Coming soon to a theater near you (or at least it should)

I just had what is quite possibly the best discussion ever of Oedipus Rex with one of my classes. In our discussion, we were noting how funny it is at some points that certain characters have still managed not to catch on to what is going on, and how playing these scenes out, you would be walking a very fine line between comedy and drama. It came up that since it's such a cool story, someone should make it into an updated film version, set in the present. And since we pointed out how funny it has the potential to be at times, several students insisted that it should be either a dark comedy or have a comedic spin to it. So of course, we had to cast it. My favorites from the suggestions:

Jocasta: Maggie Smith
Creon: Ryan Stiles
Oedipus: Colin Machery
Tiresias: Rowan Atkinson or Drew Carey
Chorus: Wayne Brady

Just imagine the magnificence that would be this film. :)