Following some peoples advice - I read Ultimate FF, and indeed, the casting of RR and SS makes a lot better sense.
However, with Prof Storm being involved so much, why change JS to black?
Surely they leave him as white, or change Prof S, SS and JS all into Black characters.
Changing one was silly.
The choice of Jamie Bell still baffles me, as from page #1 of issue #1 Ben Grimm was a huge Football Player, not Billy bleeding Elliot.
Victor Van Damme in that tatty cape in the promo shots makes a lot more sense now.
For a non UFF reader (most of the viewing public) - then it just needs to be a GOOD movie to make a buck or two.
I'm still not confident it will do so.
Having now read UFF, I may give it a shot.