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Today In A-TEAM Casting News: Copley And Biel Confirmed "In Talks"!

Published at:  Sep 15, 2009 8:20:28 PM CDT

Beaks here...



Kudos to Blackfilm.com's Wilson Morales for nailing last week's scoop that DISTRICT 9's brilliant Sharlto Copley is in talks to play H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdoch in Joltin' Joe Carnahan's THE A-TEAM! Always happy to see my online brethren beat the trades to a story or two.

Wilson's scoop has been confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter's thoroughly honorable Borys Kit, who also throws in this tantalizing bit of info: Jessica Biel is in negotiations to play an Army general and former flame of Bradley Cooper's Templeton "Faceman" Peck who is now trying to capture the team. This is obviously different than the series' token female role of Amy (Melinda Culea), who functioned as one of the team's reliable above-ground contacts. In other words, there's a chance Biel's role won't be completely thankless.

If both Copley and Biel sign on, they'll join Cooper, Liam Neeson (as Hannibal) and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (B.A.). So far, I'm like the way this is coming together.



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    Readers Talkback

  • Sep 15, 2009 8:17:16 PM CDT

    This project is depressing. Not sure why.

    by flickapoo

  • Sep 15, 2009 8:19:46 PM CDT

    ...but so did the idea of a new BSG, and it turned out...

    by flickapoo

    ...great. So what do I know?...

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:20:28 PM CDT

    Biel as an army general? That has to be typo.

    by sid 8.0

    Lieutenant maybe even a captain but that's pushing it.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:22:24 PM CDT

    Confirmed In Talks?

    by sanitykaos

    That's a contradiction. "In talks" would mean that it's not yet confirmed. Like when I ask someone a question and they go, "Yeah, no"

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:22:28 PM CDT

    Sid beat me to it

    by lando griffin

    Biel as a General in the girl scouts I could buy

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:24:07 PM CDT

    Qui-Gon Jinn?

    by titus05

    damn what's Liam Neeson doing in this crap?...he must be broke

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:26:24 PM CDT

    Biel's Ass

    by disney_retcond_my_std

    has final script approval

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:27:12 PM CDT

    So Jessica Biel is Lance LeGault in this

    by indycollector

    W..T...F?

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:27:58 PM CDT

    yeah

    by bloo

    Biel as a captain sure, but General...come on Hollywood we're not THAT stupid

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:29:42 PM CDT

    Come on

    by dancingforever

    This has got enough coverage as it is, please just stop. It was funny from the start to act as if this will be anything but shite, but enough is enough.
    To act as if an A Team movie is anything put the last nail in the coffin of American cinema is beyond ridiculous. I would even say that this movie has potential to push more Americans even further away from the homegrown product. It's bad enough that if we are lucky we get maybe 2-3 good films a year. An A Team movie is the penultimate point where we can all say that American cinema has officially died.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:29:55 PM CDT

    I *ALSO* love it when a plan comes together

    by darth busey

    Unfortunately, this is not the case here.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:30:22 PM CDT

    Copley really was fantastic in District 9

    by slone13

    I'll watch him take on Murdock. I don't give a shit about Biel, though. I'm not saying she's not hot, I'm just saying she's boring and not my type.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:30:51 PM CDT

    I'm sure there's 2 or 3 female generals in U.S. armed forces

    by aliendragqueen

    so this is not a knock against female service women, but there is no fucking way, someone under the age of 30 is qualified and capable and possible of being a fucking general. I know this movie is supposed to be fun and all, but shit they've lost more credibility than Kanye West over that shit.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:32:24 PM CDT

    We need new celebrities.

    by ebonic_plague

    The ones we have now are all too recognizable and shit. They need to manufacture some new talent.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:32:56 PM CDT

    Anything That Gives Carnahan The Freedom...

    by mrbeaks

    ... to make more films like NARC is not a lost cause.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:34:30 PM CDT

    Jessica Biel a General!?!?!?

    by blackmantis

    At least she could get her men standing at attention if you know what I mean.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:35:12 PM CDT

    Who are the ad wizards...

    by wampa 1

    ...that came up with this one?

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:40:08 PM CDT

    God Am I The Only One Who Can't Wait For This?

    by kenjinattix

    Call him what you want...Carnahan can shoot. He has a great eye for action. (See Sniper Scene in Smokin' Aces) And now he's doing a Hollywood version of one of my favorite action TV shows. And if he takes it a little serious, this could be a sleeper. People keep thinking its campy but if you really put the plot of the A-Team in a bubble...you know..the origin...it sounds like a great action movie...at least to me. (4 of the baddest Army commandos are set up for crime and go on the run from the military.) Hell its like Bourne Identity with 4 Jason Bournes. Honestly you really just have to ratchet down the camp a little and ratchet up the action and I think this kicks ass.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:41:33 PM CDT

    Jessica Biel/General > Denise Richards/Nuclear Physicist?

    by tylerzero

  • Sep 15, 2009 8:44:28 PM CDT

    Bomb. Horrible Bomb.

    by lockesbrokenleg

    Land of the Lost failure. They will turn it into a spoof.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:45:50 PM CDT

    Jessica Biel

    by ebonic_plague

    Jessica Biel as a chick in the Army = believable.

    Jessica Biel as an Army general = not remotely believable

    If she's just some chick in the Army who helps out the A-team, that would work. So maybe somebody passing along this info just got confused.

    Jessica Biel's ass = unbelievable, BTW.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:47:03 PM CDT

    Carnahan and Romanek have really been idiots.

    by juansanchez

    Don't piss on or get yourself fired from every big studio gig you get. At least Carnahan is finally wising up.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:49:18 PM CDT

    Jesus jumped-up Christ

    by fasteddie8139

    What's next, Abigail Breslin as Secretary of Defense? Biel playing a general has to be a typo or misquote or something. No filmmaker is that retarded.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:52:37 PM CDT

    Patience Circus Animals...

    by theycallmemrtibbs

    The casting on this is not bad. We could've gotten the Apatow dirty dozen. This thing is becoming way more interesting than that Green Hornet Bull Shizzle. What if a quality script is attached to this thing?

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:53:05 PM CDT

    Copley

    by martisco

    Copley did an interview with French Premiere last week where he said he had a "new job just confirmed" although he refused to name the project. And he was beaming like a schoolboy who'd just snagged his first copy of Hustler. Soooo, I dunno what this "in talks" stuff is about. Sounded like a done deal to me.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:53:43 PM CDT

    I'm all for being somewhat politically correct...

    by ackack

    But there is no way to believe that Jessica Biel could be a general in the army. I know, I know, girl power and all that crap, but wake up. Sorry to tell you PC hollywood, but not everyone can do anything they want.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:54:34 PM CDT

    Speaking of Bullshit, Year One.....

    by theycallmemrtibbs

  • Sep 15, 2009 8:55:28 PM CDT

    President called Kanye West a "jackass"

    by trannyformers_apologist

    "ABC News says it was wrong for its employees to tweet that Obama had called West a "jackass" for the rapper's treatment of country singer Taylor Swift. The network said some of its employees had overheard a conversation between the president and CNBC's John Harwood and didn't realize it was considered off the record."

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:56:51 PM CDT

    Jessica Alba as a Rocket Scientist

    by djamdjean

  • Sep 15, 2009 8:57:42 PM CDT

    Katie Holmes as President of the USA

    by djamdjean

  • Sep 15, 2009 8:58:10 PM CDT

    Jessica Simpson as head ot the NSA

    by djamdjean

  • Sep 15, 2009 8:59:15 PM CDT

    If Biel shows her ass she can play Patton for all I care.

    by juansanchez

    If not - fuck off. A general? Fucking ridiculous. Those army pants better be assless, missy!

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  • Sep 15, 2009 8:59:16 PM CDT

    "Fucking Ass Hole" would've been more appropriate

    by theycallmemrtibbs

  • Sep 15, 2009 9:01:12 PM CDT

    Jessica Biel is Hot Garbage

    by crow3711

    Literally. And not in that hipster, fashion channel way. She literally is super hot garbage. She's completely terrible in every but aesthetically. I can't believe she lands roles though. There are hotter women with more talent. She does not have the capability of pulling off the a big bad in a film. She will be crushed.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 9:03:45 PM CDT

    "penultimate"

    by martisco

    "An A Team movie is the penultimate point where we can all say that American cinema has officially died."

    Uhhh you DO know that "penultimate" doesn't mean "final," right?

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  • Sep 15, 2009 9:04:32 PM CDT

    oh

    by martisco

    and it's not like 19 out of every 20 films discussed here on AICN isn't complete shite anyway. Why is this one thought to be especially portentious of doom?

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  • Sep 15, 2009 9:10:31 PM CDT

    Still should have been Terry Crews for B.A.

    by johnnythanatos

    Seriously, that dude has flawless timing. When I picture that apoplectic rage/panic BA would fly into from finding out that they were about to go on a plane, can you really see anyone doing it better than Crews? It would bring the LOL.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 9:11:35 PM CDT

    Now we know wut audience they are aiming for... WHOOP, WHOOP!

    by damien chowder

    Jessica Biel I am a fan of for comedies... But for a general? Fuck in hell! Looks like a download for me.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 9:31:22 PM CDT

    A General of What?

    by backwardgalaxy

    Jessica Biel as an Army General? Does Liam know about this?

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  • Sep 15, 2009 9:35:19 PM CDT

    She can be the General

    by thefreeagents

    and I'll have a Major Woody. Budum dum

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  • Sep 15, 2009 9:36:04 PM CDT

    Copley & Christoph Waltz get sucked into the machine

    by whodis

    They gotta eat!

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  • Sep 15, 2009 9:38:23 PM CDT

    Just keep the music and the van

    by thelordofhell

    And I'll go see this. But unfortunately we're gonna have to hear some hip/hop remix of the A-Team theme and the group will be putzing around in a Hummer.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 9:41:06 PM CDT

    Jessica Biel is, um, too young to be a general?

    by kuldan

    Um....yeah.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 9:49:47 PM CDT

    Is this article gonna give me a virus?

    by themcflyfarm

    must . . . resist . . . looking at . . . Biel . . .photos!

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  • Sep 15, 2009 9:53:06 PM CDT

    Bad actress, but great ass

    by toilet_terror

    = future Oscar winner.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 9:53:52 PM CDT

    Yeah, Biel is a regular 'ol Thunderbolt Ross

    by yackbacker

    Silly fucking idea making her a general, if that's true.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 9:58:26 PM CDT

    I will throttle that ass

    by supercowbell5thecowbellhasspoken

    Call me jessica. I got big meat

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  • Sep 15, 2009 9:58:39 PM CDT

    You fanboys will be the death of cinema yet.

    by jimmay

    Every time you over-eager man-children get so excited over a ridiculous property from your TV soaked childhood being adapted for the modern screen, and every time you act surprised when it sucks. Stop, think critically for a second, and your nostalgia will be overcome by the gradual realization that you just can't go back. So stop trying.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 10:02:37 PM CDT

    nooooooooooooooooooo

    by ikickassforthelord

    no women in the main cast, unless they've got a problem and noone else can help them, or named Amy. so lame, political corectness went out in the '90s, i mean come - on.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 10:10:05 PM CDT

    I'm saying right now - GI JOE!!

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Sep 15, 2009 10:11:43 PM CDT

    Don't like the casting of Neeson..

    by moonlightdrive

    partly because I don't like watching him anyway (although admittedly he was great in Taken) and not sure about Copley. Could have gone for a obvious fit (Carrey). B.A. is OK but they could have used MR T. Cooper is perfect. Clooney for Hannibal was my choice (another obvious fit).

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  • Sep 15, 2009 10:15:21 PM CDT

    Why ruin this with Jessica Biel's presence?!

    by kal reeve

    Does every current film require the pointless presence of a "hot chick" in role she is obviously not suited for?

    Silly, soulless, and stupefying.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 10:16:48 PM CDT

    They promptly escaped from a maximum security prison

    by me_m

    I always enjoyed that line. It's not enough that they beat national security, they did it as quickly as they felt like.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 10:33:20 PM CDT

    where the fuck is Jay Leno Show Talkback #2

    by aliendragqueen

    I expect one every night

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  • Sep 15, 2009 10:35:27 PM CDT

    Hope...

    by necros

    I hope Dennis Franz reprises his role as a greasy ass corrupt car salesman.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 10:38:19 PM CDT

    Liam NEESON?!

    by kevred

    All I can think to say is...why? I like Neeson a lot. The idea of an A-Team movie is pretty darn tired, but could be fun. But I just can't see him in this. I don't get it."Steven Spielberg's LINCOLN...featuring the star of THE A-TEAM..."

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  • Sep 15, 2009 10:43:34 PM CDT

    NEESON?!

    by somecasper

    The mark has been widely missed. Eric Roberts is anointed on high to play this role.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 10:44:15 PM CDT

    I know it's the A-Team, but Biel as a General?

    by oski

    FACE PALM

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  • Sep 15, 2009 10:59:16 PM CDT

    lol...

    by cheyne_stoking_dms

    Casting Director: "Uhhhmmm...Mr.Neeson, wouldn't you rather sign onto an actual good project? Considering you're a good actor and all?"
    Liam Neeson: I gotta eat.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 11:07:29 PM CDT

    Nope...Oh no, watch your heads, I feel a rant comin' on!

    by the_genteel_gentile

    I'm in opposition to this entire enterprise in it's curent incarnation. Joe Carnahan is not a good filmmaker. Narc was a fluke and not nearly as brilliant as has been purported. He may fancy himself a Soderbergh or Tarantino, but he's a Troy Duffy at best and we don't need his ilk debauching our precious nostalgia soaked yearnings with his taint. This man is a fraud, he has no sensitivity or artistry in what he aims to acheive. I don't even think he's a talented hack, which is really all this project truely requires. No, this will be a travesty. To all whom ever dreamed of seeing a big budgeted, tightly wound action thriller based on the fond memories of the television of our youth, my condolences, this will not be it. Not to self aggrandize, but I guarantee I'd make a much better film than Carnahan. And I'm probably my own biggest detractor and oppressor. Alas I've no sway in the subject and thusly will not be able swoop in and save you all from the trite that is sure to follow. Sorry all, but I've yet to shed enough dignity nor screw over enough people to be in a position to set this debacle right. My apologies if thus candor does offended but "Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane" and "Smokin' Aces" coupled with his hideously boastful and inane commentary for the later have rendered me dead set against Carnahan's success and career. I believe him a vile and egotistical con man.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 11:08:42 PM CDT

    Biel in nothing but stars and bars

    by macready452

    Copley is so wrong for this. totally idsappointed. Biel a general?...OK. District0 guy as Murdock?..your losing me.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 11:10:04 PM CDT

    Genteel Gentile

    by somecasper

    Holy shit, you're full of yourself! Things blowing up in a vaguely stylistic manner is all this film asks of it's director. The dialogue will make or break it.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 11:10:25 PM CDT

    I work at an AFB...

    by dr. butthole

    ... and there are no generals under SIXTY. This isn't to say a woman can't be a general (there are quite a few now, actually), this is only to say nobody under 30 is going to be a general. If that's the case, the USA is in some serious, BSG-type trouble. I'll give her Major, but that would be pushing it.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 11:12:42 PM CDT

    I like Jessica but...

    by logan_1973

    WAY too young to be a General. COME ON!

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  • Sep 15, 2009 11:17:14 PM CDT

    What the fuck is wrong with 'Narc'?...

    by cheyne_stoking_dms

    Completely and totally underrated

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  • Sep 15, 2009 11:22:22 PM CDT

    Biel.

    by lastofthev8interceptors

    Suddenly I'm interested in this project.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 11:23:49 PM CDT

    somecasper - Not even remotely.

    by the_genteel_gentile

    A more severly depressed and reserved individual you'll likely never find. However I do resent the egotist known as Carnahan. I think I did make mention that all this film requires is a talented hack, however just because Mauro Fiore knows how to shoot pretty pictures does not mean Carnahan knows haw to direct them. Narc was decent, but that was a long time ago and it wasn't all that impressive anyhow.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 11:28:49 PM CDT

    If the casting calls are real...

    by frofropimp

    Biel will be playing Captain Charisa Sosa, not a General.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 11:38:53 PM CDT

    I like Carnahan, but this will have to be PG-13.

    by outlawsdelejos

    And I just can't see it being adapted into something remotely watchable in that age bracket. And remember Biel in Stealth? Anyone buy her as an elite fight pilot? Stick to stripping.

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  • oh ... right ... this is Hollywood we're talking about, where the creatively bankrupt people go to die.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 11:48:56 PM CDT

    I think he meant to say she'll be playing a generly atractive

    by ikickassforthelord

    young woman who has a problem and no one else can solve it, so she finds and hires the A-team.

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  • Sep 15, 2009 11:51:09 PM CDT

    COPLEY!!!!! ...crickets...

    by executor

    Sharlto Copley!!!!! ...crickets...
    That guy who was the lead guy in District 9!!!!! OK, now I get it!!!Point: Copley as a headline isn't too exciting.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 12:00:00 AM CDT

    Any movie is bette with Jessica Biel in it.

    by ganymede3010

    That chick has ass for days!

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  • Sep 16, 2009 12:08:33 AM CDT

    C'MON WITH IT!!

    by chezking

    This movie is going to be a lotta fun. Every body seems very well cast. I love the idea of Rampage playing B.A. He's going to be great in the role. Jessica Biel? C'mon, you can't go wrong with her!
    They just need to confirm the van!!

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  • Sep 16, 2009 12:37:04 AM CDT

    Seriously? Jessica Biel?

    by codenamesilentg

    OK, I have no problem with Jessica Biel... but you know, at some point my suspension of disbelief can only go so far... Jessica Biel as a GENERAL.... come on? Really?

    I'm sorry, but when you hear the title of general, one expects a person of a certain age, level of life experience.

    I don't forsee anyone believing a 27 y/o could ever in the wildest realm of their imagination be a U.S. Army General... if they can, then they are an idiot.

    Jessica Biel is an OK actress, she was semi believable in Stealth in a military role, despite after her crash she seemed to have no SERE training for the top pilot she was supposed to have been.

    She is eye candy, no less, and this personally is a silly choice for such a role, at least as a general, if she were some lesser ranking officer, that might be believable.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 12:57:33 AM CDT

    A general? wtf?

    by punto

    she's like 25, did she fuck the commander in chief to get that rank? (I don't know who's above a general.. colonel? major? whatever)

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  • Sep 16, 2009 1:22:03 AM CDT

    Why aren't they trying to remake the Sinbad films?

    by thelordofhell

    Just sayin'

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  • Sep 16, 2009 1:32:04 AM CDT

    KIM. BOE. SLICE.

    by gibsonusa returns

    Get Kimbo Slice in this and like 10 of my friends would be wanting to see it.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 1:41:06 AM CDT

    Seriously

    by series7

    Can we get a counter on the home page or something? List the main movies getting a new casting news everyday, A-Team, Green Hornet and Three Stooges Movie. See just how many casting changes they each get.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 2:01:15 AM CDT

    Lets Roll Hard!!!!!

    by nationundead

    Come on!

    Liam and co is too awesome not to see!

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  • Sep 16, 2009 2:15:21 AM CDT

    My prediction:

    by kwisatzhaderach

    This will be absolutely fucking terrible, just like every other 're-imagining' Hollywood ever attempted.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 3:00:34 AM CDT

    If Biel wears the shorts that the original actress

    by ominus

    wore in the first season,i am in.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 3:01:24 AM CDT

    oh wait she is Lance and not the reporter?

    by ominus

    WHAT THE FUCK????

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  • Sep 16, 2009 3:02:11 AM CDT

    Sure she isn't listed as: 'Amy, generic'?

    by lone fox

    Ba-doom cha

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  • Sep 16, 2009 3:03:35 AM CDT

    ah i get they want to mix some romance between

    by ominus

    the hunter and the hunter ala holywood style.yeah...fucking great.....i wonder what are the new changes in the original concept.maybe Face is a fag?

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  • Sep 16, 2009 3:04:51 AM CDT

    i get = i get it hunter=hunted

    by ominus

    add a fucking edit button ffs

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  • Sep 16, 2009 3:05:25 AM CDT

    new=other

    by ominus

  • Sep 16, 2009 3:08:17 AM CDT

    maybe she is the generals right hand

    by ominus

    The general hunts the a-team,but she falls in love with face,and she helps them to escape when they get caught by the army or the bad guys in the movie.cliche story.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 3:36:57 AM CDT

    The more important question...

    by somecasper

    Who will be playing the building superintendent running a protection scheme to force old women out so a casino can be built by a gangster with paramilitary henchmen?

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  • Sep 16, 2009 4:13:16 AM CDT

    Jessica Biel as an Army General?

    by fiester

    Sure, why not? It's a comedy, right?

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  • Sep 16, 2009 4:28:19 AM CDT

    Believability?

    by mr. zeddemore

    It's the A-Team, you fools. The show where grizzled Vietnam vets DIDN'T kill anyone. Ever. And attacked mobsters while leaving no evidence. So the mobsters could then kill the 'victims' that the A-Team forgot about when they left town.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 5:07:08 AM CDT

    Biel means I'm out.

    by burnednotice_dude

  • Sep 16, 2009 5:40:22 AM CDT

    Jessica Biel as girl in tank top in truck, YES.

    by sal_bando

    Biel as General-NO. Biel in General's Office as 'Admin Assist IV', sure!

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  • Sep 16, 2009 6:10:47 AM CDT

    They'll beef up Biel's part...which is the wrong approach

    by harryblackpotter

    She can play a small part (a wimpering, simpering, damsel in distress), but The A Team was a show for boys. 4 ex marines righting wrongs and blowing s**t up. That was it. I bet Biel will even get 3rd billing...ahead of Murdoch...Jez..getting mad thinking about this now. It's like finding that your GI Joe has gone missing and you find him in your sisters room, dressed in a frock and sitting down at a tea-party. They're gonna sissify this so much, you might as well call it the GAy Team.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 6:17:38 AM CDT

    I know The A-Team wasn't the most realistic show but...

    by mr_incredible

    Jessica Biel as an Army general? That's got to be a typo. Did she join the Army when she was 13 or something? And if so, did she fuck her way to the top or something?

    What's next? Megan Fox as a Nobel Prize winner with an IQ of 190?

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  • Sep 16, 2009 6:26:08 AM CDT

    Copley is a REAL star, Biel just manufactured

    by industrykiller!

    Cant stand watching Biel mug her way through roles. Shes lucky that studios and producers arbitrarily chose to insist to the public that shes a star and force filmmakers to cast her. Copley is an ACTUAL star. A huge new talent that got noticed via a brilliant performance.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 7:02:59 AM CDT

    if this is to have ANY chance at being good...

    by seth cohen

    they should steer clear of hiring ANYONE named jessica (abla, biel, simpson... etc.)... theyre all interchangeably bad and bring almost nothing of worth to any project they are involved in... i say almost nothing because parts of them (im looking at your weird lips and michael jackson nose, jessica biel!) are nice to look at (im looking at your out of this world ass, jessica biel!)

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  • Sep 16, 2009 7:08:50 AM CDT

    You know what would be killer?

    by the new transported man

    A Halo game using the GIJOE property. Joe vs. Cobra instead of Red vs. Blue. Getting to use the GIJOE vehicles in "heavy" matches. Weapon pickups & vehicles determining which character you are, like get into a chopper & you're Wild Bill, pick up a flamethrower & you're Blowtorch. Also the ability to parachute out of your plane when you're getting shot to shit, & a water level so you can use all of those aquatic characters & vehicles. Why hasn't this happened already?

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  • Sep 16, 2009 7:29:23 AM CDT

    Biel as Amy, YES! Biel as Decker? NOOOO!

    by wes_reviews_

    Why does everything these days have to have an unnecessary love story crammed into it? Biel would be the perfect Amy. Biel as an army tough did no favors for Stealth, nor will it do any favors for this film. The general needs to be someone like Sam Elliot, William Hurt, Kurtwood Smith, Charles Napier, Kurt Russell, or even Chuck Norris. Don't add a love story just to add a "twist" to the backstory. The A-Team doesn't need a twist. It needs action, fun, and explosions. PLEASE re-think this horrible, misguided scripting and casting decision.

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  • If you're going to be that ridiculous with the casting, why not just make her the Pope?

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  • Sep 16, 2009 7:46:46 AM CDT

    Wha?

    by bizarrojerry

    I can't really express the sentiments of everyone here any better. It's just absurd. I'm not sure, but I think nuclear physicist Denise Richards in that Bond flick may be slightly more plausible than this. Is it possible she would be a Colonel in this?? That may be almost excusable.For the record, some quick research indicates Douglas MacArthur became the youngest ever Army general in 1918 at age 38. Not sure if that's still the youngest age, but Biel is ten years younger.And finally, "Smoking Aces" is a ridiculous mess.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 7:49:36 AM CDT

    Filming Biel Character Back Story Now!

    by buzz maverik

    It starts with her as a green recruit on Paris Island. Kat Dennings is doing an uncredited cameo as her hard nosed D.I. and Meagan Fox plays an embittered combat veteran who lost her leg but still starts fights in the local bars...

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  • Sep 16, 2009 8:04:33 AM CDT

    So FACE is the Bad Guy still?

    by charyoutree

    Fuck this movie if it is and Bradley Coopers a prick, The Hangover was shite.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 8:06:01 AM CDT

    Jessica Biel is box office poison.

    by statelywaynemanor

    I pity the fool that pays to see this.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 8:31:45 AM CDT

    General Biel? Why not John Cho as Frankie then?

    by mastersofnonepodcast

  • Sep 16, 2009 8:34:39 AM CDT

    That's like Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist!

    by snake foreskin

    Or even a nucular physicist!
    On the other hand, it's good to see that gay men are able to make it so far in the military!

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  • Sep 16, 2009 8:38:47 AM CDT

    Cast

    by cobbio

    I like the cast of this movie, especially the under-utilized Bradley Cooper, and I think Joe Carnahan has loads of potential. "Narc" was very cool film, while "Smokin' Aces" derailed itself a bit.
    I'm hoping Carnahan has re-focused on making a kickass, well-written, non-stupid interpretation of the "A-Team." I hope he dumps everything from the brainless 1970's show except the characters' names, and delivers us something unexpectedly cool.
    I'm not sold on Biel as a general, either. Though maybe with twenty CG-aided years on her? Could work.
    But I don't know.
    The original show was awful in ways I don't want to think about, so this film needs to take a new and non-stupid road.
    Hopefully Carnahan can make it happen.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 8:40:13 AM CDT

    Quinton Jackson? He isn't the leg humper is he?

    by snake foreskin

    If so, I am so not seeing this shite.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 8:41:56 AM CDT

    Is anyone truly excited for this?

    by basement_cheetoh_eater

    I don't get the appeal...not at all.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 8:43:42 AM CDT

    Haven't seen District 9 yet

    by chewyou812

    But my choice for Murdoch would be Will Arnett from Arrested Development.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 9:03:27 AM CDT

    The Real A-Team...

    by statelywaynemanor

    with A-list talent would've been
    George Clooney, Jim Carrey, Wesley Snipes & Tom Cruise.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 9:16:58 AM CDT

    Quit with the remakes..

    by supermans

    Can't Hollywood come out with anything original.. Gee-Wiz..

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  • Sep 16, 2009 9:19:21 AM CDT

    Kimbo Slice would have made a better Mr. T

    by supermans

    And Michael Weatherly from NCIS looks a lot more like Hannibal Smith, he has his smirk and attitude would make a much better choice than Liam...

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  • Sep 16, 2009 9:50:34 AM CDT

    Was looking forward to this as some dumb fun.

    by hint_of_smegma

    Hearing Biel is attached is now worrying me. She is hot, but that's all, she's a shit actress and how on earth would she be in any way (even A Team, millions of bullets and no-one killed kind of a way believable) believable as a fucking GENERAL???????What, she joined the military when she was a feotus?????? Sharlto Copley as Murdoch though, now that will be superb. Biel as anything other than the hot reporter - fuck off.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 10:06:24 AM CDT

    Shoving Obama in my face is weak sauce.

    by rkdn

    The "BWAHA BLACK LIB IS YER PREZ" tactic is Taco Bell Mild Sauce, Stabby. The sticker shock has worn off.
    What you're seeing now is buyer's remorse, and guess what: its not the Repubs who are feeling it. Nah, we're sitting back enjoying our "i told ya so" euphoria.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 10:07:21 AM CDT

    posting to the wrong talkback is even WEAKER SAUCE

    by rkdn

    im the moron for today's thread. At least Im not as stupid as the guy casting Biel as an Army General.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 10:17:35 AM CDT

    You know...

    by v1

    the more this comes together, the more I'm actually looking forward to it!

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  • Sep 16, 2009 10:18:10 AM CDT

    Will there be a cylon in the opening credits?

    by royston lodge

    'nuff said.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 10:37:25 AM CDT

    The line "Biel as a general"...

    by i am rocko

    ...means that this project is officially dead to me. Not that the TV show was high art, but this is just ugh...and I love Neeson, but I cannot imagine him as Hannibal.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 11:12:39 AM CDT

    copley !

    by candy ass monkey suit

    Im really not sure about Copley as Murdoch. He doesnt sem crazy/zany enough for me and how is he gonna ditch that thick south african accent for an american one..an english actor could do it but not sure if a s african one can pull it off. this could be a disaster !

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  • Sep 16, 2009 11:29:10 AM CDT

    Here's wishing it all the same box-office success that...

    by biggusdickus

    ...'Starsky & Hutch', 'Dukes Of Hazzard' and 'Miami Vice' enjoyed recently.Me, I'm waiting for the 'Airwolf' remake. Sheesh!

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  • Sep 16, 2009 12:20:18 PM CDT

    Seth "General Bieled" himself as Green Hornet

    by statelywaynemanor

    def. To be General Bieled means to be so miscast the whole movie seems impausible.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 1:27:42 PM CDT

    Green Hornet is such a wimp his driver does all the fighting.

    by toilet_terror

    How is Rogen miscast there?

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  • Sep 16, 2009 1:51:09 PM CDT

    Does Seth Rogen...

    by statelywaynemanor

    ...strike you as a newspaper publisher type? I'm just hoping he
    can find a trenchcoat that will fit.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 1:51:54 PM CDT

    "I'll send ya home in a jar!"

    by tedkordlives

    Go Sharlto Go! Jessica Biel, go talk to the Hef already. Sheesh.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 2:12:44 PM CDT

    Robin Williams as Murdoch you wankers!

    by yoda's ball sack

    Cast him already.......

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  • Sep 16, 2009 2:48:30 PM CDT

    Copley can do American accents

    by martisco

    There is some spoof video of digital artist training out there, called Hellweek, where he plays an American green beret hardass type with a put on Southern accent and everything. (His Afrikaner accent in District 9 wasn't real. That was also put on. In real life he just sounds like an English bloke. He does accents. As Jon Lovitz said... "ACTING!")

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  • Sep 16, 2009 2:57:49 PM CDT

    Teri Copley from We Got It Made...

    by statelywaynemanor

    ...would make a better general.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 4:02:36 PM CDT

    I see it now 4 dum as fk men and 1 genius girl general.

    by damien chowder

  • Sep 16, 2009 4:30:43 PM CDT

    Why must Jessica Biel or any hot chick be in this???

    by hollywoodhellraiser

    First, we know its NOT going to improve the film. Yes, I remember Amy in the tv show but she wasn't really needed if you think about it!Second, we know the "hot chick" will get an unbelieveable role where she beating up guys twice her size. Did anyone forget Jessica taking down vamps in Blade 3? It became even more ridiculous because she wore an IPOD!Third, we know the "hot chick" won't be getting naked. The most you can hope for is a 2-3sec bra and panties scene. But thats pathetic given how todat starlets are uptight and get paid millions to keep their clothes on!What a fucking warp society we live in where young women of the 70's-80's were showing alot more and paid alot less!

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  • Sep 16, 2009 6:08:06 PM CDT

    Carnahan did a great job with Narc

    by liljuniorbrown

    I don't know if i'd call it a fluke but to each his own. Personaly,after Smoking Ace's, I wouldn't want any one else directing an A-Team movie. Mel Gibson should've played Hannibal though.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 6:46:10 PM CDT

    liljuniorbrown

    by somecasper

    I wouldn't have thought of Mel, but that's not half bad. How are we to expect Liam Neeson to pull off cross-dressing as a granny or any of the other shenanigans Hannibal would always engage in to trick the thugs? Neeson is not capable of being on the jazz.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 8:43:23 PM CDT

    PERFECT CASTING!!!

    by playkins

    I'm getting excited by this. Narc and Smokin' Aces were great. Narc especially.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 9:10:58 PM CDT

    I read that Patrick Wilson

    by cherryvalance

    is gonna be in this. Is that true? I haven't been paying attention.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 9:55:19 PM CDT

    That Sharlto guy...

    by anna valerious

    He's either good looking, or reminds me of how this guy I CANNOT stand at work SHOULD look. (Please, you're nearing 50, you should be acting like an adult and ditching the bowl cut.) So now...I don't know if I'm attracted or repulsed. Besides, I liked Dwight Schultz from the original (Aside from being a voice actor in such fun shows as "Chowder" and "Invader ZIM") and I don't know if he'll measure up. And I hope this movie is not an excuse to see Jessica Biel in a bikini or underwear. That could ruin it.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 10:04:11 PM CDT

    Clearly this is just bad reporting

    by macready452

    Biel isn't a general. She will be a soldier who finds some shit out but doesn't know what to do so she turns to her old flame, Face to help her out. Will Arnett would be good for Murdoch. I also agree that Neeson doesn't have that smirk to pull off Hannibal. "I love it when a plan comes together." George really looked like he loved it. Neeson makes it look like it "..better fucking come together."

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  • Sep 16, 2009 11:52:53 PM CDT

    I aint gettin on no plane Hannibal!!!

    by snikkar124

  • Sep 16, 2009 11:56:00 PM CDT

    General Jessica Biel. Ha ha ha ha ha ha.

    by kabong

    That's my kind of army.

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  • Sep 17, 2009 4:38:17 AM CDT

    Bill Moseley for Murdoch....!!!

    by monkey_king

    From Chop Top and Otis Drifywood to Howling Mad Murdoch. C'mon' you know I'm right.

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  • Sep 17, 2009 7:47:47 AM CDT

    Given that this...

    by midnightxpress

    ...is entering the realms of fantasy why not go the whole nine yards and have Biel wear a skin tight black PVC catsuit the entire time, as a secret agent "General"...it would be no more ridiclous...and would be hotter and sell more tix...

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  • Sep 17, 2009 8:19:35 AM CDT

    Jessica Biel...

    by wavingflagsinspace

    ...cast as a general? Brilliant. Hollywood is fucking Disneyland and I love it. Hats off to the guys and gals who don't let anything resembling verisimilitude stand in their way.Why let plausibility fuck up a movie about a group of retired/retarded soldiers who can make war planes out of three buckets and a piece of rubber hose. They're just keepin' it real.

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  • Sep 17, 2009 11:00:07 AM CDT

    And she has to be ex-lover of Face

    by kabong

    US Army is going to let a 27-yr-old chick general chase after her ex-boyfriend.

    Always they try to hammer-fit a "personal" angle into shows.

    Just have a general chase the A-Team because it's his job.

    Anyway, it would be nice if General Jessica Biel has to go undercover as a stripper.

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  • Sep 17, 2009 12:06:58 PM CDT

    dream cast

    by darthadv

    George Clooney - Hannibal (see below)
    Brad Pitt - Faceman (see below)
    Jim Carrey - Murdock (this one is beyond obvious for me)
    Dwayne "Rock" Johnson - BA (he's got the mean and the comic timing)

    Col. Decker - Thomas Haden Church (I just like what he could bring to the role; he can play the mean streak with a touch of comedic reprieve)

    Had they approached Clooney and Pitt with an Ocean's 11 type of scenario, I think this could've been doable, and you could have a strong franchise develop.

    I hope what they're going forward with doesn't turn into one of these spoof movies... I detest them so much.

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  • Sep 17, 2009 12:10:43 PM CDT

    btw, Seth Rogen is miscast as the Green Hornet

    by darthadv

    sorry, no disrespect to Seth, but GH needs the leading man type in the role (at least as it was portrayed in the tv series), which Seth is not

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  • Sep 17, 2009 12:53:51 PM CDT

    Bleah

    by forsakyn

    As someone earlier stated, there doesn't need to be some hot gal in this (which I don't consider Biel is anyhow, but that's my opinion). It should just focus on the A-Team, not a generic "former flame of Face now leading the military chase of the A-Team!" I think it's better if whomever is leading the chase *doesn't* know anyone on the A-Team (like Tommy Lee Jones chasing Harrison Ford in The Fugitive) so that they're not biased one way or another - in their mind the A-Team is guilty as charged. Oh well, hopefully it ends up being more fun than Smoking Aces (which I really wanted to like, but just couldn't).

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  • Sep 17, 2009 1:57:50 PM CDT

    There's suspension of belief, then there's

    by grammaton cleric binks

    stupidity. A 27-year old female army general. Yeah, okay. Commissioned at 22 after college or one of the academies, makes general in five years. Not that I'm knocking female generals, but you know they have a tougher career path as they can't go into combat arms.

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  • Sep 17, 2009 9:32:54 PM CDT

    Stephen Lang as Col. Decker

    by macready452

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