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Has THE A-TEAM Movie Finally Found B.A. Baracus??


Merrick here...

This is all a tad confusing.

Around a month ago, we learned that UFC's Quinton "Rampage" Jackson might well take the B.A. Baracus role in THE A-TEAM movie (directed by Joe Carnahan, produced by Ridley & Tony Scott). This is, of course, the role originated by Mr. T in Stephen J. Cannell's 1980s TV series.

Rampage's "people" promptly denied this casting, and that was the last we heard of that.

Until....

The Vancouver Sun now indicates that Rampage is in town and prepping to shoot THE A-TEAM.


Jackson has been removed from the UFC 107 card where he was set to face Sugar Rashad Evans in an Ultimate Fighter finale showdown, so he can appear in the film.
[EDIT]
The Sun has learned Rampage was in Vancouver on August 19 to discuss the role with producers and arrived in town Friday to prepare for filming.

...says The Vancouver Sun HERE.

It should be noted that Rampage as Baracus has yet to be officially confirmed, but there are many reasons a formal announcement might be delayed (lack of "official word" doesn't necessarily make this report inaccurate).

Liam Neeson has already been cast as Hannibal (George Peppard in the series), and Bradley Cooper will take on Dirk Benedict's "Face" persona.

Here's Rampage:

Huh. I could so take him...




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DAMMIT I was hoping for Michael Cera.
by epitone
Sep 8th, 2009
10:41:52 AM
Get it?
by unkempt_sock
Sep 8th, 2009
10:42:00 AM
I think I saw this guy holding a log on the FDR highway
by YackBacker
Sep 8th, 2009
10:42:33 AM
Why couldn't they just use Mr. T?
by Rickey Henderson
Sep 8th, 2009
10:44:30 AM
KIMBO SLICE is B.A. BARACUS!!
by ZombieHeathLedger
Sep 8th, 2009
10:45:55 AM
Good fit. Cooper as Face is genius.....
by bigbaldpapa
Sep 8th, 2009
10:46:18 AM
I thought...
by meta4
Sep 8th, 2009
10:47:11 AM
well, logs ARE a terrific advertising medium...
by Rickey Henderson
Sep 8th, 2009
10:47:16 AM
Thought for sure they'd pick a rapper.
by kabong
Sep 8th, 2009
10:50:37 AM
Bad Attitude
by TheIceJ
Sep 8th, 2009
10:51:33 AM
Is Katee Sackhoff gonna be in this?
by Klytus_I.m_Bored
Sep 8th, 2009
10:51:37 AM
he doesn't look that big in that photo
by indyjonez100
Sep 8th, 2009
10:51:40 AM
Oooooh, and look at his glare.
by kabong
Sep 8th, 2009
10:52:22 AM
They would have to radically revamp it...
by REVENGE_of_FETT
Sep 8th, 2009
10:52:26 AM
This will be dumb as fuck. BUT FUN!!!!
by Hint_of_Smegma
Sep 8th, 2009
10:55:40 AM
This will be dumb as fuck. BUT FUN!!!!
by Hint_of_Smegma
Sep 8th, 2009
10:55:58 AM
Aintitoldnews
by theycallmemrtibbs
Sep 8th, 2009
10:57:11 AM
Are they doing this seriously or campy?
by Mr Gorilla
Sep 8th, 2009
10:59:22 AM
Jim Carey would've been an awesome Murdock
by theycallmemrtibbs
Sep 8th, 2009
11:01:35 AM
Looks like a pussy compared to T!
by judge dredds fresh undies
Sep 8th, 2009
11:02:10 AM
The A-Team was a Mr. T vehicle. Period.
by Margot_Tenenbaum
Sep 8th, 2009
11:03:34 AM
old tv shows
by johnnysunshine
Sep 8th, 2009
11:03:55 AM
Terry Crews should be B.A.
by ewokstew
Sep 8th, 2009
11:04:37 AM
Mr Gorilla, A-Team WAS camp
by FeralAngel
Sep 8th, 2009
11:06:43 AM
I pity Liam Neeson
by newc0253
Sep 8th, 2009
11:07:05 AM
Wow, Liam is really slumming it.
by GrandMuffTarkin
Sep 8th, 2009
11:13:59 AM
Cool guy
by Miyamoto_Musashi
Sep 8th, 2009
11:15:07 AM
i agree with kimbo slice... he sure looks the part.
by soup74
Sep 8th, 2009
11:17:38 AM
Jim Carrey
by themagicalhornofguntata
Sep 8th, 2009
11:18:03 AM
robert downey jr as b.a. baracus
by andyny29
Sep 8th, 2009
11:20:56 AM
jim cramer for murdock!
by JAMF
Sep 8th, 2009
11:21:11 AM
He's Going to Have All The Screen Presence of A Wet Napkin
by Crow3711
Sep 8th, 2009
11:22:03 AM
speaking of kimbo slice..
by soup74
Sep 8th, 2009
11:23:06 AM
Vital stats
by styles99
Sep 8th, 2009
11:25:30 AM
With Canarhan and Neeson involved...
by Judge Briggs
Sep 8th, 2009
11:33:00 AM
To make this work....
by theycallmemrtibbs
Sep 8th, 2009
11:33:20 AM
THE APATOW TEAM starring
by YackBacker
Sep 8th, 2009
11:36:04 AM
That asshole Van Jones could do it...
by Blue_Demon
Sep 8th, 2009
11:52:20 AM
I want my DC Cab remake
by Gene_Parmesan
Sep 8th, 2009
11:54:42 AM
Why not just hire Mr. T again?
by Series7
Sep 8th, 2009
11:56:36 AM
No Rampage Vs Rashad Evans??? WTF
by Disney_Retcond_my_STD
Sep 8th, 2009
11:57:35 AM
For Those Who Don't Know Rampage
by kenjinattix
Sep 8th, 2009
11:58:24 AM
Lindsay Lohan as Murdock.
by Damien Chowder
Sep 8th, 2009
12:00:06 PM
Rampage
by Hipshot
Sep 8th, 2009
12:00:42 PM
There is only one B.A BARACUS!
by theycallmemrtibbs
Sep 8th, 2009
12:01:42 PM
The Rock as BA
by Meadowe
Sep 8th, 2009
12:05:31 PM
Anyone remember the Episode....
by Dhaemon
Sep 8th, 2009
12:09:13 PM
Size, not Side
by Dhaemon
Sep 8th, 2009
12:10:39 PM
Michael Caine as BA Baracus
by Apple Octopus
Sep 8th, 2009
12:12:03 PM
Cant wait for Sanford and Son the movie.
by theycallmemrtibbs
Sep 8th, 2009
12:16:03 PM
Sanford and Son, The Movie
by Blue_Demon
Sep 8th, 2009
12:20:55 PM
Rampage vs. Evans is on hold.
by snakecharmer
Sep 8th, 2009
12:21:22 PM
Don't know Rampage? SPIKE SEPT. 16 at 10PM.
by snakecharmer
Sep 8th, 2009
12:24:12 PM
Serious and Hard R
by MacReady452
Sep 8th, 2009
12:27:58 PM
Blue_ Demon, with that cast......
by theycallmemrtibbs
Sep 8th, 2009
12:31:48 PM
Dead GOD, don't they know UFC sucks!
by Linguo_IS_Dead
Sep 8th, 2009
12:33:27 PM
UFC fighter criteria:
by Linguo_IS_Dead
Sep 8th, 2009
12:37:01 PM
UFC fighter criteria:
by Linguo_IS_Dead
Sep 8th, 2009
12:39:04 PM
I want a goddamned Taken sequel, Neeson.
by I Hope You Die
Sep 8th, 2009
12:41:18 PM
VIDEO PREVIEW: TUF SEASON 10 RAMPAGE AS COACH
by snakecharmer
Sep 8th, 2009
12:43:11 PM
Kimbo Fulla would make more sense
by Gwai Lo
Sep 8th, 2009
12:45:57 PM
Oops I mean Kimbo Slice
by Gwai Lo
Sep 8th, 2009
12:46:56 PM
WRONG!! TERRY CREWS IS THE ONLY MAN FOR THE JOB. ALSO...
by The_Genteel_Gentile
Sep 8th, 2009
12:56:29 PM
Anybody see MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN?
by Vern
Sep 8th, 2009
12:56:42 PM
TRASH BAGS! TRAAAASH BAGS!
by zebra
Sep 8th, 2009
12:59:16 PM
Actors are so overrated
by Aeghast
Sep 8th, 2009
01:04:33 PM
..and MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN
by Aeghast
Sep 8th, 2009
01:07:10 PM
I would have gone for either Terry Crews...
by Phimseto
Sep 8th, 2009
01:07:41 PM
Weren't they discussing Common for Baracus?
by Gwai Lo
Sep 8th, 2009
01:12:16 PM
Murdoch
by chewyou812
Sep 8th, 2009
01:13:29 PM
I'm won't waste my Murdock pick on this travesty!
by The_Genteel_Gentile
Sep 8th, 2009
01:21:55 PM
Those chains scream Luke Cage
by werewolfbynight
Sep 8th, 2009
01:32:00 PM
Liam Neeson as Hannibal?
by DrManhattansUnit
Sep 8th, 2009
01:36:37 PM
If Liam Neeson is anything like he was in Taken
by indyjonez100
Sep 8th, 2009
01:36:46 PM
Ali G for B.A. Baracus...
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Sep 8th, 2009
01:39:25 PM
B.A Baracus should of been...
by scriptgirl_nipples
Sep 8th, 2009
01:47:28 PM
Howling Mad Murdock should be...
by scriptgirl_nipples
Sep 8th, 2009
01:49:00 PM
He works on a visual level...
by jimmy rabbitte
Sep 8th, 2009
01:50:54 PM
Digging
by JohnSpartan
Sep 8th, 2009
01:54:11 PM
When I heard they were doing this
by WYLD STALLYNS RULES
Sep 8th, 2009
01:56:10 PM
Bob Sapp
by Winnie
Sep 8th, 2009
02:01:06 PM
Robin Williams as Murdock you wankers!
by Yoda's Ball Sack
Sep 8th, 2009
02:05:09 PM
seriously
by nopeace182
Sep 8th, 2009
02:11:08 PM
Was Terry Crews busy?
by Nizzuts
Sep 8th, 2009
02:14:38 PM
Samuel Jackson was born to play this.
by lockesbrokenleg
Sep 8th, 2009
02:17:57 PM
So what if Kimbo can't fight and can't act!
by ZombieHeathLedger
Sep 8th, 2009
02:23:12 PM
The A-Team is ...
by stereochad
Sep 8th, 2009
02:44:14 PM
Sam Rockwell as Murdoch
by Royston Lodge
Sep 8th, 2009
02:50:09 PM
this is PERFECT casting
by smackfu
Sep 8th, 2009
03:12:27 PM
Liam Neeson slumming?
by skimn
Sep 8th, 2009
03:14:25 PM
Murdoch
by Bumpasses Dawg
Sep 8th, 2009
03:17:59 PM
Three Kings = Best Possible A-Team Movie
by paddington
Sep 8th, 2009
03:21:24 PM
But who will play Boogie the Bear?
by BiggusDickus
Sep 8th, 2009
03:21:42 PM
Depp = Murdoch
by estacado1
Sep 8th, 2009
03:25:46 PM
UGNNNNNNNNNNN FOOL!
by picardsucks
Sep 8th, 2009
03:37:53 PM
A-Team's magic was all about the chemistry
by ominus
Sep 8th, 2009
03:39:46 PM
I hope this is a straight up action movie....
by Mr Spork
Sep 8th, 2009
03:49:59 PM
Don't Trust Anything written in the
by InActionMan
Sep 8th, 2009
03:50:36 PM
sn ickers...
by emeraldboy
Sep 8th, 2009
03:53:34 PM
Those pics
by MacReady452
Sep 8th, 2009
04:19:39 PM
LIAM NEESON *WAS* THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN!!!!!!!
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 8th, 2009
04:20:28 PM
Why not cast a white guy like Brock Lesnar or Peter Sarsgaard?
by Mr. Waturi
Sep 8th, 2009
04:21:23 PM
Robin Williams for Murdoch? Uh, no.
by lockesbrokenleg
Sep 8th, 2009
04:31:30 PM
The Gay Team
by InActionMan
Sep 8th, 2009
04:36:19 PM
Someone wanna tell me when Flo Rida started acting?
by TheQuakerOatsGuy
Sep 8th, 2009
04:47:50 PM
Nerd_Rage_Retard_Strength
by InActionMan
Sep 8th, 2009
04:50:28 PM
InActionMan LOL
by ZombieHeathLedger
Sep 8th, 2009
05:13:40 PM
KATEE SACKHOFF AS FACEMAN
by Mullah Omar
Sep 8th, 2009
06:04:35 PM
I don't give a shit who plays what in this movie
by thelordofhell
Sep 8th, 2009
06:34:29 PM
This is perfect actually. Rampage has a lot of fans.
by ganymede3010
Sep 8th, 2009
06:41:33 PM
LMAO at Carl Winslow for B.A.
by versatol
Sep 8th, 2009
07:26:04 PM
Draft Terry Tate
by chimpjnr
Sep 8th, 2009
07:36:11 PM
Rampage Jackson???
by Joshman9386
Sep 8th, 2009
07:45:33 PM
I Never Watch UFC, But..
by My_IQ_is_135
Sep 8th, 2009
07:49:39 PM
I agree...................VOTE KIMBO SLICE!!!!!!!!
by GibsonUSA Returns
Sep 8th, 2009
08:01:46 PM
Clean record?
by Dazzler69
Sep 8th, 2009
08:10:09 PM
Michael Vick as B.A. ...
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Sep 8th, 2009
08:15:07 PM
Funny Violence?
by SmokingRobot
Sep 8th, 2009
08:28:17 PM
WILL NOBODY BE KILLED IN A HAIL OF GUNFIRE?
by BringingSexyBack
Sep 8th, 2009
08:36:59 PM
This bum isn't fit to wipe Mr. T's anus.
by Uncle Stan
Sep 8th, 2009
08:42:49 PM
They shoulda got Terry Tate, Office Linebacker
by The Grug
Sep 8th, 2009
08:52:19 PM
BringingSexyBack - Funny line.
by Mennen
Sep 8th, 2009
09:05:29 PM
Shut up foo, dis man ain't no Baracus!
by tip
Sep 8th, 2009
09:14:18 PM
Can a Greatest American Hero be far behind?
by Volstaff
Sep 8th, 2009
09:14:46 PM
Look at what's happenin' to meeeeee
by thelordofhell
Sep 8th, 2009
09:23:44 PM
I can't believe it myself
by thelordofhell
Sep 8th, 2009
09:24:09 PM
Suddenly I'm up on top of the world
by thelordofhell
Sep 8th, 2009
09:25:29 PM
It should have been somebody eeeeellllsssseeee
by thelordofhell
Sep 8th, 2009
09:26:15 PM
Believe it or not, IIII'm walkin' on air
by thelordofhell
Sep 8th, 2009
09:27:31 PM
I never thought I could fell so freeeeeee
by thelordofhell
Sep 8th, 2009
09:28:08 PM
Flyin' away, on a wiiiing and a prayer
by thelordofhell
Sep 8th, 2009
09:28:41 PM
Whooo could it beeeee?
by thelordofhell
Sep 8th, 2009
09:29:16 PM
Believe it or not, it's just meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
by thelordofhell
Sep 8th, 2009
09:29:51 PM
will Neeson do an American accent?
by IKICKASSFORTHELORD
Sep 8th, 2009
10:12:41 PM
Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson is not coming back!
by Fareal
Sep 8th, 2009
10:28:00 PM
Ryan Reynolds would have made a great Faceman with his boyish go
by El_Jefe
Sep 8th, 2009
10:31:43 PM
What about the most important casting?
by ME_M
Sep 8th, 2009
10:55:27 PM
Fuck Saul Rubinek.
by Franky 5 Fingers
Sep 8th, 2009
10:56:26 PM
MMA is going the way of Boxing and Wrestling...
by conspiracy
Sep 8th, 2009
11:12:17 PM
Another shit Hollywood clusterfuck...
by MajorFrontbum
Sep 8th, 2009
11:35:02 PM
Alexa Davalos or Minka Kelly as reporter Amy Allen.
by The_Genteel_Gentile
Sep 9th, 2009
12:05:53 AM
Liam Neeson has a huge cock.
by Cujo_Fugate
Sep 9th, 2009
12:18:44 AM
I'll say it, though this flick doesn't deserve it. MURDOCK IS...
by The_Genteel_Gentile
Sep 9th, 2009
12:20:20 AM
Agreed. Terry Crews for baracus.
by JoeHungg
Sep 9th, 2009
12:25:05 AM
WOOPSEE...Spelled the name wrong on the first try!
by The_Genteel_Gentile
Sep 9th, 2009
12:27:41 AM
eljefe wins the thread
by ZombieHeathLedger
Sep 9th, 2009
01:16:44 AM
MacGyver could kick the A Team's butt!
by damn_dirty_ape
Sep 9th, 2009
01:25:37 AM
Bruce Campbell as Murdoch
by Chuck_Chuckwalla
Sep 9th, 2009
02:21:32 AM
The cast sucks,the movie is going to suck too
by ominus
Sep 9th, 2009
03:08:23 AM
I pity the fool who is going to watch this movie
by ominus
Sep 9th, 2009
04:10:36 AM
Cast is great. Sam Rockwell for Murdoch
by Laserhead
Sep 9th, 2009
04:52:50 AM
one vote for sam rockwell as murdoch
by ominus
Sep 9th, 2009
05:57:26 AM
Midnight Meat Train
by The McPoyle Clan
Sep 9th, 2009
06:25:16 AM
"Maybe get Leslie Nielsen to be serious again..."
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Sep 9th, 2009
06:51:49 AM
"Dammit I was hoping for Michael Cera..."
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Sep 9th, 2009
06:54:27 AM
Was hoping for Martin Lawrence the leader of black people.
by Damien Chowder
Sep 9th, 2009
06:58:59 AM
GARY COLEMAN AS B.A. BARACUS
by Curious_Jorge
Sep 9th, 2009
08:44:56 AM
Hard to believe nobody's mentioned...
by juice diabolo
Sep 9th, 2009
08:49:19 AM
I wish Liam wasn't doing this movie....
by Dasher
Sep 9th, 2009
09:05:19 AM
they already made this movie- it was called THREE KINGS
by Maniaq
Sep 9th, 2009
09:33:13 AM
Michael Jai White as BA
by Meadowe
Sep 9th, 2009
10:59:58 AM
That's my hometown boy!!
by jawsfan
Sep 9th, 2009
11:27:58 AM
Great Choice
by BranMakMorn
Sep 9th, 2009
11:38:50 AM
Samuel Jackson as BA
by Stalkeye
Sep 9th, 2009
12:01:04 PM
BTW I would also love to see a Powerman/Iron Fist film .
by Stalkeye
Sep 9th, 2009
12:06:13 PM
Well, he does have the look...
by Logan_1973
Sep 9th, 2009
12:06:51 PM
No one will see this if Mr. T isn't coming back!
by Sith Witch
Sep 9th, 2009
12:20:37 PM
Kimbo Slice
by Arashikage
Sep 9th, 2009
12:23:21 PM
Kimbo Slice is shy and doesn't know what to say to the camera
by Brosefulae
Sep 9th, 2009
12:34:26 PM
Linguo_is_dead
by Brosefulae
Sep 9th, 2009
12:38:23 PM
@Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson is not coming back!
by Disney_Retcond_my_STD
Sep 9th, 2009
12:49:19 PM
"I love it when a cast comes together."
by BanditDarville
Sep 9th, 2009
03:24:37 PM
You do realize that Mr T was the shortest in the team?
by ominus
Sep 9th, 2009
04:17:41 PM
oi banditdarville mate
by ominus
Sep 9th, 2009
04:19:40 PM
Will He Drive the Van?
by misterorange
Sep 9th, 2009
04:52:42 PM
Midnight Meat Train
by redkamel
Sep 9th, 2009
06:48:21 PM
Chief Redcock as MAD DOG MURDOCK
by Gus Van Rant
Sep 9th, 2009
08:00:52 PM
Michael Jai White
by DangerDave
Sep 9th, 2009
11:51:22 PM
Needs Mohawk
by BetaSword
Sep 10th, 2009
02:52:35 AM
Sharlto Copley as Murdock?
by LastOfTheV8Interceptors
Sep 10th, 2009
04:14:42 AM
Copley rumor is credible
by martisco
Sep 10th, 2009
07:37:30 AM
clarification
by martisco
Sep 10th, 2009
08:09:31 AM
Also
by martisco
Sep 10th, 2009
08:53:45 AM
Is it just me?
by Fill3rup
Sep 10th, 2009
10:46:46 AM

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