Who Should Be Casted In A Jordan Peele Adaptation of Gargoyles?

It has come to my attention that Jordan Peele, the director of Get Out, Master of Horror and OSCAR WINNER!!! Was in a meeting with the powers that be in Walt Disney Corp. The question came quick and probably before the coffee was pored. "We want to be in the Peele business" some guy in a suite who probably binged watched a few clips of Key and Peele on YouTube ten minutes before the meeting said. "Great" Peele replies, "I have some ideas". The poser leans back in his chair. "Go ahead, I'd love to hear them all". Jordan begins to dig his nails into the chair as if he was preparing to be taken to the sunken place. "I want to direct a Gargoyles movie".

For years, in my little circle at least, I've been seeing and hearing rumblings of a real life adaptation of the cartoon classic Gargoyles. If anyone remembers the original Disney Afternoon, Gargoyles was the bookend that came and changed the game forever. People call it a cult classic and with a small interest group but in a world where films have been green lit with less apeel, less buzz or interest and go on to become hits, I see that this is an investment that definitely worth the risk. The cartoon was darker and more violent than most Disney properties but so was the Pirates of the Caribbean and if they can greenlight terrible sequels to that, they should be able to pull out a decent trilogy by staying true to the story given to us by Michael Reaves and Lydia Marano. The story arcs, the mythology and the Shakespeare throwbacks were so intelligent and captivating. It was the first time that a kids cartooned tried to make adults out of its audience. I credit it mainly for my interest in Greek Mythology and Shakespeare.

It was ahead of its time and a true masterpiece of writing. Lets look at the characters alone for the evidence. You have Goliath voiced by Keith David, his voice acting career is mesmerizing. Him as Spawn only added to Goliaths intimidation factor. Elisa Maza, voiced by Salli Richardson, a half black half Native American police detective. This was before Obama, before the #MeToo movement, before the anti bullying. She was as tough as nails and was never a damsel in Disney princess type. She saved the day more times than I can count. David Xanatos was a bit of a cliche, more of a Lex Luthor type but with a higher sense of honor that reminds me of the methods of a Ironman as played by Robert Downey Jr. (Perfect casting by the way). Lastly, the immortal Demona, her cold heart and millenia of experience made her a tragic and lethal lady of death. Nothing was beyond her ability, magic, technology or both she mastered everything.

If only Disney would go the route of Deadpool and put out some test footage to gage the audience. Don't try to dumb anything down, that's not what works for this story. Learning the history of what stories and villains were based on was half the fun. Hearing the news that Jordan Peele was pretty much stalled out of the meeting without the benefit of a proper "no thank you" from Disney is evidence that they are just scared. If we only had the first three Pirates movies and Peele had the Oscar, maybe. If only The Last Airbender film did not get Sham Hamered, we would have our Gargoyles. Or maybe, just maybe, there's not enough real significant interest to justify it.

I'm still hopeful
and believe one day it will happen. If it were to happen within the next five years, here is who I'd cast.

Goliath voiced by Keith David I would want all the original voices for the gargoyles.
Rosario Dawson as Elisa
Margot Robbie as Demona
Robert Downey Jr. as Xanatos