First off, there's nothing intriguing about rappers, wrestlers and MMA fighters in movies, they destroy every project they touch. Unless Steven Segal's in it, then it's entertaining because it's so bad.
Great Escape of course, Ocean's 11 the original and the new ones, and let's not forget Quentin's new war movie, Inglorious Basterds. Mike Myers, Brad Pitt, Sam Jackson, Diane Kruger, Cloris Leachman, not a crazy cast, but an offbeat one.
Inglorious Basterds...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361748/
I was going to mention this, actually. Tarantino actually had hoped that Inglorious Basterds would have that kind of cast. He originally had Adam Sandler playing the "baseball-bat swinging jew bear" and originally intended the main nazi to be played by Arnold (first time he'd actually play someone from that region, apparently)... but apparently the governor couldn't take a role where he was known as the "jew hunter". Then Tarantino re-wrote the role... briefly had Leonardo DiCaprio in mind... Tarantino also had Eddie Murphy in mind for a role... he was going to "resurrect" his career.
Anyways... scheduling conflicts (Sandler wanted in, but had to do "Funny people" instead) limited the cast a bit. I'm still excited to see it, though.
Back on topic: Wiki has some updated info on this Stallone flick.
Cast:
* Sylvester Stallone as Barney 'the schizo' Ross[1]
* Mickey Rourke as Emanuel "Tool"[1]
* Jet Li as Bao[1]
* Jason Statham as Lee Christmas[1]
* Dolph Lundgren as Gunnar Jensen[2]
* Randy Couture as Hale Caesar [1]
* Stone Cold Steve Austin as Dan Paine
* Terry Crews as Agent Will Sands
* Charisma Carpenter as Lacy
* Eric Roberts as Monroe[1]
* Arnold Schwarzenegger as Himself, Governor of California[2]
Notes: Jean-Claude Van Damme was personally offered a role by Stallone, but turned it down.[3] This reportedly lead to Dolph Lundgren being cast instead. Kurt Russell also turned down a role[4], the role accepted by Couture was originally conceived as a role for Wesley Snipes but later rewritten for Couture.[5] Due to a scheduling conflict prior to filming, Forest Whitaker was replaced by Curtis Jackson for the role of Agent Will Sands[1], who was then in turn replaced by former NFL player Terry Crews.[6]
It's not a bad idea... just get a bunch of action stars together.