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Will Tyrese Join THE A-TEAM?? Fight BAYFORMERS?? Or, Both??
Merrick here...
Devin over at CHUD just spoke with Tyrese Gibson about upcoming projects.
Regarding indications Tyrese would play the Mr. T originated Bosco Baracus ("B.A.") in John Singleton's upcoming adaptation of THE A-TEAM, sounds like the interest & intent is there...as long as scheduling permits.
Ice Cube had previously been rumored for the role, although Tyrese talk is getting louder these days.
Tyrese...
...said that a mohawk is not out of the question, but otherwise he's excited to bring BA into the 21st century, so don't expect a ton of bling around his neck.
...says THIS ARTICLE at CHUD, which goes on to imply Tyrese's Sergeant Epps will return in TRANSFORMERS 2.
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don't wear bling these days.
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Fuck, he's funny.
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I thought they already offered this to Ben Stein.
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I'm stupid.
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I don't think Mr. T can be played buy someone who's not a complete pants on head crazy black man.
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love how he pulls his mic out of his ass.
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The big question is how this will impact the Fahrenheit 9/11 sequel.
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is never a bad thing. i'll describe th best one i've ever seen:on a black dude. cornrows going up the sides of his head, ending at the top with a spikey braided mohawk. cool as shit.
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i agree. the political ramifications of this are staggering.
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I think he's the no-brainer choice for BA. He's funny, he's a big guy, and you can easily picture him getting the drama right. and I'd love to see him freak out on Woody Harrelson's Murdoch!
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to play B.A. Baracus - and Tyrese Gibson ain't fucking it.
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Why not cast Mr. T?
Seriously, have you seen him in those Snickers ads? The man has still got it. -
...but I can't really see him as B.A.
Ice Cube, Terry Crews or Michael Clarke Duncan on the other hand...but at least it's not Cuba Gooding Jr. -
Mr. T invented bling....
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and I also second anyone who suggests making this movie would be a waste of time, and seeing it will also be a waste of time.
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*INO is the new FIRST!And I agree that MCD would be a better choice.
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If you need reasons: 1) Perfect temperament for the part. 2) He's already shown his mechanical genius in the documentary "Batman Begins". 3) We've got to get him working again.
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that shit is funny. -
Dude is hilarious, bad-ass, energetic, etc. After seeing Idiocracy its apparent he would blow this role out of the water.
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Again.
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"Murrrrderrrr!! Murrrrderrrr! Fooool!"
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Just in case somebody thinks that this was a serious suggestion
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Thats a joke right? If Woody is Murdoch, this movie is dead already.
Sawyer from LOST for Faceman. -
Excellent!
Perfect casting! Though Tyrese will most likely don the mohawk sans chains. -
Replace cool character actors with vapid bland muppets. Will these Hollywood fucks never learn?
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1. Tyrese can't act worth a shit
2. Transformers was garbage
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That's as part of B.A. as spinach and Popeye.
To bring him up to date, just make it Platinum and iced out.
Just think Ghostface Killah.
http://on221.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/ghostface-killah-2.jpg
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The film worked much better when it was focused on Sam. It's always more interesting to folow the character who is least equipped to deal with the large crisis.
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he was good in the transformers, but he usually sucks.
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that mma fighter rampage jackson should play BA How hard can the role be, its not like Mr.T was shakespearean actor.
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Tyrese is not one that springs to mind. Even Ice Cube would be better than him. He was basically channeling BA in Triple X 2 as the escaped convict battling the evil government men. And hey, it even had the world's first tank jacking.
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terry crews would be good too.....just whatever u do don't cast tyresse thats just stupid. BA is supposed to be the muscle and the intimidator...whats tyresse gonna do...sing to em? Gotta have the gold chains dont even make the movie if your not gonna bring back the gold chains.
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Is this the Gay team or the A-team??? Does everything in hollywood have to be updated with pretty male underwear models??? How about that Kimbo Slice guy or even Suge just got knocked out Knight. D-von Dudley the wrestler, an ex-NFL guy what the fuck or Ray Lewis with the Baltimore Ravens?? You see, you quite flaming, casting directors. In the A-Team, Face was the pretty boy, Murdoch the crazy pilot, Hannibal the old war horse military genius and BA the big baddass angry Black guy with big biceps not a Ralph Lauren Polo Sport collection underwear model.
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Only The Rock could pull off a 21st century version of BA.
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but noone will ever replace Dwight Schultz as Murdock for me. I can see Clooney as Hannibal, Pitt as Face, Rhames as BA but Murdoch... there's just no one who can do one of my all time favourite TV characters justice. It would be like recasting Norm Petersen when George Wendt owns it. They shouldn't make The A-Team movie, like The Fall Guy i still enjoy watching the original series I don't need/want an update.
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Mr. Eko is the new Mr. T
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I mean really? he doesn't look that much older
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they should cast tyresse as BA and cast those guys from queer eye as the rest of the team. Now thats hilarious.
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Who else do they have in mind for the other roles?
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Has anyone seen this? It actually sounds like it may not suck. http://tinyurl.com/ypgcg5
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The A-Team were a product of their time. You can't update it without losing its hokey charm. Sure it was naff, the actors could never be A-listers and the plot was the same every week but the show had a real charm. Hell Mr T was an oddball for the 80's, so what they mean by 'bringing him into 21st century' is anyones guess. I disagree a bit filmcoyote, whilst the characters were generic it was the all the actors who sold the show. Replace them and you may as well just call the movie 'bog standard group of misfits action adventure 12'.
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What's the point of this?
Other than the 80's nostalgia shit that's been going around lately. There is no need for an A-team movie, unless it's with the original guys. Then they've got my cash.
Well, shit not that It makes much difference anyway, I bet the script throws out everything that was fun about the original.
I always loved the shot where there'd be an explosion, and you get the stunt guy flying over the camera and landing either on his back or one of the good/bad guys.
And while I'm here, there had better be a sequence where the guys build an armor plated machine of destruction out of some tires,wood,and an old chevy nova. -
I say that guy from Stargate SG-1 he's one helluva an actor.
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Yeah, no shit. I think all of the cast members are still around except George Peppard. Let's see them bring the original characters into the 21st century. It worked for Rocky, Rambo and Indiana Jones so why not?
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Seriously. 10-20 mill budget, mimic the low tech approach of the show, keep a good grip on practical effects, as well as a kick ass fun approach whilst treating the subject matter seriously and filmed with actors who are old enough to tie their shoelaces.
Iron Man ($400 million and rising) says audiences are keen for a few shared elements along the same lines (actors, tone) -
Lance "Col. Decker" Legault is even still around. Now that was a cool motherfucker. Too bad he evaporated in Season 3.
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Tyrese is too pretty. After seeing how funny rampage was on the ultimate fighter and he has the look. who would be better????
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Ving Rhames would work but it would kind of be just a rehash of Mr.T at that point. Oh well, I just hope the rumors of Jim Carey as Murdoch aren't true,that would be distracting.
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Mel Gibson as hannibal,Brad Pitt as Face,Mike Myers as Murdoch and Michael Clarke Duncan as B.A,please :)
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http://tinyurl.com/65fva5
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"Mr T,whose real name is B.A Baracus..."???WTF????!!LMAO!
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Yeah, I thought that was weird too, but here's another one. http://tinyurl.com/6ow7q9
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As long as BA says this I will watch this movie.
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But there IS a problem if they don't CGI it on him. You can't have your cake & eat it too Ty. If they don't do that, they should just CGI B.A. entirely so he can do superhuman stuff like a pissed of Bruce Banner, know what I'm sayin!!!
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...I knew I'd worded that wrong.I meant bollocks in some of the writing,I'd heard about the Harrelson news,oo.
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Steve Zahn for Murdoch and maybe controversially, Mark Wahlberg for Hannibal.
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His nose looks as if it's been chewed by a Bulldog-not exactly your standard"good looking hunk"!
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Bring on the original actors to do to do it. It was the actors that made this show great! If Stallone can do it, they can do it!
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tracy morgan as bad attitude barakas
brian dennahey as hannibal
and
jefferso ro mrried with children as faceman templeton peck
booyah.
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That being said, chosing Tyrese for Mr. T is....a bad idea.
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Y'know, something where the reviewer even tells something about the script and/or even has a newer version than the old "Face is the villain"-script, that Dirk Benedict complained about 5 years ago.
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Here's a different one but it sounds the same. It's funny that someone mentions getting Tyrese as a joke. http://tinyurl.com/43htpq
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I can scarecely thing of an actor I loathe more than Tyrese Gibson. He's untalented, arrogant, and talks shit about his co-stars. Who do you have to blow to get a job in this town? Tyrese knows.
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It will be absolutely ridiculous and unwatchable for anyone who's even watched one episode of the original series.Just cast Mr. T and use digital effects to make him look young (like what they did with Eastwood and Jones in Space Cowboys).
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the BA character with someone else very similar to him. Michael Clarke Duncan would also be a lot better than Tyrese for any such attempt.Fuck Tyrese. Fuck him.
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would be my first pick. I'm at a loss to understand why they want to make B.A. a pretty boy. Handsome maybe. Pretty no. That was never the characters appeal. Being the pretty boy was Faces job.
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Yeah!
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May 15, 2008 12:20:39 PM CDT
I try to spearate an actor from his real life persona but...
by puckito
I waited tables for five years and the absolute worst person I ever serevd was Tyrese. Childish, obnoxious, and outright rude. His behavior was so deplorable that even his sycophantic entourage started to look embarassed that they were with him. I don't think he's a terrible actor or anything, but it's been hard to forget that, and I have a really hard time tolerating his work in films. Just my two cents.
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Jim Carrey is the only man who can do Murdoch anywhere near the original. He's a good enough actor to at least clone his performance biopic-style.And perhaps Michael Clarke Duncan as a new BA (though it'll still be crap without the original Mr. T).Owen Wilson for Face could work too. Pitt would be way more distracting than Carrey.
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could work great in ensemble casts in my opinion, so i figured i should mention him. no idea who he could play in this, unless they started adding new characters.i've always thought he'd be good in a new ghostbusters team (not a remake).
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I bet someone a million bucks that dastickboy is a casting agent and hired ben affleck for daredevil and jessica alba to play sue richards and that goofball hugh jackman to play wolverine.
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as a racially ambiguous Mr. T.
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could do Murdoch. won't be as good as Carrey, but doesn't have as much of the distraction baggage either.
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Bust him out of jail first.
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behold http://tinyurl.com/5jb64r
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And male characters played by women... Then I call B.A. to be played by a white dude. Otherwise I call racism. Face man will be played by Katee Sackhoff.
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who will play the chick (amy?) and the latino friend guy? and the hulk hogan character.
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Seriously... this was made for Terry Crews to play. Other choices: "Terrible" Terry Tate, Doakes from Dexter, Adewale Akkinoue Agbage (Mr. Eko), or Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock, who would be perfect for the trash talk... just do it The Rock style. Hell, just put 90's WWF era The Rock in the role as The Rock and forget Mr. T altogether! Know your role and shut your mouth!
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damn straight!
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And also, DON"T MAKE IT A SCREWBALL COMEDY!!!
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Robert DeNiro as Hannibal, Jim Carrey as Face, George Clooney as Murdoch, and Will Smith as BA, Christopher Walken as Colonel Decker, Rachel Weisz as Amy. Alternatively, Chris Rock as BA, Kevin Spacey as Murdoch,Tom Cruise as Face, Morgan Freeman as Hannibal, Angelina Jolie as Amy, and Al Pacino as Colonel Decker.
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Are you fucking kidding me? An ex model is going to play a part that MR.FUCKING T used to play? Boo boo and double fucking BOO! More signs of the apocalypse along with the talks of a Hills movie...
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Dunt Dunt Duh Dunt Dunt Duh
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Is the stagename of the actor,BA Baracus is The A Team character!
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Mr T played BA Baracus as interpreted by Mr. T...he had the original bad motherfucker wallet....some pansy ass ex-model who ran from CGI robots is no BA Baracus....
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The Ultimate A-Team Cast!
George Clooney Is Hannibal Smith
Johnny Knoxville Is H M Murdoch
Ving Rhames Is Ba
Face is a Tricky one,
Any Random Hollywood Pretty boy will do as long as They can act!
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The A-Team move adaptation? Gayformers? Tyresse? Come on...
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Seriously... Tyrese for BA is a stupid choice. Why not Michael Jai White? He is talented. In shape. Can act. Knows Martial Arts. So I'm sure he would be better suited to an action film than a 3rd rate Usher Raymond reject who couldn't hack it musically.
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Remember in action films the marketing people need someone who is marketable. Adebisi from Oz is not marketable. Excellent actor, but not good for this type of mainstream movie.
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should play mr.t or at least SLJ so he can say mother**** fool.
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Denzel Washington as B.A. and Jack Black as Murdoch.
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He's got the goofiness. I think he could pull it off. As long as he doesn't do no "ass talking".
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I guess great minds think alike. Or it's all just down hill from here.
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As in, giving them all these hi tech looking suits or something. Or better yet, putting A-Team logos on everything (in the movie).
Of course, you're going to have your blatant product placement.
Let's see, are there any new types of transport vehicles that they'll probably tie in with the movie?
Maybe make a Hummer Van?
Ugh!!! I've got a bad feeling about this. -
Jim Carrey as Murdock and Chuck Norris as Haniball.
Catchprhase--
I love it when a plan smells together! -
seriously, pretty boy Tyrese as the ultimate badass Mr. T? thats pretty fucking lame. is Hannibal going to be played by Hayden Christensen
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Carrey would triple this shit films budget
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Damn, I knew I'd be to late to get that one out first. Okay, well I might be the first to throw out Clooney for the role of Hannibal.
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Damn You Michael Bay
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Hannibal - has to be Clooney; Murdock - Carrey would be excellent; B.A. - why not Mr T, he could still pull it off, no one else is springing to mind who could really do it justice and B.A. is the most distinctive character so you don't wanna screw it up. Face - hmmmm, not Pitt. James Marsden? It could be a number of actors I guess but Clooney and Carrey are a lock.
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Come on, Singleton, throw Mr. T a bone! Tyrese as B.A.? Negative. I'd cast Henry Gibson before Tyrese Gibson. Terry Crews is the right choice, although Ice Cube or Tiny Lister wouldn't suck.
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Moving along...
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... he's legit, colorful and actually wears bling. Terry Crews would be a good second choice if they want someone with the "look" and some acting experience. Michael Clarke Duncan would likely cost too much money, and Kimbo Slice-- albeit a legit tough guy--- runs the risk of being "exposed" before the movie hits the screens.
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Don't shit on the classic show by doing a remake of it. Singleton or not. This is just blasphemy.
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Sam Rockwell. My choice anyway
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That guy has never made swearing so fucking funny muddafuckers since Eddie Murphy. Plus he is already a tank.
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Just a thought, I don't remember A-Team too well but I watched a lot of it as a kid. Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn have some nice exchanges between each other and a good rapport. No matter how you do it you need to hire people that like each other so there is that undercurrent of additional chemistry; of which
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Good choice Stuffedlemur, he's good in pretty much anything. I'm on board with that.
As long as Tyrese isn't in this I am pretty interested in this property, A-Team isn't exactly sacred and with the right script they could make a pretty interesting movie out of the property. As long as it was centric to the characters and their interactions with a lot of bad ass action and cool piecemeal contraptions and a sweet van modified in the eleventh hour to deal death, thrown in. How was that for a run on sentence? Oh and never forget the fuckin chopper! -
May 15, 2008 6:46:57 PM CDT
Why would anyone other than Mr. T even be considered???
by flim springfield
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Perfect casting his whole schtik is acting like Murdoch anyway.
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Mel Gibson for Hannibal, Jim Carey as Murdoch (as picardsucks mentioned), Mr. T for B.A. (esp 10 years ago, there was no argument he could be a bad-ass), and, um, damn, I forgot who the consensus 90's Face was.
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Can't stand this nigga in anything. Hell, I'd rather have Ice Cube.
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May 15, 2008 10:03:21 PM CDT
Here is the the ultimate Mr.T forget all the other posers....
by crazybubba
Benny Hill...................................yeah thats right. Have you ever seen his Mr.T impersonation its funny as hell.
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from married with children. 10 years ago at least.
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with or without the mohawk. Come on!
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but someone needs to stop this now. If you're going to do this, grab a young director with some actual talent and cast unknowns. The pro lens with casting big name stars in remakes is that big stars are generaly type cast and bring nothing but their egos to the table.
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not pro lens. Damn you iPhone! Damn you!!!!!!!
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May 15, 2008 11:31:36 PM CDT
check out the benny hill parody B-Team at YouTube!!!!!!!!!!!!
by crazybubba
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That is the wussiest big black guy in film. Just because he's big doesn't mean shit. Tyrese is a much better choice. Ving Rhames is too old and Michael Clark Duncan is too wussy. In truth, Mr. T was basically playing himself in the role so it would be hard to properly cast... but Tyrese is closest IMO. He's from Watts... one of the realest hoods in gang infested LA
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so what if tyresse is from watts he's still a wuss...versatol's not too smart if thinks no one else can play the BA role and keep it interesting.
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What the hell does Tyrese being from Watts have to do with him playing the role of BA. Nobody watching the movie is gonna stop and think--"uh, well, that model/r&b singer doesn't seem real tough and intimidating like Mr.T did, but he's from Watts so I guess that is good enough for me and I'll just enjoy his unconvincing role in the movie". People wanna see someone who reminds them of an interesting character from the show. Bushwick Bill is from 5th Ward Texas maybe he should play the role.
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closest this generation.
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Damn you to hell!
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and frankly, I can't think of anyone with the chutzpah to play BA other than Mr. T himself
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More destruction of my childhood it seems. Tyrese as B.A????? Gijoe will blow so will this. The person who should play him is Terry Crews you know him as Damon from Friday after next.
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Should read previous posts more it seems. Yes Terry Crews seems to be someone everyone likes for the role. Get him or cast a no name brother. Too bad O.D.B is dead!
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So why not take these remakes from the 80's and keep the setting in the 80's? Why update it for our time when making it throw back would be so much cooler?????
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Dead set agahinst anyone else playing Mr. T, except for Mr. T until I saw the name Terry Crews. Like I think it would be funny as hell, it may work. He has the charisma. It would be much better then Tyresse or Ice Cube. Fuck Ice T would be a better choice then those two. If Ice Cube gets teh role this movie will blow. He just comes off as too lazy and slacker like. Personally I feel that Seth Rogan should get the role though. Since we are going to allow the Apatow kids run hollywood.
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Is if they decide to use Common as the Green Latern. Micheal Jai White should do it. He already is the voice.
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Wow no wonder most comic book movies suck. I swear to God I really believe they have a bunch of chimpanzes running Hollywood.
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May 16, 2008 11:33:33 AM CDT
No to Tyrese?? HOW ABOUT PHUCKING NO TO JOHN SINGLETON!!!
by the founder
I liked the A-Team, and while I wasn't hoping that a movie would get made it couldn't hurt if done right. I had no idea Singleton's ass was attached. When did this happen? Jeez that man sucks!!!
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Hey's big black angry and says Sucka all the time. If not him the we can give Rev. Jeremiah Wright some of the cast of 300's left over steroids and growth hormones and buff his ass up. He'd be a natural!!!
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Tyrese will NOT, REPEAT NOT be B.A. BARRACCUS. The person who was picked...knocks people out for a living. Figure it out.
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Heh heh.
Seriously, why can't Dirk be their new leader? Plot can be they are getting vengeance for the killing of Hannibal. Christian Peppard is an actor, put him in there somewhere. -
Star power?
Too much Guitar Hero for you man.
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