So, they released the cast list for the TV movie of The Dresden Files. My reaction: Hrrn? Why do we have an attractive Cuban actress playing the cute, Irish, blonde, 5’0″ Karrin Murphy, and a petite Irish actress playing the tall, gorgeous Susan Rodriguez? Oh, and Paul Blackthorne is British, though Hugh Laurie proves that this is no insurmountable obstacle to playing an American.

Dresden – Paul Blackthorne
Murphy – Valerie Cruz
Susan – Rebecca McFarland
Morgan – Conrad Coates
Ancient Mai – Elizabeth Thai
Kirmani – Raoul Bhaneja
Bianca – Joanne Kelly

Seeing as how they appear to be changing Harry’s name to “Erik” (again, WHY? Are they intimidated by the notion of a wizard named ‘Harry’?), I figure there will be a lot in flux. Ah well. Whatever. Regardless of how this turns out, I’ll still have the books! *idly waves “James for the voice of Bob” pennant*