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Joe Carnahan Is Hoping Liam Neeson Loves It When A Plan Comes Together!
Beaks here...
Though "money issues" are currently being worked out with the House of Rothman, it sounds like Liam Neeson is set to take over for George Peppard as Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith in Joe Carnahan's big-screen rendition of THE A-TEAM. Feel free to bitch that Neeson's not American, but know that he's got a particular set of skills... skills that make him a nightmare for whiners like you.
Variety has also confirmed that Bradley Cooper is "in early talks" to co-star as Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck. I believe IESB.net had that first, Fleming. Show some class, and give credit where it's due.
Curiously, there's nothing in the Variety story about Common as B.A. Baracus. I doubt this means anything.
Until I get my hands on the Carnahan and Brian Bloom rewrite of Skip Woods's screenplay (and that's gonna happen), I have no opinion on the casting of Neeson and Cooper other than to say that they're both capable actors. Cooper is a more obvious fit if you're comparing the film directly to the television show, but that's folly because I doubt Carnahan is going to make an A-TEAM movie where nobody gets killed. According to the Variety story, the tone will be closer to (the remakes of) MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE and OCEAN'S 11. In other words, people might die, but it'll be the fun kind of dying.
Production on THE A-TEAM is scheduled to begin in August. The current release date is June 11, 2010.
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A TENSPEED AND BROWNSHOE movie?
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Holy shit, so close.
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Fuck you guys. I'm taking my ball and going home. and I don't give a shit about an A-Team movie. No Mr. T = nothing good in the world.
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Sounds like the title of the next Tarantino bloodbath.
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are what made them want to hire such bland, unexciting actors?
I mean, Neeson can be good in the right film. But this is The A-Team! So far, so dull. -
or will they just crawl out of wrecked cars..?
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Can't they find someone genuinely intimidating?
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but I get what you're saying...
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You heard it here first, bitches.
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Michael Cera for B.A. Baracus
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neeson is class...lends some fucking gravitas to the role you cunts
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and then we can throw in Jar Jar Binks as Face and then everyone is happy happy happy
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as B.A. Baracus. Make it so NUMBER ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jun 09, 2009 12:48:43 AM CDT
Awww, Jesus.... FUCKING DO LINCOLN ALREADY!!!!
by anything but tangerines
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Jun 09, 2009 12:53:25 AM CDT
HEY JOE-- COMMON IS A HORRIBLE FUCKING ACTOR.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
This could be great. Don't be fucking stupid and fuck it up with that pussy.
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so acting's got nothing to do with it. I like Common actually, but he can't be B.A. If John Singleton contributed one great thing to this world besides 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS it's the idea of casting a UFC dude for B.A. It's gotta be a big bad motherfucker who would more likely eat your nose than "act."
the only good actor who might be acceptable is Wesley Snipes. -
Michael Jai White is B.A.
The end. -
Jun 09, 2009 1:20:38 AM CDT
He could be fine - if the movie is nothing like the show...
by juansanchez
And really - what's the point making these movies nothing like the show? Just for the name? How many teenage boys have even heard of The A-Team? If any have it's because of Family Guy.
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Mel chomping on a big cigar - perfect. Won't happen of course.
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sparkling, smiling, easy going charm of GP. Liam seems too melancholy in his roles.
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said it before and i'll say it again...he's got the physique..the humour...he's kinda mental and he can be intimidating. jai white is too much of an actor. rampage is a character..like mr t was
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melancholy after recent events too
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Jun 09, 2009 1:46:14 AM CDT
Mr. T was unique, fun to watch, and memorable.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Common is none of these things. He is dry, indistinct, and entirely forgettable on screen. When he tries to look hard I want someone to slap him in his fucking mouth.
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Jun 09, 2009 2:07:07 AM CDT
Surprising they didn't make Ferrell Hannibal and Morgan BA
by juansanchez
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You know you want it.
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Where's the straight poop on LUKE CAGE? Don't sweat it, I've read the details on Geek Tyrant and io9, you're sufficiently off the hook and way past due, brother. So, you read Variety, eh? Nice!
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remember Miami Vice?
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No, I'm serious! The main part of the show was always about the crazy plans that the A-Team used to drive the villain insane. It's good to know that the script is gonna be rewritten, because that might mean that they ditch the "Face betrays everybody"-plot.
I think Liam Neeson is a very inspired choice. I hope they get him. Common isn't, because he lacks an on-screen presence. Bradley Cooper as Face, well...I like the idea. He is not just sexy enough, but also very sympathetic. Is there a Murdock already? They better pick a good one, because they have to find someone who can go apeshit-insane, without annoying the audience. -
Again, I'm serious! The show was about action, not about violence. It was a cartoon, where the heroes shoot with a machine gun at a car and after it exploded, the driver climbed out of it alive and without any bigger injuries, It's okay if Carnahan would make it a little bit more realistic, but if more than one person dies in it, and the person is not killed by the villain in the beginning and is also not a friend or relative from the person who hires the A-Team, he can go fuck himself.
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I agree with Danny. Common is the worst. Every scene he shared with Bale in T4 was awful. I can see Joe using him though since he was in Smoking Aces.
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You can screw it up, just by killing the villain in the end! You can give us 119 minutes of perfect A-Team, but if they shoot the villain in the end, doesn't matter if it's self-defence or not, you proved that you just didn't get it, man.
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They said starts shooting in August for a June 2010 release. That's not normal, right???
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Seriously, how does he keep getting work?
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That my friend is one of the most stupid things i have ever heard !!!
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so, Liam Neeson will possibly in a position to claim that, in film, he trained Obi-Wan, trained Batman and was also Hannibal Smith? if they eventually see sense and one day give him the James Bond gig, he shall finally and at last be revered as the coolest mother fucker in cinema history.
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How about that?
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As we have seen from BATTLESTAR GALACTICA on the small screen, the way to do these re-makes is to TAKE THEM GODDAMN SERIOUSLY! The first & third MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE flick. THE FUGITIVE. But not CHARLIE'S ANGELS or STARSKY AND HUTCH. So, er, if they are doing interesting stuff with this, good on them.
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Michael Clarke Duncan,pleeeeeeeeease!
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...with the team escaping from a mental hospital.
Face-nicknamed so because he has a penchant for cutting peoples faces off and wearing them.
Murdoch is a pyschotic killer.
BA has a history of male rape and Hannibal....why,of course,he's a Cannibal;-) -
Just to see the Dirk Benedict's reaction. -
Jun 09, 2009 5:30:17 AM CDT
''Common'' looks gay. He could be BE-GAY Baracas
by tom_hanks_raped_my_girlfriend
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Or BJ Baracas?
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As BA Baracath?Lisping twat!
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you have to admit
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Jun 09, 2009 6:14:33 AM CDT
skills that make him a nightmare for whiners like you.
by stuntcock mike
Good one Beaks.
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Narc was excellent
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Watch the tv series lately. Stands the test of time like The Dukes of Hazzard, which is to say, the shits.
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With that in mind, here's my cast: Hannibal: Kevin Sorbo; B.A.: Kimbo Slice; Face: Fred Savage; Murdock: Steve-O; Token Chick: Heidi from THE HILLS; Villain: Mr. T as E.A. Earacus, an evil land baron out to swindle the town of Rock Ridge, and the secret father of an A-Team member...but which one??? BOX OFFICE BABY!!!
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As weird as this is the say for a child of the 80's....STOP REMAKING/REFERENCING 80'S SHIT
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I'd put myself in the crowd against casting Common - granted, he was one of the more interesting parts of Smokin Aces (an otherwise awful film) but then I swaw him in Wanted and Terminator: Salvation and realized he's really really fucking boring to watch. His emotional range is nil (which seemed cool in Smokin Aces but sucks ass in films where he has to emote). I'd rather see 'em cast Terry Tate: Office Linebacker. Fuck Ya.
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He can't be that expensive, what with him reprising his timeless classic role as "Talking Gorilla" for the DirecTV series of commercials. I really can't believe they went there. Why not have Pootie Tang talking about DirecTV on the Panny Sty?
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Liam Neeson is many things, but I've never thought of him as 'funny'. I'm trying to picture him with a cigar in his mouth cracking wise, and I'm having trouble. That being said, I WANT TO BELIEVE.
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That makes me inclined to think positively about this, the fact that they're aiming for that kind of casting choice.
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Bruce Willis: Hannibal
Jude Law: Face
Ving Rhames: BA
Jim Carrey: Murdock
It seems so obvious to me. -
Mel Gibson as Hannibal (you fucking know it), Terry Crews as B.A, Bradley Cooper as Face and Bill Hader as Murdock. Now make it happen.
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So Vern, Snipes is the only good actor who could be B.A. - no way. There is only man period who could step into those boots - tough, muscular, and a good actor: Ving Rhames - you know it makes sense. As i write this i see Squidman has said the same above. Rhames is the only one for BA. Neeson is so not Hannibal it scares me the direction for this one - seems as typical Fox move as ever "duh, he were good it dat Taken movie, he can do action, he be perfect for BA" "ah, no sir BA is African American" "oh, well, den he can play the Lecter role"!!!! The one that stumps me if Murdoch though. I idolised Dwight Schultz as Howling Mad when i was a kid and Jim F***ing Carrey is no Murdoch. Woody Harrelson maybe as IMDb has it, Colin Farrell or Johnny Depp could both pull off the unhinged aspect; but to be honest he's the one i most don't want to know who they put in.
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Christian Bale as Face a la American Psycho with all the charm, but no naked chainsaw jogging, and Sam Rockwell as Murdock. A less evil version of his Green Mile role would be perfect.
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Carnahan drops out of shit left and right.
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Jun 09, 2009 8:29:47 AM CDT
As long as it doesn't go the Starsky and Hutch route
by itto ogami loses daigoro
and they keep the theme song, they can't really fuck it up anymore...can they?
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I don't know how they could go any other way. Michael Clark Duncan might be funny though.
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for BA Baracus. One of those three would ROCK. Anyone else would suck.
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Liam Neeson? He's great, but he's no Hannibal.
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Jun 09, 2009 9:33:33 AM CDT
B.A. must be Lester Speight (aka Augustus Cole from Gears of War
by edstein
Yeah! Wooo! Bring it on, sucka! This is my kinda shit!
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And the black gangster from TDK for B.A.
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Mann's Heat was the best movie ever made about The A Team in all but name.
The cast they need for A Team is as such:
Lance Henriksson: Hannibal.
Dwayne Johnson: BA Baracus
Stephen Dorff : Face
Murdoch : Jude Law.
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Has to be Terry Crews for BA. BA wasn't just some badass, he was a really funny character.
I love Neeson, but Gibbo is the perfect Hannibal - chomping away on that big cigar! -
...all the Christian stuff he's crazier than ever. If those pussies hit him on the head with a 2x4, throw him on a plane and hire another actor...he's going to be pissed when he wakes up.
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Terry Crews or Rampage Jackson would be ideal.
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Jun 09, 2009 10:36:58 AM CDT
Merrick is hoping Mr Beaks stops beating him to the punch
by hint_of_smegma
because then he wouldn't have to delete dumbass posts of news already on the site. Communication, people.
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Neeson is a great actor but I always thought Leslie Nelson would have been the best casting choice.
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Yes, Bob Sapp--the Gorilla, google the guy! Now that is B.A! Not wussies like Common--huh, go back to rhyming about concious issues and back to your original name, Common Sense. Have the Common Sense to not be B.A!
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...might as well cast Mr. T. Man still looks good and while I like some of the ideas (Terry Crews and Common), I'd love to see T in there.
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If the Phantom Menace proved anything its that Liam Neeson can make anything interesting.
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Hannibal=StalloneFace=Paul WalkerMurdoch=Sam RockwellB.A.=Michael Jai White
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Hannibal=Terry BradshawFace=Jason SehornMurdoch=Peyton ManningB.A.=Warren Sapp
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NO. god, I don't care where he comes or doesn't come from, he's wrong. a wrong wrong fit.
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Hannibal=Ben StillerFace=Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Robert Downey Jr.Murdoch=Jack Black, Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, RDJB.A.=Jack Black, RDJ, Faison Love, Jon Favreau
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Hannibal=Dr. DreFace=Justin TimberlakeMurdoch=EminemB.A.=David Banner
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Hannibal=Michael McKeanFace=John Michael HigginsMurdoch=Christopher GuestB.A.=Fred Willard
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...Cooper is not such a great choice. And I would prefer to hear that the film is going to be more like Smokin' Aces than Ocean's Eleven. MI is okay though. I just don't want to see the film too light. I would have liked it if Dukes Of Hazard the film had been less like he tv show and more like say Joseph Sergeant's White Lightning. The film medium is simply too different to try and do what is done on the idiot box. Everything has to be amplified on the big screen for it to work in a new way in my opinion. That's part of what makes Transformers work in my opinion as an adaptation of the cartoon. I mean its truly epic in scale. And pretty dark too.
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but this is what mine would look like:
Hannibal=Neeson
Face=Paul Walker
Murdoch=Sam Rockwell
B.A.=Michael Jai White
Hannibal would be my only change. I think Carnahan is right to go with Neeson hot off of Taken. -
big man. so whoever plays BA will need to be over 6 ft 5
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How about Kimbo Slice? His 15 are up in pro fighting, capitolize on the name while you can.
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...for the Mr. T part.
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first of all, i didn't even know this guy was an ACTOR. shit, oasis is, even stretching it, a mediocre brit-rock band, and i CERTAINLY can't see their songwriter/lead guitarist in this role. what they SHOULD do is get the guy from "Taken". i could see that.
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In other words, just make it an unnoffical sequel to Three Kings. I've been saying that ever since that movie came out.
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Snipes is a weird choice, but a friend of mine said it a long time ago and I thought it would be funny. I would watch Snipes in anything, but I'm hoping they will go with Rampage Jackson.
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Jun 09, 2009 1:57:26 PM CDT
They Should Re-imagine this as a former SAS team...
by darfurontherocks2
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what went wrong with Smokin Aces. Hoping that it doesn't happen again. I also miss Carnahan's blog, though it got a bit depressing to see project after project fall apart on him.
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whatever happened to the SA prequel? i have to admit, a tremor bros.-centric plot made me a bit giddy.
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Sam Rockwell as Murdoch and Mickey Rourke as B.A. Seriously!
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I like Darfur's idea, The SAS Team.
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Don't get me wrong. I think the guy is a fantastic actor, but as Hannibal? I just don't see it at all. It's really going to depend on the tone of the movie. Are they going hard core dramatic, or an action/comedy. That has to be a factor on who they cast.
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I thought I read something about him being involved in this? Playing Murdock in a return to Tremor Brothers style craziness maybe? No? And are you fucking serious about Common playing B.A. Baracus? Please tell me you're joking? You need somebody physically imposing who has an unusual look to live up to Mr. T. I would personally go with somebody like street fighter/MMA star Kimbo Slice. Or if you want a proven actor maybe somebody like Terry Crews. Just please leave Lonnie Lynn out. There's no way he can pull off ol' "Bad Attitude."
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Jun 09, 2009 4:52:32 PM CDT
Liam Neeson is incredibly dull. And Mr. T should be B.A.
by flim springfield
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Jun 09, 2009 4:53:44 PM CDT
Stallone is still playing Rocky and Rambo and he's older than T.
by flim springfield
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Jun 09, 2009 4:55:11 PM CDT
Since everybody else is giving their fantasy cast, here's mine:
by royston lodge
Hannibal = Mel Gibson (his appearance on The Simpsons proves it for me)
B.A. = Terry Crews
Face = Bradley Cooper
Murdock = Jason Mewes (Think about it for more than two seconds, you know I'm right on this one! He's clean and sober now! I swear, I love to see Mewes in a breakout role outside the Askewniverse.)
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Keep it as close to the SPIRIT of the tv show without degenerating into parody. That means:
- Decent production value
- Lots of explosions.
- Fuckin' AWESOME shots of vehicles going into the air, driving over the camera, and with the camera bolted to the front fender.
- Funny without being self-referential.
- No blood. Not a speck of it. Not even a nosebleed.
- More bullets than in The Matrix. Hell, more bullets than in World War II.
- Nobody dies.
It would be super difficult for a director to pull it off without falling into the trap of making a parody, but man it would be a geek triumph if it could actually be done. -
Jamie Foxx could be a very entertaining B.A. too but Kevin Grevioux is a very inspired choice IMHO.
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. . . the worst GIMP portrait ever of Terry Crews as BA Baracus:
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He's great in action, drama and comedy. Plus he plays bad mofos quite well.
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Great, another movie screwed by casting before it's began. At least when the casting is done right you can hold out some hope that the film might be good. Who is coming up with these ideas?!?! It's a complete joke.
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...because whoever they decide on will never match the chemistry of the original cast. That shit was lightning in a bottle.
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isn't that guy terrible? What movie of his must i watch to be able to believe this guy can play Face? i know it's not what you'd call a serious acting role but still...
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to care about this shit right now after his family tragedy. I know life goes on, but damn. To play make-believe for some silly movie after your wife has just died? Can't be easy.
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It seems the frothing has died down a bit since Kimbo got knocked the fuck out. Speaking of which, Tiny Lister would be an awesome choice for B.A. Grow a beard, slap on the chains...good to go.
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There is no other. He would kick major ass.
Common ... pffft, FUCK OFF. -
Neeson ownz you. Fuck Film Springfield. Hater.
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they don't cast Jim Carey as Murdock, I'm good.
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Those scenes where EG explains the failed first attempts to rob a Vegas Casino?!?! The people getting worked and finally shot/killed to the period music?!?! Take my breath away?!?! Did you watch this fucking movie?!?!?
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Thank you for bringing up the hysterical Pootie Tang in a talkback my friend. That made my day.Also, Liam kicks ass, Taken was the fucking bomb, and Carnahan is the best choice to make this movie kick ass.
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It's going to have to be set in the 1980's...or else all these dudes rumored for the roles are going to be WAY too young to be Vietnam Vets in the 2000's.
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DIRECTOR 01. John McTiernan [Predator, Die Hard, 13th Warrior, Basic] 02. Tony Scott [Crimson Tide, Spy Game, Enemy Of The State] 03. Antoine Fuqua [Tears Of The Sun, Shooter] 04. Michael Bay [The Rock, Armageddon] 05. Peter Berg [The Kingdom, The Rundown] 06. Simon West [Con Air, The General's Daughter] 07. John Moore [Flight Of The Phoenix, Behind Enemy Lines] JOHN "HANNIBAL" SMITH 01. Mel Gibson 02. Tommy Lee Jones 03. Kurt Russell 04 Kevin Costner 05. Bruce Willis 06. George Clooney 07. John Travolta TEMPLETON "FACEMAN" PECK 01. Chris Evans 02. Taylor Kitsch 03. Ryan Reynolds 04. Chris Pine 05. Josh Holloway 06. Bradley Cooper 07. Josh Lucas "HOWLING MAD" MURDOCK 01. Robert Downey Jr. 02. Crispin Glover 03. Steve Buscemi 04. Ewen Bremner 05. Jeremy Davies 06. Sam Rockwell 07. Damien Lewis "B.A." BARACUS 01. Terry Crews 02. Michael Jai White 03. Eamonn Walker 04. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje 05. Michael Clark Duncan 06. Lester Speight 07. Idris Elba COLONEL RODERICK DECKER 01. Clancey Brown 02. Powers Boothe 03. Nick Nolte 04. David Morse 05. Gene Hackman 06. Liam Neeson 07. Danny Huston
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