Casting: The Thin House

    Fun fact about me, the adults of my childhood were correct when they told me I watched too much TV. But for better or worse that's how I was as a kid, and it's how I am as an adult. I love TV and movies, and though sometimes I struggle to remember the names of people I meet at work, I can easily rattle off quotes from Nick-at-Night, the cast of obscure movies like The Terror (1963), and the plot of just about every episode of Batman The Animated Series (as well as every other Bruce Timm show).
    I love old stuff like The Twilight Zone (Sterling) and new stuff like...The Twilight Zone (Peele). Whether we are talking about mysteries and detective shows like Fargo and Justified, horror like Stranger Things and The Haunting of Hill House, Sitcoms like Superstore and Brooklyn Nine Nine, or animation (looking at you Bob's Burgers) I'm in. To give you a sense of the wide net of my veiwing interest, during the quarantine I've polished off the following: 

• Barry Season 1&2 
• Batman Beyond Seasons 1-3 
• The Simpsons Seasons 1-20 (admittedly this was on in the background a lot while working/writing) 
• Hannibal Season 1 
• Dead Like Me Season 1 
• Avatar The Last Airbender Seasons 1-3 
• The Legend of Korra Seasons 1-4 

Not to mention Movies like 

• The Dark Knight Trilogy 
• Hunt for the Wilderpeople 
• Logan Lucky 
• Howl's Moving Castle 
• Parasite 
• Orange County (totally underrated)

    I say all this to drive home the reality that pretty much as soon as I started writing The Thin House, I was already fan-casting my own book. Now I want to be clear, as of right now this is only wishful thinking, but I thought it would be fun to share my dream version of a live action The Thin House. Know that far too much time has been spent on my part weighing these choices, but I hope it paints a picture. 
    Before we get to the actual cast, let's talk format. I'm a big fan of mini-series, and I feel like that is the most natural way to tell a visual story for The Thin House. I wrote the book so that each chapter was almost a self-contained story, so you could almost do an episode for each chapter. So ideally we are looking at something like a Netflix single season mini-series. Also, technically The Thin House rides the line between middle grade/young adult fiction, but I like to think I wrote in a mature voice that could be appreciated by an older/family audience. So, I wouldn't really see this as a children's show/series, more like something tonally close to Umbrella Academy or Locke and Key. 
    Now, without further adieu let's look at my cast: 

    So there you go. This represents a dream scenario, the reality is that any of these actors in these roles would be awesome (Especially Jeff Bridges as Ezekiel, I mean come on) I am also prepared to defend these castings with examples if necessary. Anyways, I want to hear what you think on this one. Who do you see in these roles?