Ron Perlman as Elvis? Coolness. :)

Hopefully the hottie that bends over in front of Bruce Campbell while they're in the bedroom will make an appearance. All kidding aside, I look forward to this. Coscarelli is one of my favorite directors. face

great news!

Campbell's gonna regret not doing this movie so much! It was probably the only thing that could have saved his career post-My Name Is Bruce. This is great news.

Ummm...Ron Perlman looks nothing like Elvis, wrong build, wrong face. Bruce Campbell is what made Bubba Ho-Tep what it was, not Don Coscarelli. You can't make this movie without Bruce Campbell. That's like making an Evil Dead sequel with someone else playing Ash. At the same time Bruce should realize that without another Evil Dead on the horizon this is what a lot of fans wanted to see, him returning to this role. This was a big mistake on the part of both parties, Campbell's and Coscarelli's.

i think it's brilliant casting. as long as they cast actors as good as Perlman, they could hire a different actor to play elvis in each sequel. bruce is busy with cable tv these days anyway. bubbahotep is a truly great movie. this sequel sounds badass.

The whole Evil Dead topic angers me. Raimi and Campbell act like they're too busy to make this thing happen. Yet they continue to pump out crapper after crapper. Ghost House pictures is so overated and the only thing I'm looking forward to from them is Incident at Sans Asylum. FUCK PETER PARKER face

Sorry bout the off topic post.

I do love Paul Giamatti. I'll certainly check it out. I'll miss Campbell, but Perlman's cool too.

This movie is going to suck without Campbell.

Kurt Russell or Campbell no one else

This will only work if in part 3 elvis is played by Jeffrey Combs and by Brad Dourif in part 4 ;) buy yeah I can't really see Ron as Elvis, but I love Ron and Don (but not in a gay way) so I'll trust part 2 will be great

I think the best underlying news here is that Giamatti loves Coscarelli's stuff AND has a production company. Maybe we could see Phantasm V as a result of this. :D

Ron, as much as I love you, you're simply way too big to play Elvis!

i wasnt a fan of Bubba Ho-tep... and now THIS killed it for me completely.. I cant stand Ron Perlman in MOST of his roles. I only wanted to see Bubba Ho-tep because of Campbell. oh well.

I love Ron Perlman, but I dont think I could even imagine anyone less suited to play Elvis than him. There's just nothing about him that screams the king to me. Bubba Nosferatu without Bruce Campbell aint got much goin for it

Bruce is great, but a moron for not doing this film.

Giamatti rocks. And I love Perlman, but I just don't see him playing Elvis. Campbell shouldn't have jumped ship on this one... even IF Burn Notice is popular.

no Bruce...umm yeah....NEXT!

there is no movie without campbell. how you gonna just switch the main guy and think that you can just roll on. lame. this movie is gonna suck.

What is Bruce doing thats such a big deal that he can't do this?

Bruce Campbell looked nothing like Elvis also, but with make up and appliances he pulled it off. At least part of the reason, I think, that Campbell doesn't want to return IS all the appliances and the fat suit that required for the role. I think Ron Pearlman is fantastic in everything he does.

Ron perlman is a great actor,cant imagine him as elvis but seeing as its a comedy and has supernatural stuff in it maybe they will make a joke or reference in the script to explain elvis sudden change in size,actually the more i think about it the more hilarious i think ron will be.

Ron Perlman's amazing. Nice to know that they can tap someone of that caliber. I gotta admit, I'm not getting the whole physical resemblance thing right now. But I'm sure they'll figure a way to overcome that. And Giamatti's involved? Coscarelli + Giamatti + Perlman = definite home run.