Cast of new biopic

[Cabinessenceking]

Judging by the casting, this movie is gonna blow chunks!

Why don't they just cast Justin Bieber as Dennis Wilson in The Drummer.  

the actors are slightly too good looking for this. Dennis would never approve of these prettyboys being the faces of the beach boys in the 21st century. However lets not judge what may be a rather nice film by this alone!

Dano was still a good choice and Carl isn't too bad imo. Al and Mike are far, far too good looking. Dennis isn't good enough looking. They need a real surfer hunk for this.
Perhaps this is part of Myke Luhv's attempt to rewrite history where he was the lead singer as well as having all of Dennis' looks and hip credentials.

[Dudd]

I think they're all fine except Graham Rogers as Al. I just can't see it.

[wantsomecorn]

Actually, that last photo of him looks more like Al than the other ones. You've just sold me on him! 

Oh well, I could care less what any of them look like, as long as they can act the part, I'm good with the casting.

[SenorPotatoHead]

Actually, the actor cast as Dennis should switch roles with the actor cast as Al (and vice versa).  
With the right hair, clothes and acting ability (the only one here that rings a bell for me is Dano) it might just be okay.

[Micha]

The originals:


And the guy who is to play Al:

[alf wiedersehen]

So, this is Van Dyke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=quppZeNV3f0

[Cabinessenceking]

So, this is Van Dyke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=quppZeNV3f0

god, who listens to this crud?

[Pacific Coast]

What makes "The Beach Boys" different than a boy band is that boy-bands are manufactured commodities, whereas the Beach Boys was (at its inception) an organic phenomenon: brothers, cousin, neighbors making music, singing about their adolescent lifestyles and they captured the fancy of the worldwide public with some good management and easy promotion.

They were not "pretty boys" but good-looking in their own way, very American and distinct, and it was the quality of the music itself that made the band, especially after the initial launch.

Boy bands are very calculated productions designed to appeal to the repressed sexuality and fantasies of school-girls and the music is by-the-numbers formula with a definite expiration date: the first time I heard a One Direction song (not by choice), it seemed like a retread of the nineties (Compare: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fndeDfaWCg and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1xs_xPb46M); these guys didn't know each other until a casting call for a TV show, so there's a very calculating factor happening that makes it very different from a sing-along in the living room that became a successful family business.

I am very curious to see how the biopic is produced: from the actors involved now, it seems like a blatant attempt to market "The Beach Boys" in a way that makes them visually-competitive among a young generation. I suspend judgment until I see the final product, but its looks like blasphemy so far...

[Kurosawa]

So, this is Van Dyke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=quppZeNV3f0

[Amazing Larry]

So, this is Van Dyke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=quppZeNV3f0

This better be a joke, goddamnit.

[alf wiedersehen]

So, this is Van Dyke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=quppZeNV3f0

This better be a joke, goddamnit.

Notice that first domain name...

http://www.celebrityteenscoop.com/2013/06/21/schneider-lands-movie/

 http://www.nickutopia.com/2013/06/20/max-schneider-signs-on-for-love-mercy-movie/

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Mercy_(film)

[beacharg]

What makes "The Beach Boys" different than a boy band is that boy-bands are manufactured commodities, whereas the Beach Boys was (at its inception) an organic phenomenon: brothers, cousin, neighbors making music, singing about their adolescent lifestyles and they captured the fancy of the worldwide public with some good management and easy promotion.

They were not "pretty boys" but good-looking in their own way, very American and distinct, and it was the quality of the music itself that made the band, especially after the initial launch.

Boy bands are very calculated productions designed to appeal to the repressed sexuality and fantasies of school-girls and the music is by-the-numbers formula with a definite expiration date: the first time I heard a One Direction song (not by choice), it seemed like a retread of the nineties (Compare: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fndeDfaWCg and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1xs_xPb46M); these guys didn't know each other until a casting call for a TV show, so there's a very calculating factor happening that makes it very different from a sing-along in the living room that became a successful family business.

I am very curious to see how the biopic is produced: from the actors involved now, it seems like a blatant attempt to market "The Beach Boys" in a way that makes them visually-competitive among a young generation. I suspend judgment until I see the final product, but its looks like blasphemy so far...

This is a great post, I totally agree.
These kind of things, like the excesive auto-tune in the BBs last works, are giving me the chills (in a very bad way).

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

A great quote from my dad when I was a kid:
"The kids may come for the show, but they only stay for the music. Only the music can live forever."