The A-Team Movie

The Sparrow

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117982696.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

Apparently a movie version of the A-Team is set to be released in June 2009.

Casting hasn't been announced yet but apparently Ice Cube is favorite to play B.A. and Woody Harrelson as Murdock. What do ppl think about possible casting for this movie and its chance of being decent?

I would like to see Ving Rhymes as B.A., Josh Holloway (Sawyer from Lost) as Faceman, Jim Carrey as Murdock and George Clooney as Hannibal.

guinnessdrinker

This would be cool if true but I heard they were making an A-team remake for the first time about 9 or 10 years ago so I wouldn't hold my breath anymore. But here's hoping all the same!

Galvasean

Its been put on and off so many times now I won't get excited until the trailer comes out

Ponster

woooo232 wrote: »

I would like to see Ving Rhymes as B.A., Josh Holloway (Sawyer from Lost) as Faceman, Jim Carrey as Murdock and George Clooney as Hannibal.

Wow....what an excellent cast !

Karl Hungus

woooo232 wrote: »

apparently Ice Cube is favorite to play B.A.

Won't be seeing the film if that's the case. :pac:

Kess73

woooo232 wrote: »

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117982696.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

Apparently a movie version of the A-Team is set to be released in June 2009.

Casting hasn't been announced yet but apparently Ice Cube is favorite to play B.A. and Woody Harrelson as Murdock. What do ppl think about possible casting for this movie and its chance of being decent?

I would like to see Ving Rhymes as B.A., Josh Holloway (Sawyer from Lost) as Faceman, Jim Carrey as Murdock and George Clooney as Hannibal.

No, No, No and NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!


The only thing I can think of that is worse than this idea is the Magnum PI movie that is due. Matthew McConaughey is being mooted to play Magnum, with Steve Zahn as Rick, Tyrese Gibson as T.C., and William H. Macy as Higgins.

Oh well at least the boxset of Season seven of Magnum is out at the end of the month to keep me happy.

MisterAnarchy

Terrible idea to make a film of such a classic Tv show with such strong characters.
I honestly cant see it working unless they do a complete reinvention.

Wazdakka

I pity the Fool who was in Boyz n the Hood...

I really hope that this stays in the realm of vapourware.
It'd be far too easy to mess this film up.

faceman

I hope this never happens.

Unless bruce campbell gets a part!!

I dont wanna see no rapper or r&b loser playing B.A.
Jim Carey is no murdoch!

I know someone who can play faceman though....

Ruu_Old

Would not like to see this go ahead, just wouldn't feel right going to see it. Would be too hard to get the right chemistry that we have seen before back again.

templetonpeck

I hope they don't do an A-Team Movie. There have been rumours for years, but thankfully they've remained just that.

No one will get the humour and theme of the A-Team. I really hope this is just another false alarm and they forget the stupid idea of doing a movie and instead start reshowing the original episodes

templetonpeck

faceman wrote: »

I hope this never happens.

Unless bruce campbell gets a part!!

I dont wanna see no rapper or r&b loser playing B.A.
Jim Carey is no murdoch!

I know someone who can play faceman though....

I'll fight you for the role

niceirishfella

They'll make the movie alright - shur they are in the middle of making the knight rider movie and they made dukes of hazard......so why not the A-team?

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, come on - open your mind to it - you might even enjoy it.

robby^5

I personally like Ice Cube as an actor, although he does tend to either be in comdeies targeted at black americans or those crappy family films where he deals with trouble children . I thaught he was deadly in Boyz in Da Hood... but tbh B.A. can only ever be Mr.T in my eyes... and judging by the snickers ads, Mr.T could very well be still up for some action!

gordon_gekko

hanibal = george clooney , that ones a no brainer
face = rob lowe , enough of a pretty boy
b.a = ice cube or else ving rhames
murdoch = well theres only one choice really , jim carrey was born for this role

grames_bond

Kess73 wrote: »

!
The only thing I can think of that is worse than this idea is the Magnum PI movie that is due. Matthew McConaughey is being mooted to play Magnum, with Steve Zahn as Rick, Tyrese Gibson as T.C., and William H. Macy as Higgins..

i can think of something worse, they are doing a NEW carry on movie, with russel f*cking brand! :mad:

back on topic, i dont think they should do an a-team movie, no one is going to do a good BA, especially ice cube (hell they might aswell just get MR T to do it! while eating a snickers)

robby^5

I seriously dont see any reason they wouldnt cast Mr.T as B.A again, he's become of these 80's hero icons along with Chuck Norris and the like, theres pulling power with him on the bill, and lets face it the guy hasnt aged that badly, I can still see him running around kicking ass and pitying fools... and i demand more tanks and snickers.

On a side note, but related to older actors reprising their roles in favour of new younger actors, Clint Eastwood is set to play Dirty Harry again, cant wait

lostexpectation

so BA would play BA and the other live guys wouldn't, i guess that might be ok, I mean the role was written for him wasn't it?

murdoch hasn't been seen enough

robby^5

feck it, bring them all back! How many of them are still alive?

Denis Irwin

I reckon Mel Gibson would be a decent enough Hannibal

gordon_gekko

Denis Irwin wrote: »

I reckon Mel Gibson would be a decent enough Hannibal

he would be a good choice , can see him chomping on a cigar

him or clooney

faceman

couldnt have clooney or gibson. Hannibal is not supposed to be a chick magnet!

Pepe LeFrits

$$$

pickarooney

Robert Downey Junior as BA?

I'll get my coat and a glass of warm milk.

gordon_gekko

faceman wrote: »

couldnt have clooney or gibson. Hannibal is not supposed to be a chick magnet!

hannibal was a cool guy who was always on top of things ala clooney in oceans 11 or clooney in almost anything
the a team movie would have to have a tongue in cheek , guys having fun kinda vibe to it , ala clooney and the gang in the oceans movies

hes the obvious choice but mel gibson would be a great choice too

Pigman II

Denis Irwin wrote: »

I reckon Mel Gibson would be a decent enough Hannibal

If anything he'd make a better murdock.

Ice Cube would be perfect for BA.

For a suggestion Perhaps they could reuinite the cast of Three Kings and have

George Clooney = Hannibal
Ice Cube = BA
Mark Wahlberg = Face
Spike Jonze = Murdock

faceman

^ no no no!

ok here are my suggestions:

Hannibal: Harrison Ford
B.A.: Anthony Anderson or Don Cheadle
Face: Bruce Campbell or Ryan Reynolds
Murdoch: Bruce Campbell or will ferrell

Pepe LeFrits

Hannibal: Bruce Campbell
B.A.: Bruce Campbell
Face: Bruce Campbell
Murdoch: Bruce Campbell

See what I did there?

templetonpeck

I've heard a few rumours over the past while about the movie.

I'd hate to see any 'known' actors play the roles of the characters, because then people would just be going to see it to see how the big names fit into the role. Mel Gibson, Jim Carey, all these names have been chucked about for years as potentials for the roles, but I don't think they're right for it at all.

Also, the major rumour going around at the moment is that Face actually turns on the team and rats them out so he's let out of jail early. Apparently it's all set in Iraq. Murdock, who apparently has been diagnosed with a mental illness (even though he never was in the series) is held in a separate part of the same prison. BA, Hannibal and Murdock all break out and go in search of Face for revenge. What a muppet of a storyline :mad:

If they did a movie, I'd like for Hannibal to have died, and the original actors be brought back in their roles for the funeral and for some sort of newage mercenaries to seek them out for help.

templetonpeck

faceman wrote: »

couldnt have clooney or gibson. Hannibal is not supposed to be a chick magnet!

But Hannibal was very adept at catching the babes

grames_bond

faceman wrote: »

^ no no no!

ok here are my suggestions:

Hannibal: Harrison Ford
B.A.: Anthony Anderson or Don Cheadle
Face: Bruce Campbell or Ryan Reynolds
Murdoch: Bruce Campbell or will ferrell

so you are lookin for it to be an out and out comedy movie then ye? there would be a lack of action if all three of these guys are in the movie! like the starsky and hutch remake!

gordon_gekko

faceman wrote: »

^ no no no!

ok here are my suggestions:

Hannibal: Harrison Ford
B.A.: Anthony Anderson or Don Cheadle
Face: Bruce Campbell or Ryan Reynolds
Murdoch: Bruce Campbell or will ferrell

youll never get a job as a casting producer


hanibal = clooney or gibson , no one else comes close
face = rob lowe
ba = ice cube or maybe ving rhames

as for murdoch , only one actor could be even considered and thats jim carrey

faceman

grames_bond wrote: »

so you are lookin for it to be an out and out comedy movie then ye? there would be a lack of action if all three of these guys are in the movie! like the starsky and hutch remake!

gordon_gekko wrote: »

youll never get a job as a casting producer


hanibal = clooney or gibson , no one else comes close
face = rob lowe
ba = ice cube or maybe ving rhames

as for murdoch , only one actor could be even considered and thats jim carrey

ah lads you are breaking me heart here!!
You cant have clooney or gibson as hannibal. It just wouldnt work! hannibal is supposed to be charasmatic for being a believable leader not for being a roide for the ladies!!!

Rob lowe, no he doesnt have appeal.

Ving Rhames is a good choice for BA actually.

syklops

Who said Will Ferrill for Murdoch??????

If he is in it, it will end up being a complete farce, akin to the starsky and hutch remake, Charlies angels remake etc. I want a serious(ish) movie. I basically want oceans eleven - wit, style, class, explosions etc. Not another daft remake that ends up being a pi55 take rather than a remake. Is it that modern writers just dont get the jokes from the 80's, so they have to over embellish everything?

There are 2 ways to make this movie: Going Batman Begins/Casino Royale/Oceans 11 with it. As in taking the genre back to the beginning and updating the script to fit in with the times. For example, for the opening sequence show them breaking out of the stockade in Baghdad in GW1 ~1991. Then move forward to today.

The other way to make the movie is the typical 80's remake: Bikini clad babes everywhere you look, cheesy lines, daft plot, and completely unbelievable themes. I like a babe in a bikini as much as the next guy, but when you know they have been put in there to stop people leaving the cinema, it is embarassing.

My Suggestions for the cast:

Clooney ala Oceans 11 for Hannibal
Mr T / Ice Cube ala Xxx for BA
Josh Holloway / Mark Whalberg ala 3 kings for Face
Jim Carrey ala Pet Detective / Mel Gibson ala Lethal Weapon for Murdock

templetonpeck

syklops wrote: »

Who said Will Ferrill for Murdoch??????

If he is in it, it will end up being a complete farce, akin to the starsky and hutch remake, Charlies angels remake etc. I want a serious(ish) movie. I basically want oceans eleven - wit, style, class, explosions etc. Not another daft remake that ends up being a pi55 take rather than a remake. Is it that modern writers just dont get the jokes from the 80's, so they have to over embellish everything?

There are 2 ways to make this movie: Going Batman Begins/Casino Royale/Oceans 11 with it. As in taking the genre back to the beginning and updating the script to fit in with the times. For example, for the opening sequence show them breaking out of the stockade in Baghdad in GW1 ~1991. Then move forward to today.

The other way to make the movie is the typical 80's remake: Bikini clad babes everywhere you look, cheesy lines, daft plot, and completely unbelievable themes. I like a babe in a bikini as much as the next guy, but when you know they have been put in there to stop people leaving the cinema, it is embarassing.

My Suggestions for the cast:

Clooney ala Oceans 11 for Hannibal
Mr T / Ice Cube ala Xxx for BA
Josh Holloway / Mark Whalberg ala 3 kings for Face
Jim Carrey ala Pet Detective / Mel Gibson ala Lethal Weapon for Murdock

Hurray!!!! finally some-one with sense

I like your thinking. Though, I still prefer my way of killing off Hannibal and bringing the original actors in as mentors to some new age type of mercenary group. No one could possibly play the characters better than the original three (well four, but three now ) and I'd hate to see anyone else attempt to take on the roles.

faceman

Jim Carey? You having a laugh? (literally! ) he's muck and not funny!

If Ferrell is restrained aka Old School then he might be able to pull it off.

gordon_gekko

faceman wrote: »

ah lads you are breaking me heart here!!
You cant have clooney or gibson as hannibal. It just wouldnt work! hannibal is supposed to be charasmatic for being a believable leader not for being a roide for the ladies!!!

Rob lowe, no he doesnt have appeal.

Ving Rhames is a good choice for BA actually.

geez , you talk a lot of crap

george clooney is about the most charismatic actor out there , just like hanibal

rob lowe is an eternally young pretty boy , just like dirk benedict

Zulu

Nah I reckon you want brad pitt as howling mad murdock ala 12 monkeys.
I would like to see an action movie - not a comedy.

Zulu

sorry I meant to say NO to Gibson.

grames_bond

Zulu wrote: »

sorry I meant to say NO to Gibson.

i agree, and not just because he is an anti semetic freak (on a side note in relation to this, id say they would defo get mr t involved in the movie in some way, and him being jewish, i dont think he would like mel very much) george clooney would be a very good idea! how bout sam jackson as BA?! he could sure as hell pull off the lines!

faceman

gordon_gekko wrote: »

geez , you talk a lot of crap

no need to get personal :mad:

wrote:

george clooney is about the most charismatic actor out there , just like hanibal

rob lowe is an eternally young pretty boy , just like dirk benedict

We'll just have to agree to disagree. Clooney has never blown me away and as for rob lowe....

hollywood doesnt make our classic tv shows like we remember, hence all the trouble with knight rider.

The Sparrow

faceman wrote: »

Jim Carey? You having a laugh? (literally! ) he's muck and not funny!

If Ferrell is restrained aka Old School then he might be able to pull it off.

So you want Will Ferrell instead? If they cast Will Ferell anywhere near this movie it will be complete blasphemy. I dont have really have high hopes for this movie but if Will Ferell gets anywhere near it then it will be dead as far as I am concerned.

Whereas Jim Carrey is perfect for it.

gordon_gekko

woooo232 wrote: »

So you want Will Ferrell instead? If they cast Will Ferell anywhere near this movie it will be complete blasphemy. I dont have really have high hopes for this movie but if Will Ferell gets anywhere near it then it will be dead as far as I am concerned.

Whereas Jim Carrey is perfect for it.

anyone can see that jim carrey was born to play this role

in fact, murdoch is the original jim carrey

Pigman II

Jerry Lewis is the original Jiim Carrey.

I don't know why so many people think Carrey would be a good choice for HM?

First of all he wouldn't do it cos he'd have to be the star of any franchise movie and second of all his mere OTT on-screen presence would destroy the balance of team.

Best to give the role to someone off the radar or an unknown.

GAAman

gordon_gekko wrote: »

anyone can see that jim carrey was born to play this role

in fact, murdoch is the original jim carrey

+1

I loved the A Team and would love to see a movie but would be worried they do to it what was done to miami vice, basically this turning out to be 4 lads cruisin in a van kickin shíte outta bad dudes. Clooney for me would be a bad move i would rather see campbell in the role then him.

(i wonder will it be iraq rather then 'nam then if they do "modernise" it?)

the whole year inn

why does people think starsky and Hutch was so bad ?I enjoyed it , for a comedy it was good.Going dark does not mean good eg Miami Vice or Daredevil, either way Mel Gibson sounds right to me as does Carey ,hate the thought of Ice Cube just seems so wrong bring back Mr T!

grames_bond

gob_smacked wrote: »

why does people think starsky and Hutch was so bad ?I enjoyed it , for a comedy it was good.!

yes ur right, it was a good comedy....but for a remake it shouldnt have been an out and out comedy! thats not a correct remake imo (i know technically its not a remake one being a movie and one being a tv show but you know what i mean)

GuanYin

I'd heard that Three Kings started out as a script for an A-Team movie but was rejected, they made it into a movie unrelated to the franchise.


Actor....................Three Kings.....................The A-Team
George Clooney ..... Maj. Archie Gates ...........John Smith (Hannibal)
Mark Wahlberg ...... Sfc. Troy Barlow ............Templeton Peck (Faceman)
Ice Cube ............. SSgt. Chief Elgin ............Bosco Barachas (BA)
Spike Jonze ... ....... Pfc. Conrad Vig .............Henry Murdoch (Howling Mad Murdoch)

To be fair, Pigman got there first with this.

Its a strong cast, having seen the movie, the chemistry works.

Also, age wise, for an active special forces unit (or a recently active one) - You'd want younger guys playing the roles. You're not going to have a unit of 4 guys in their mod 40's (any special forces guys I've met out in bars are all early 30's at the oldest).

Zulu

jeez never taught of that! Class, makes alot of sense as well.

Jesus Wept

Eddie Murphy to play all parts.

gordon_gekko

PSI: Las Vegas wrote: »

I'd heard that Three Kings started out as a script for an A-Team movie but was rejected, they made it into a movie unrelated to the franchise.


Actor....................Three Kings.....................The A-Team
George Clooney ..... Maj. Archie Gates ...........John Smith (Hannibal)
Mark Wahlberg ...... Sfc. Troy Barlow ............Templeton Peck (Faceman)
Ice Cube ............. SSgt. Chief Elgin ............Bosco Barachas (BA)
Spike Jonze ... ....... Pfc. Conrad Vig .............Henry Murdoch (Howling Mad Murdoch)

To be fair, Pigman got there first with this.

Its a strong cast, having seen the movie, the chemistry works.

Also, age wise, for an active special forces unit (or a recently active one) - You'd want younger guys playing the roles. You're not going to have a unit of 4 guys in their mod 40's (any special forces guys I've met out in bars are all early 30's at the oldest).

i dont think mark wahlberg would be well cast as face , mark wahlberg is a tough guy where as the face was 1st and foremost a ladies man and a lover