The Fantasy Casting Championship League

Welcome to a special episode of The Fantasy Casting Championship League, coming to you live and in the flesh from a warm yet predictably overcast Melbourne, Australia. In this episode we discuss interstate travel, acoustic teeth, Canadian comedy, correct pronunciations, our original podcast (from 7 years ago), the movies we’ve been watching and want to watch, and of course, we cast our latest chal...

Welcome back to another Halftime episode of The Fantasy Casting Championship League! In this episode we break down the results of our last challenge "Can't Hardly Wait: The Retirement Party" and we give you a score update. We also chat about the Movies and TV Shows we've been watching recently and cover all the latest trailers and announcements coming out of the San Diego Comic C...

Hey Hey! We're back with Episode 3 of the Fantasy Casting Championship League and sticking with the 90's. This week Dubs and The Last Dodo cast a remake of the classic 90's high-school party flick 'Can't Hardly Wait', but with actors of 'retirement age'. There's also plenty of movie news, chit-chat, banter and a look at what's next for the FCCL. If you dig t...

Welcome back to another Halftime Episode of the Fantasy Casting Championship League! In this episode we bring you the results from our last casting challenge 'Saving Private Ryan' and give you a score update, we chat about some of the cool new TV Shows and Movies we've been watching lately, Alec gives us his 'Pitch' for 'School of Rock 2', we announce our next challenge...

WHAT?? WHERE AM I? WHAT YEAR IS IT??? We've FINALLY gotten back on track and released our first podcast for 2024, but our 3rd Episode for Season 3. Today were have a the mammoth task of casting one of the great 90's war films 'Saving Private Ryan'..... not once, but twice!! We could decide whether decide to go with a comedy/parody version or stay true to the drama of the original,...

Welcome everyone to the FCCL Halftime Show, the episode between episodes, the drink between drinks, the place where we talk about all the stuff we couldn't fit into our regular podcasts. This week we tally the votes and announce the winner from our last challenge, the Live- Action Captain Planet movie. We bring you some of the latest casting news and discuss the future of the MCU. We also have...

Season 3 of the Fantasy Casting Championship League is finally upon on us and its all about the 90's! In this Episode we attempt to cast a Live-action "Captain Planet" feature film set around 25 years later from when the cartoon last aired. We'll also give you a score update for the Facebook fan challenges, announce our next challenge, and we welcome our brand new sponsor 'Fa...

We're baaaAAAAAaaaack! Welcome everyone to our Season 3 Kick-off. This week we chat about all the new and exciting things we have in store for season 3 of the FCCL which is all about the 90's and we preview our first challenge. Don't forget to follow us on Facebook and Instagram for our podcast links, casting news, competitions and of course, the voting! https://www.facebook.com/FCCLAu...

We've made it to the end! After 10 grueling rounds of intensley nerdy casting challenges, we can finally announce the winner of The Fantasy Casting Championship League for Season 2. We kick off buy recapping our 10th challenge 'Ocean's 11 - UK', we tally the votes, and reveal who is the true 'King of the Nerds'. We also bring you the latest casting news, and give you guys s...

In this, the final episode of Season 2, Rick and Alec go head to head in one of our biggest casting challenges yet. This week we are recasting Ocean's 11 with an all British cast, set in any era, and for the first (and possibly last) time, Rick will be taking a backseat and letting Chat GPT (AKA Dexter from Perfect Match) take the reigns. How will Alec fair against our A.I. overlords?? Also we...

In this, the penultimate episode of Season 2, much like an overpriced hipster cafe would do to an Eggs Benedict, we are deconstructing Matt Reeves' "The Batman". How so? Well this week instead of recasting a film, we are taking out the main actors from The Batman, and attempting to cast them into different roles in a different movie. It'll all make sense when you hear the podcast...

2023 is upon us and we're kickin the year of with another cult classic, Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" ! Its almost been 30 year since it's release and we though it would been fun to see what this film would look like with a modern cast and a brand new director. If you wanna keep updated with all the news and info on our challenges check out 'Fantasy Casting Championship League' on Facebook,&n...

Welcome to another episode of the Fantasy Casting Championship League. This week we attempt to recast FRIENDS, still set in the 90's but as a Prime-Time Soap/Drama... Think Melrose Place but set in New York. Keep listening til the end because this week we have a bonus Christmas themed challenge. “Can I refill your eggnog for you? Get you something to eat? Drive you out to the middle of nowhere, le...

This week we are getting nostalgic for out teenage years and recasting one of the great 90's comedies "Wayne's World"! Make sure you get involved with the voting over on Instagram @fccl.aus and decide who you think had the better casting choices. Party on!

We're halfway through Season 2 already and this week DubDubs and The Last Dodo attempt to cast the yet-to-be-made "The Godfather - HBO Miniseries". We also recap last weeks challenge "Back to the Future: Part IV", and tally your votes. Stay tuned til the end to see what challenge we have in store for next week... "It will be mine... oh yes... it will be mine"

This week Dubs and Dodo cast/recast the long awaited (and possibly blasphemous) sequel... Back to the Future Part IV

This week Alec "The Last Dodo" put forward the challenge of casting a yet-to-be-made bio/miniseries "Chisel: The Jimmy Barnes Story" We also announce the inaugural winner of the double movie pass given to one of you lucky voters, and we announce next week's challenge.

This week on the Fantasy Casting Championship League we attempt to cast a 2022 remake of the 80's classic "Young Guns".

Welcome everyone to Season 2 of the Fantasy Casting Championship League! In this episode Rick and Alec will attempt to cast a 2022 remake of the classic 90's sitcom "The Nanny". Join in the fun and cast your votes for your favourite casting choices on Instagram @ the .last.dodo , and follow us on Twitter @ The_FCCL and on Facebook 'Fantasy Casting Championship League Australia'.