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You should check it out again sometime, Indigo - it really is a wonderful story, and the Rankin-Bass movie is a marvelous adaptation of the book.

As for me, my #1 choice for King Haggard is Christopher Lee, hands-down. He's the penultimate choice for Haggard - nobody else could bring to the role what he could - his voice performance in the animated film was flawless.

I'd also be really interested to see what they did with Celaeno's design - whether they stuck with the Rankin-Bass look or if they did a more traditional harpy with a bird's body and a woman's face. I'm also curious as to who they'll cast for her voice.

As far as Mommy Fortuna, I'd like to see Angela Lansbury return to reprise her role.

I'm still casting my vote with Helena Bonham Carter as Molly Grue - she's a great actress when she's not being typecast by Tim Burton.

Since Jeff Bridges did Lir's voice in the animated film, I think it'd be nice if he were cast as Captain Cully for the live-action version.

I think that David Tennant would actually do a good turn as Schmendrick - he can capture the sorrow and the humor of the character.

Amalthea's going to be very tricky to cast - I won't be satisfied with just a pretty face; in fact, I think it's more important that she's "lovely" rather than "beautiful"; her beauty shouldn't simply be a human kind of beauty. Amalthea has to have an otherworldly quality, and whoever plays her has to be able to capture the changeability of an immortal creature in a mortal frame, becoming mortal in spirit, going from girl to woman - not to mention doing a decent voice acting job on the unicorn. Maybe Natalie Dormer? I think she has the range for it.