing the anti-Tallahassee, who turns out to be a selfish, sociopathic prick, that you just can't entirely hate.

Posted by: DarthBrookes at November 29, 2010 6:04 PM

Damn, did it take me half an hour to type that? It's because I care...

Nick beat me to the Nathan Fillion love.

Posted by: DarthBrookes at November 29, 2010 6:06 PM

Bruce Campbell bad guy, Stallone cameo ( this will be released when Expendables 2 is out ).
I'm just saying...

Posted by: rabbi at November 29, 2010 6:15 PM

Ashton Kutcher with GI Jane playing a real zombie that he has chained up kind of like the sergeant in 28 Days Later or Nick Frost in Shaun of the Dead. Of course she kills him in the most gruesome way possible.

Posted by: OscarTamerz at November 29, 2010 6:32 PM

Ashton Kutcher with GI Jane playing a real zombie that he has chained up kind of like the sergeant in 28 Days Later or Nick Frost in Shaun of the Dead. Of course she then kills him in the most gruesome way possible.

Posted by: OscarTamerz at November 29, 2010 6:33 PM

I would pay a considerable sum of money to see Assclown Kunthair actually killed in the most gruesome way possible. In fact I have some suggestions....

Seriously. I'm not kidding.

Posted by: Mark M at November 29, 2010 7:05 PM

Dolph Lundgren.

Posted by: Parker Jammstein at November 29, 2010 7:10 PM

I second rabbi's Bruce Campbell nomination for villain.

But then again, I'd probably pay $10 to watch the infamous Ash excise an ingrown toenail for an hour and a half.

The nerd-girl in me would of course love to see Nathan Fillion kill zombies and, as an added bonus, I think he would make a legitimately great foil for Harrelson's Tallahassee.

I can't exactly explain why but I can't think of a more perfect name for Fillion's potential character that Memphis.

More nerd-girl disclosure: I'd also dig Neil Patrick Harris in a bad guy role. Also, a Conan cameo completely out of the blue would be pretty funny.

Posted by: Vonnegut Slut at November 29, 2010 7:31 PM

The only right person for a cameo in the same manner as Bill Murray is Mel Brooks. Plain and simple.

Posted by: lubeg at November 29, 2010 7:57 PM

*slow claps for lubeg*

Well played, sir. Well played, indeed.

Posted by: Vonnegut Slut at November 29, 2010 7:58 PM

[takes a bow]

Thank you ;)

One of my moments. Not many of them. But I do have them.

Posted by: lubeg at November 29, 2010 8:02 PM

Leslie Nielsen.

Posted by: Phibbsy at November 29, 2010 9:04 PM

top 10
10. Bruce Campbell
9. Mark Hamill
8. Sylvester Stallone
7. Chevy Chase
6. Eddie Murphy
5. Tom Cruise
4. Samuel L Jackson
3. Robert Englund
2. Dan Aykroyd
1. John Cleese

Posted by: Kokosokoloko at November 29, 2010 9:10 PM

Clint Eastwood & Dwayne Johnson?

Posted by: bradm at November 29, 2010 11:12 PM

BRUCE EFF'N CAMPBELL!

Posted by: Tina at November 30, 2010 1:35 AM

I'd vote for Cleese.

Posted by: Odnon at November 30, 2010 2:34 AM

But then again, Bruce Campbell would break our hearts while he broke our necks.

Posted by: Odnon. at November 30, 2010 2:42 AM

There is no way ANYONE will top the brilliance of the Murray cameo.

Posted by: Shane at November 30, 2010 4:08 AM

OPRAH!

Posted by: Magiel at November 30, 2010 5:14 AM

Meryl Streep.

She would absolutely MURDER a role like that. Maybe she could keep hinting at having a big orgy, but the main characters shrug it off because it's Meryl Streep and she's such a Lady.

***On a side note, I initially wrote that she could try to have sex with Woody and Jesse, then remembered that Toy Story 2 & 3 exist, threw up in my mouth for about an hour, then erased the sentence. And that, folks, is Kballs' Good Call of the Day.

Posted by: Kballs at November 30, 2010 8:12 AM

If you're feeling generous, let him take the beaver puppet.

WELL I WON'T GO.

(also, KBalls is correct. Meryl Streep FTW.)

Posted by: Anna von Beaverpuppet at November 30, 2010 9:30 AM

Please honey, the Von Beaverpuppets are nothing but a declassé offshoot of the main family. We're all Traditional Catholics (not that declassé offshoot 'Roman' Catholics) and we're already in the great big hole with Mel Gibson (or 'our mate Melly')

Posted by: Lord BeaverPuppet at November 30, 2010 10:01 AM

WHA.... WELL I NEVER.

Well, then "Lord" BeaverPuppet, you go on and keep breeding with your cousins, then, to keep that line "pure." Meanwhile, I'll be over here, having some ACTUAL class.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverpuppet at November 30, 2010 11:01 AM

Inbred is Purebred. Just ask a Horsebreeder. (Of which I own several)

Posted by: Lord BeaverPuppet at November 30, 2010 11:26 AM

Eddie Van Halen. Bill thought he was a zombie because he's just old and looks like shit. Him and the rest of Van Halen still go around touring. As long as they keep playing the zombies leave them alone. Though Wolfgang didn't survive because he is too young and healthy to fool the zombies. Plus they wanted Michael Anthony back.

Posted by: Dave at November 30, 2010 3:25 PM