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Singleton Flees THE A-TEAM!!


Merrick here...

John Singleton has departed the long-in-development A-TEAM movie 'cause Fox rescheduled its release & wanted even more rewrites than the project has already endured. The film has now been pushed back to a June 2010 release at the earliest.

So says THIS ARTICLE in Variety.

This doesn't come as a particular surprise. A-TEAM was originally positioned as a Summer 2009 release...like...8 months away. But no casting (that we're aware of) and no shooting have occurred to date, pretty much assuring certain doom for its intended June 12 '09 unveiling.

ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE SQUEAKUEL is, however, on course for a Christmas 2009 release. Whew!

I'm dying to know what happened on THE A-TEAM. Given the shitty quality of scripts Fox systematically greenlights, I'm guessing A-TEAM must have either sucked something fierce...or someone got the idea to reboot the thing into a zany comedy or something & Singleton bolted.




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First...
by Napolean Solo
Oct 23rd, 2008
11:04:16 PM
Second...
by Napolean Solo
Oct 23rd, 2008
11:04:36 PM
Third?
by Mistahtibbs
Oct 23rd, 2008
11:07:37 PM
I pity the fool...
by blackmantis
Oct 23rd, 2008
11:08:20 PM
HHahhhhhaaaAAAaaAAaHHhhaaaHH!! !!!
by Media Messiah
Oct 23rd, 2008
11:09:13 PM
Prolly tried to go the Tropic Thunder route with it.
by JusticeSabre
Oct 23rd, 2008
11:11:02 PM
Lets just leave A-Team alone mkay...
by Turd Furgeson
Oct 23rd, 2008
11:15:17 PM
What's with the sudden anti-80s sentiment?
by Outlaw24
Oct 23rd, 2008
11:40:02 PM
" the SQUEAKUEL"??????
by otm shank
Oct 23rd, 2008
11:41:06 PM
Would Singleton bolt from anything at this point?
by epitone
Oct 23rd, 2008
11:42:49 PM
Give this fucking film to SCHWARZENEGGER already!
by ABking
Oct 23rd, 2008
11:54:01 PM
When he fled did he run over somebody with his car?
by Rev. Slappy
Oct 23rd, 2008
11:57:58 PM
ABKing?
by Holeman
Oct 24th, 2008
12:00:29 AM
What a coincidence...
by MisterE
Oct 24th, 2008
12:00:57 AM
Alvin and the Chipmunks...
by CoursinLarry
Oct 24th, 2008
12:06:59 AM
now theyre gonna cast gays
by cheifchirpa3000
Oct 24th, 2008
12:27:15 AM
What the hell happened to Singleton?
by Fa Fa Fooey
Oct 24th, 2008
12:47:57 AM
AB King!!!
by Dirk Shocker
Oct 24th, 2008
12:53:07 AM
"now theyre gonna cast gays"
by TroutMaskReplicant
Oct 24th, 2008
12:56:27 AM
Also, wow Fox, great schedule for 2009
by TroutMaskReplicant
Oct 24th, 2008
12:59:08 AM
didn't one of the scripts...
by The Amazing G
Oct 24th, 2008
01:04:42 AM
Fa Fa Fooey
by Harold-Sherbort
Oct 24th, 2008
01:08:05 AM
Harold-Sherbort...
by Fa Fa Fooey
Oct 24th, 2008
01:11:30 AM
Maybe they can get Ronald D. Moore to "reimagine" it
by Cotton McKnight
Oct 24th, 2008
01:15:41 AM
Even in a good directors hands..
by Harold-Sherbort
Oct 24th, 2008
01:19:23 AM
Speakin of slummin..
by Harold-Sherbort
Oct 24th, 2008
01:24:17 AM
I was gonna..
by ShogunMaster
Oct 24th, 2008
01:24:43 AM
I love it when a plan falls apart...
by moviemaniac-7
Oct 24th, 2008
01:32:10 AM
The Squeakuel?!?!?
by JasonGrey
Oct 24th, 2008
01:46:07 AM
Good move John
by hallmitchell
Oct 24th, 2008
01:48:56 AM
Clooney as Hannibal! Pitt as Face!
by Wrecks
Oct 24th, 2008
01:59:25 AM
I also enjoy ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS
by SnapT
Oct 24th, 2008
03:03:33 AM
But David Cross better be on board!
by SnapT
Oct 24th, 2008
03:04:04 AM
Fox's summer schedule 09
by kwisatzhaderach
Oct 24th, 2008
03:15:26 AM
bunch of cunts....
by dalbatron
Oct 24th, 2008
03:18:40 AM
Katie Sackhoff as Face! Watch A-Team fans implode!
by V'Shael
Oct 24th, 2008
03:24:09 AM
dalbatron -
by Samson_K
Oct 24th, 2008
03:36:15 AM
dalbaton - in case you want to eat one of your balls too
by Samson_K
Oct 24th, 2008
03:36:58 AM
Samson, Dalbatron can't answer you right now...
by half vader
Oct 24th, 2008
04:00:52 AM
I think this could work
by Vern
Oct 24th, 2008
04:03:42 AM
Is anyone actually a fan of this show?
by I_am_not_the_droid_you_are_loo king_for
Oct 24th, 2008
04:11:57 AM
Vern - it definitely could work
by Samson_K
Oct 24th, 2008
04:16:38 AM
Singleton is a smart Smart man....an A-TEAM film would suck
by Monkey_King
Oct 24th, 2008
04:20:35 AM
Singleton Bolts from the Project is like saying
by D o o d
Oct 24th, 2008
04:23:50 AM
Peter Berg to direct 'Army of Two'?
by I_am_not_the_droid_you_are_loo king_for
Oct 24th, 2008
04:27:34 AM
Greengrass for the A-Team!
by Wonderboys
Oct 24th, 2008
04:29:42 AM
Calling fucking hack director Brett Ratner...
by ugh
Oct 24th, 2008
04:32:29 AM
@ I_am_not_the_droid...
by ugh
Oct 24th, 2008
04:36:40 AM
@ ugh...
by I_am_not_the_droid_you_are_loo king_for
Oct 24th, 2008
04:44:46 AM
God I'd love to see the episode of A-Team again
by half vader
Oct 24th, 2008
04:51:26 AM
THE SQUEAKUEL?
by Gungan Slayer
Oct 24th, 2008
05:44:54 AM
Dropped bollock, place you bets gentlemen !
by Keith Maniac
Oct 24th, 2008
05:47:10 AM
I'm not bothered as long as it's eventually done well
by Mr Nicholas
Oct 24th, 2008
06:05:54 AM
Vern, give this to JAMES CAMERON & SCHWARZENEGGER!
by ABking
Oct 24th, 2008
06:34:52 AM
John Davis of FOX?
by ABking
Oct 24th, 2008
06:39:57 AM
TroutMaskReplicant...
by GaiustheBrave
Oct 24th, 2008
07:11:43 AM
I Pity Da Foo Who Walk Away From The A-TEAM
by LaserPants
Oct 24th, 2008
07:16:08 AM
I love it when a plan comes together
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Oct 24th, 2008
07:28:49 AM
The whole 80s nostalgia trip...
by Kid Z
Oct 24th, 2008
07:42:04 AM
The Seth McFarlane-ization of American entertainment
by Nasty In The Pasty
Oct 24th, 2008
07:55:37 AM
from the guy who brought you four brothers..
by r3write
Oct 24th, 2008
08:01:19 AM
3 KINGS was the A-Team movie!
by Rex Manning
Oct 24th, 2008
08:39:09 AM
*NEW* director should be SYLVESTER "RAMBO" STALLONE!!!
by ABking
Oct 24th, 2008
09:36:24 AM
Never sully Magnum P.I.
by Lou Stools
Oct 24th, 2008
10:14:07 AM
Maverick
by ArcadianDS
Oct 24th, 2008
10:19:51 AM
Hire Ridley or Tony Scott
by RogueWarrior65
Oct 24th, 2008
10:30:37 AM
80s Retro Has BEEN Played Out For Like 8 Years Or So
by LaserPants
Oct 24th, 2008
10:47:54 AM
Rex Manning - damn, I've always thought the same thing!
by wookie1972
Oct 24th, 2008
11:15:19 AM
Good news
by Charlie_Allnut
Oct 24th, 2008
12:06:23 PM
Magnum
by Charlie_Allnut
Oct 24th, 2008
12:10:06 PM
IAmJack'sUserID, you foolish little girl...
by ABking
Oct 24th, 2008
12:15:23 PM
The Gay-Team?
by LarryTate
Oct 24th, 2008
12:20:57 PM
Lhaangarige
by Vern
Oct 24th, 2008
12:31:34 PM
No Vern, not Soderbergh...Sly or Cameron
by ABking
Oct 24th, 2008
12:45:23 PM
The real problem is these directors grew up
by Dingbatty
Oct 24th, 2008
12:48:16 PM
Here's an idea
by LarryTate
Oct 24th, 2008
12:50:38 PM
That Toothbrush AD!
by GunterMonkey
Oct 24th, 2008
01:52:05 PM
If they get the big dude from The Green Mile...
by Ironhelix
Oct 24th, 2008
02:36:34 PM
I have a feeling this will drag on like the
by skimn
Oct 24th, 2008
02:57:38 PM
Don't make it a comedy. Make them all gay instead.
by Damien Chowder
Oct 24th, 2008
03:17:49 PM
Just saw Mark Wahlberg in these posts.. please fucking don't.
by Damien Chowder
Oct 24th, 2008
03:31:35 PM
80s TV remakes=JUMPED THE SHARK.
by uberman
Oct 24th, 2008
03:53:05 PM
I say go period 80's with it...
by kravmaguffin
Oct 24th, 2008
04:27:32 PM
Ice Cube WASN'T cast as BA?
by Maniaq
Oct 24th, 2008
05:23:26 PM
Kimbo Slice as BA!
by BigTuna
Oct 24th, 2008
08:21:41 PM
Give it to David Mamet!
by Bob Cryptonight
Oct 24th, 2008
09:46:20 PM
Uberman
by half vader
Oct 25th, 2008
12:45:21 AM
finised gagging now.....
by dalbatron
Oct 25th, 2008
02:19:53 AM
Really want a serious A-Team movie
by sHapesHiftinLizard
Oct 25th, 2008
07:11:22 AM
No that makes sense Uberman
by half vader
Oct 25th, 2008
12:24:30 PM
Hannibal = Jason Bateman
by Calico Pete
Oct 26th, 2008
03:19:09 AM
Damn you, Tom Rothman!
by Motoko Kusanagi
Oct 26th, 2008
09:40:57 AM
Fox's AVATAR will fuck our eyeballs in 2009...
by Motoko Kusanagi
Oct 26th, 2008
09:52:43 AM
EarthQuake Man Trailer
by Mr.Stiggs
Oct 26th, 2008
11:44:20 AM

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