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THE A-TEAM Resurrected Again, This Time As A Joe Carnahan Film!

He still owes us an action movie by blindambition238	Jan 27th, 2009 09:22:28 PM
Smokin Aces was all build up with no payoff.
"Inexplicably beloved"????? What the fuck? by SoylentMean	Jan 27th, 2009 09:24:48 PM
How does one not love the A-Team? What, are you about 15 years old? If you were a kid during the 80s it seems required that you would absolutely love The A-Team!!!! I'm waiting for the series to hit Blu-Ray so I can watch it in all its high def glory!
DOA-Team by DOGSOUP	Jan 27th, 2009 09:27:26 PM
Fox, gotta love em (with the dildo-knife from Se7en)
As long as BA Baracus by Cartagia	Jan 27th, 2009 09:28:05 PM
Isn't some wide-grin, metrosexual, talentless hack (I'm looking at you Tyrese), Carnahan is an automatic step up. Chewetel Ejiofor, or however you spell his name, would be great, methinks.
Beaks, you're getting as bad as Merrick. by BYOBkenobi	Jan 27th, 2009 09:28:44 PM
Shut the fuck up with your opinion. Report the headline, sign out. It's that easy.
I'll believe it when I see it at the theater. by comedian_x	Jan 27th, 2009 09:33:19 PM
Carnie-hand just isn't able to finish a movie -- let alone start one -- these days.
He better be using Mr. T as B.A. by Sith Witch	Jan 27th, 2009 09:36:08 PM
Why Singleton wanted a new actor to play him is beyond me. Who would replace the original actor (aka the best thing about the show to begin with) when he's still alive and working, better than ever!
Nice. by SkidMarkedUndies	Jan 27th, 2009 09:39:42 PM
I think.
Carnahan flakes on every other project by SomaShine	Jan 27th, 2009 09:45:39 PM
I'll believe this when teh trailer comes out
if they do this.. by bauer316	Jan 27th, 2009 09:46:18 PM
what i read last yr,that "Face" basically turns heel and is against the rest of the team i will burn Fox down to the last brick,,once 24 is over. I watched the A-team as a kid and again as i was older all on DVD,and the main fuckin premise was these 4 guys together.There was a script online last year or partial script,that Face turns on the team for money.That would be such shit that not only would the burning of Fox occor but Id find who is in charge of Fox movies,the writer of that drivel,the director,and producer,duct tape their eyes open and glue their ass to a chair and make them watch Bamboozled for 3 days straight.Then after that,and some Bauer-like torture with a ball point pen,I'll let them go,with a reminder that they are the biggest pieces of monkey shit this country produced.
this is a terrible idea. by gringostar	Jan 27th, 2009 09:46:31 PM
Like Starsky and Hutch, The Dukes of Hazzard, and Charlie's Angels. What is next, The Fall Guy or TJ Hooker?
Smokin' Aces was Carnahan's stab at a british crime flick by terry1978	Jan 27th, 2009 09:47:18 PM
That's what that whole flick seemed to be trying to be, one of those Snatch Lock Stock Barrel pieces of shit. It had its moments, but I wasn't all enthralled.
blindambition238 by rogueleader66	Jan 27th, 2009 09:47:34 PM
Agree with you 100% SA was really good until the end then it sucked, bad.
Hmmm by SanityKaos	Jan 27th, 2009 09:49:44 PM
I really wanted the John Singleton version!!!
GEORGE CLOONEY AS HANNIBAL, BRAD PITT AS FACE by BringingSexyBack	Jan 27th, 2009 09:49:51 PM
Will Smith as B.A., Ben Affleck as the helicopter guy.
OH AND ANGELINA JOLIE AS THE CHICK by BringingSexyBack	Jan 27th, 2009 09:50:51 PM
They don't call me the master caster for nothing.
More like the "F" team. by otm shank	Jan 27th, 2009 09:52:49 PM
If FOX is involved.
BSB Casting Challenge! by DOGSOUP	Jan 27th, 2009 09:53:29 PM
Cast Spider Jerusalem and his Filthy Assistants....Go!
Carnahan would be awesome for this..... by Playkins	Jan 27th, 2009 09:56:35 PM
Give him a budget. Maybe some of you didn't like "Smokin' Aces", but it was done on a shoestring and let's not forget that he made the near-perfect "Narc", and the best one of the "Hire" short-films. The man can deliver. Give him a chance.
You just Know Shia's going to be in this by SomaShine	Jan 27th, 2009 10:00:45 PM
just sayin
Hey, i LOVE Bamboozled. by s0nicdeathmonkey	Jan 27th, 2009 10:01:13 PM
One of Spike Lee's best.
GEORGE CLOONEY AS SPIDER JERUSALEM by BringingSexyBack	Jan 27th, 2009 10:01:31 PM
Pitt, Smith and Affleck as his Filthy Assistants. Angelina Jolie as the chick. Viola! Master caster strikes again!
Soylent Mean: by Dollar Bird	Jan 27th, 2009 10:02:08 PM
I'll tell you one kid who didn't like that show in the 80s: Me. You can love it all you want, but I thought it was boring. There were no dinosaurs, monsters, spaceships, or robots, so I was not interested. (Also the same reason I didn't like Miami Vice or Dukes of Hazzard.)
I'm In by A-COD	Jan 27th, 2009 10:04:18 PM
Carnahan works for me. I still want to his M:I movie.
BUT WILL THEY SHOOT TWO THOUSAND ROUNDS by BringingSexyBack	Jan 27th, 2009 10:05:19 PM
without causing as much as a flesh wound?
Mr. T is a must-cast by criticalbliss	Jan 27th, 2009 10:08:14 PM
Why would you want to recast BA? Mr. T hasn't aged a fricking day. He's the only choice.
Spider Jerusalem by Chicken Thunder	Jan 27th, 2009 10:10:48 PM
Spike from Buffy as Spider. Any couple of slags willing to get naked as his filthy assistants. That two-faced cat that was born and in the news around December-time as the two-faced cat. Funnily enough.
According to Stephen J Cannell... by Ultimo The Duck	Jan 27th, 2009 10:11:24 PM
He's quite involved in this project. He's talked about it as such in a couple appearances on Adam Carolla's morning radio show. Hell of an interview he is, too.
Tom Rothman as the douchebag by wash	Jan 27th, 2009 10:13:50 PM
He plays himself.
don't do it, T! yer better than this! by ironic_name	Jan 27th, 2009 10:14:35 PM

dream cast.... by captain_kirk	Jan 27th, 2009 10:18:07 PM
ving rhames as ba baracus robert downey jr or johnny depp as murdock (jim carrey is first pick, but is aging) owen wilson should be templeton face man peck and hannibal smith should be played by josh lucas
Wait...Killing Pablo and White Jazz are dead? by Jor-El23	Jan 27th, 2009 10:18:27 PM
C'mon! Another fucking TV remake is alive and quality books like those two are dead?
ROBERT DOWNEY JR AS BA BARACUS by robertplant	Jan 27th, 2009 10:19:00 PM
FIRST.
Theatrical cut of Kingdom of Heaven by daveyf	Jan 27th, 2009 10:20:58 PM
Cut the studio some slack.. the director's cut is like 3 and a half hours long. You need a return on your investment sometimes.
Is Jim Carey still good for Murdock? by ChezKing	Jan 27th, 2009 10:23:13 PM
Or is he too old for that now? Also...Michael Clark Duncan for B.A.? I look forward to this...
revised list....for Steven Soderbergh's A-Team by captain_kirk	Jan 27th, 2009 10:24:45 PM
Clooney and Pitt as Hannibal and Face. Steve Buscemi as Murdoch. Michael CLark Duncan as BA
original dream cast by captain_kirk	Jan 27th, 2009 10:26:42 PM
was Tommy Lee Jones as Hannibal, Treat Williams as Face Jim Carrey as Howlin Mad Barclay, and Ving Rhames as Clubber Lang
Swordfish by slone13	Jan 27th, 2009 10:26:55 PM
Virtually unwatchable.
Fall Guy: TMP by captain_kirk	Jan 27th, 2009 10:28:39 PM
Totally would be there. Just bring back the truck, Colt's cigar baths, and any boobtacular 80's gal named Heather. Come to think of it, I think the Landers sisters should have their own movie.
Playkins by blindambition238	Jan 27th, 2009 10:28:58 PM
I think you're obviously confusing him with Wong Kar Wai who obviously did the best Hire short :D
BJ and the Bear: The Movie by captain_kirk	Jan 27th, 2009 10:29:48 PM
Only now, they should totally suggest thst 'BJ and the bear' is somehow suggestive of homosexuality. Also, the chimp should talk, like Mr. Smith. And again--did someone say Landers sisters?
and i thought by frank cotton	Jan 27th, 2009 10:30:59 PM
hell was bad.
Mr. T as B.A. or don't bother. by Flim Springfield	Jan 27th, 2009 10:32:42 PM

different cast ideas: by captain_kirk	Jan 27th, 2009 10:33:32 PM
Remember in the 80's when we had two Odd Couple remakes--the black odd couple with Demond Wilson and Ron Harris, and the Women Odd Couple with Sally Struthers and Rita Moreno? Here's a few ideas: the Woman A-Team: Concatta Ferrell (or however you spell her name) as Hannibal Jane Smith; Jessica Simpson as Face Gal. Scary Spice as BA; and Angelina Jolie as Howling Mad Murdoch.
So, having never watched this show... by TheMark	Jan 27th, 2009 10:35:00 PM
...is it worth my time to even check out? I'm sure it'll be dated and that's fine, but is this even a project to get excited about? I finally got my password situation worked out here and am now officially addicted to posting. I would shoot you in my veins if I could, internet.
There's a difference ... by shellfishh	Jan 27th, 2009 10:38:55 PM
between nostalgic deference to an old show and simply loving shit because it's old. I grew up in the 80's. Didn't watch or like , A-Team, Dukes of Hazard, Love Boat, or the fucking Transformers. Would have preferred to see a Thundercats movie to Transformers. Do an internal check. If you are cheering for an A-Team movie and you have posted any negative comments about LOST or HEROES or BSG or Doctor Who...fuck, virtually anything, then you are a cunt.
Can the actor they cast to by ChezKing	Jan 27th, 2009 10:40:31 PM
play B.A. have the Mohawk? Because that was Mr. T's style not the characters'. And if B.A. doesn't look like Mr. T, then are we really getting what we want? I mean...I really want to see a B.A. that looks like Mr. T. !!
BEAKS! by Massawyrm 1	Jan 27th, 2009 10:40:47 PM
Just think of every episode as a comedic homage to the last hour of THE SEVEN SAMURAI and it should all work itself out for you. Personally, I love it when a plan comes together.
Sorry. by shellfishh	Jan 27th, 2009 10:41:16 PM
A little mean-spirited, but come on...The A-Team was crap. They should have killed off everyone but Peppard and called it Banacek II. THAT I would have watched.
The only way to honor Mr. T is to not use his character by blindambition238	Jan 27th, 2009 10:42:54 PM
The A-Teams was a fixture of the 80s and so is he and his character. I'm assuming Carnanhan isn't going to do a nostalgia comedy/parody, and will want to have some air of seriousness. In which case, I suggest that they hire a new unknown talent to fill the team's role of bad ass, and build a character around that. Yep best idea I've had since I've been drunk tonight pops off another Heineken cap
Also I should mention by blindambition238	Jan 27th, 2009 10:44:42 PM
that I'm way too young to have watched a single episode of the show and dont really give a crap about its legacy so please dont chide me for being unfaithful to the source since ill have no idea what your talking about.
Isn't Rothman due to get fired soon Harry? by blindambition238	Jan 27th, 2009 10:47:39 PM
Looking at my stock portfolio (hence the drinking), I couldnt help but think about what Fox's pickings must look like to their shareholders considering the year they had. I have no industry knowledge but you alluded to knowing of some impending 'shakeup' last month or so...
Let me be first... by shellfishh	Jan 27th, 2009 10:49:36 PM
...to dub the future T-less A-Team movie TATINO. (The A-Team in Name Only)
Carnahan is my favorite director, period by antonphd	Jan 27th, 2009 11:10:52 PM
He's not the best. He's my favorite. He made Narc and Smokin' Aces. This fucker is Spielberg + Scorsese put together and just waiting to break out. I don't know what the fuck he's doing making the A-Team movie... but I imagine he has a plan.
Kimbo Slice as B.A. by visceralgristle	Jan 27th, 2009 11:17:09 PM
Here's why... Since his MMA career is in the toilet, and he's started "acting" on kids shows, might as well stick him in the movies. Both Mr. T and Kimbo were bouncers and bodyguards. Both have more personality than acting ability, both are badasses. But Kimbo is younger, and taller. Yeah, T looks good for his age, but might be a little old to play a guy just out of the service.
I don't know... by wampa 1	Jan 27th, 2009 11:20:37 PM
...but it sure smells good!
The A-Team by shellfishh	Jan 27th, 2009 11:22:04 PM
Starring Mr T, Kimbo Slice as Son of T, Ice-T, Ice Cube, Ice Ice Baby, Baby Ice, Baby T and Aunt Baby.
A-Team:Year One by badboymason	Jan 27th, 2009 11:22:09 PM
Opening action scene of their fucked-up mission in Iraq, montage of them taking the rap for other people's mistakes and going to jail for killing civilians or some such... next set piece is their jail escape, after which they go on the run, coming across some situation where they have to help some homeless people fight their evil landlord with a tank made out of leftover plumbing equipment... this stuff just writes itself... oh and then BA says "i pity the fool"
...starring Shia Lebeouf as BA Baracus by br1947	Jan 27th, 2009 11:22:25 PM
"I pity the fool...." "No, it's 'I PITY THE FOO!!!" "I pity the fool...." "No, no, no DAMNIT!!, what the fuck is wrong with you Lebeouf? Do you just enjoy destroying 80's icons or something? The Transformers, Indiana Jones, now you're fucking up Mr T?!?!?" "eh whatever, look, I'm late to an appointment with Steven Spilberg... we're gonna remake Gone with the Wind, but update it to a futuristic setting with vampires and pirates. Spielberg is waiting on me, anyone seen my knee pads?"
labbeef as hannibal by cheifchirpa3000	Jan 27th, 2009 11:31:35 PM
high school musical as the face man, haley joel osmet as mad dog murdoch and vin diesel as mr t
The Jazz by DeweyOxburger	Jan 27th, 2009 11:48:58 PM
Chi McBride as Hannibal, Jason Statham as B.A, Paul Rudd as Murdock, and Dermot Mulroney as Face. Yeah, that's right.
Hollywood just doesn't understand... by shellfishh	Jan 27th, 2009 11:51:02 PM
Didn't they try to do the same thing with Mission Impossible? They invited the cast from the tv show to be in the movie, but only to be killed in the first scenes. Clueless.
You know Beaks is from CHUD... by Raymar	Jan 28th, 2009 12:12:35 AM
...because he's a dick. I pity the fool who never "got" the A-Team!
Did you ever notice by eggart	Jan 28th, 2009 12:13:45 AM
that you got accused of plagiarism at the end of that talkback? Not that I give a shit what they thought, I just thought it was funny.
Kimbo as B.A.? by ChezKing	Jan 28th, 2009 12:28:21 AM
Good call, visceralgristle. The character isn't complicated and it wouldn't be a big stretch for him. Kimbo could totally pull it off. He would actually be perfect. He's very unique looking and could play the character as himself being striking enough to not need the Mohawk look. Audiences would totally accept him in the role. No question--Kimbo Slice would make a perfect B.A. Baracas.
AIRWOLF MOVIE!!! by sailingmaster	Jan 28th, 2009 12:30:22 AM
Animal want AIRWOLF MOVIE!!!
Night Elf Mohawk for Mr. T! by vaudeville villain	Jan 28th, 2009 12:35:18 AM
SHUDDUP, FOO!!
Why do people want an A-Team movie? by Gungan Slayer	Jan 28th, 2009 12:50:20 AM
Or better yet, who the fuck wants an A-Team movie?
Meh by Charlie_Allnut	Jan 28th, 2009 01:17:25 AM
A. An A Team movie is completely unnecessary B. Make White Jazz immediately! C. Carnahan is better then this. D. Smoking Aces was meh. E. Narc Rocked F. Four Brothers was a great movie...Singleton needs to stick to straight action thrillers.
Shit White Jazz is dead again? by Xiphos_2	Jan 28th, 2009 01:32:35 AM
Fucking Hollywood you worthless whore. Keep on churning out those remakes, reboots, relaunches, prequels and sequals. Don't attempt to make what could be a topnotch movie. You might succede despite yourselves.
Sing along with me to the theme tune... by BiggusDickus	Jan 28th, 2009 02:12:29 AM
"No, no, no no-o-o. No-no no. N-N-No no no no-o-o. No n-n-n-no." Dreadful idea. Please take it away.
Its Official!! by eyeball22	Jan 28th, 2009 02:23:16 AM
No fucking stories left in the world.. Remake Remake Remake.. Why not remake Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! FUCK IT! Lets go Balls Out!
Gravitas Casting by mulberry	Jan 28th, 2009 02:44:00 AM
They will pepper in some of those older actors who do any old crap for money (or just to avoid the boredom of late middle age) - Samuel L J, Antony Hopkins, John Hurt, Ben Kinglsey. Probably as an evil general, who turns out to be OK actually (support the troops!), or a corrupt traitor (support the troops!)
mashup with respect to bringingsexyback by Mr_X	Jan 28th, 2009 03:01:24 AM
clooney as hannibal, pitt as faceman, rhames as BA, carey as "howling mad" murdock
I CAN SEE THE TALKBACKS ALREADY:... by Ray Gamma	Jan 28th, 2009 03:02:29 AM
"I love it when a plant comes together..."
I would say Skip Woods was the dark cloud then by Vern	Jan 28th, 2009 03:02:30 AM
you had me until that part, Beaks. Aside from the two horrible movies you mentioned his only other credit is the even more terrible Tarantino ripoff THURSDAY which manages to suck even with Thomas Jane in the lead and Aaron Eckhart and Mickey Rourke in the cast. I don't think he's the guy to know how to rebuild a cheesy TV show into a badass action movie. Of course THE A-TEAM is not sacred, but it could (and should) be the type of asskicking elite team of badasses movie we're hoping for with THE EXPENDABLES, but with the added bonuses of a mohawk and the team being on the run from the law. I like the idea of an MMA guy playing B.A., since you gotta go for a non-actor to get the full Mr. T feel. I think Singleton was talking about Rampage Jackson.
Airwolf by kwisatzhaderach	Jan 28th, 2009 03:44:59 AM
is ripe for a big-screen movie. Hell, you could even hire Jan-Michael Vincent to play a coked out of his skull Stringfellow Hawke and there would be no acting involved!
Carnahan by I_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looki ng_for	Jan 28th, 2009 03:47:30 AM
Narc was genius. Smokin' Aces was absolute shite. Just an awful fucking flick.
What elder statesman actor with the charm by Dingbatty	Jan 28th, 2009 04:05:35 AM
of George Peppard?
Bring back the remaining ORIGINAL cast. by CENOBITE	Jan 28th, 2009 04:14:18 AM
make them knarled, Rambo - meets - Miller's TDK pissed off mercenaries sent to the jungles of someplace like Chile to take on whoever. Just, please make them finally KILL someone and make a montage where they make some sort of devastator weapon out of one of those 700-ton earth moving trucks!!!
Holy frack! Please make it R!!! by Motoko Kusanagi	Jan 28th, 2009 04:36:45 AM
No teenie PG-13 bullshit like the series.
Great News by RobFromBackEast	Jan 28th, 2009 05:31:47 AM
Credit where credit is due; Fox have assembled a fantastic team here, and Carnahan's overtly masculine execution of both Aces and the fantastic Narc suit this material fucking perfectly. With the Scott bros watching his back, he should get a fucking cracking movie out of this. Oh, and RYAN REYNOLDS FOR FACE!
Rampage Jackson. by RobFromBackEast	Jan 28th, 2009 05:33:26 AM
Would be perfect for BA. Anyone who watches the UFC will concur. C'mon, Joe, do the right thing!
SKIP WOODS?!? HELL YEAH!!! by spud mcspud	Jan 28th, 2009 05:58:53 AM
Skip Woods wrote THURSDAY: one of the most sinfully under-rated movies fucking EVER. Career=best performances from Thomas Jane and Paulina Porizkova; solid support from Aaron Eckhart, Glenn Plummer (yep, Tuneman from SPEED) and Paula Marshall; and Mickey Rourke being more cool in his five-minute cameo than most actors can be in a lifetime. THURSDAY is a low-budget crime movie stone-cold CLASSIC. Beg, steal or borrow, watch this movie, and then tell me this new A-TEAM movie will not be awesomeness celluloidified!!!
Oh, just read the Talkback... by spud mcspud	Jan 28th, 2009 06:04:59 AM
Fuck all of you who disliked THURSDAY. I respect that you have your own opinions, but just... I loved the hell out of that movie. SWORDFISH may have sucked balls, but you can't fault THURSDAY. A helluva lot of fun. There's a script where Face turns traitor? FIND THAT WRITER AND SKULLFUCK HIM TIL HIS HEAD EXPLODES, DAMMIT!!!
Anyway, STREET HAWK movie... by spud mcspud	Jan 28th, 2009 06:07:06 AM
Way more deserving of an update than THE A-TEAM. How do you get a 250cc Kawasaki to go over 200mph without unseating the rider anyway? Fucking 80s cheesy perfection. And the Tangerine Dream original feem tune MUST STAND!
MANIMAL - The movie! by spud mcspud	Jan 28th, 2009 06:07:43 AM
Get Simon MacCorkindale out of HOLBY CITY, stat! MacCorkindale gotta eat!!!
MICHEAL BAY'S AIRWOLF by Crawing	Jan 28th, 2009 06:26:03 AM
The man was born for this.
What happened to WHITE JAZZ?!? by CarmillaVonDoom	Jan 28th, 2009 07:21:56 AM
Gotta know, please post some info thanks!
In Joe Carnahan I trust by ZoeFan	Jan 28th, 2009 07:58:19 AM
As long as there isn't some unbelievable Smokin Guns-esque ending.
I meant Smokin Aces... by ZoeFan	Jan 28th, 2009 08:00:44 AM
DUH
Cenobite: by bauer316	Jan 28th, 2009 08:30:09 AM
they should bring the 3 living members back.Movie should start at the grave of Hannibal(since G.Peppard is dead) and explain his death was caused,my at the hands of Decker,who was one of the many military bad guys,goes rogue on the A-team after they cost him military position and murdered Hannibal,and now the original remaining a-team try to avenge the death of hannibal while avoiding the military..
Kimbo Slice is B.A., right? by Laserhead	Jan 28th, 2009 08:35:10 AM
I mean, what the fuck else is he good for? Besides beating up bums.
And don't say Michael Clark Duncan by Laserhead	Jan 28th, 2009 08:38:21 AM
That dude's like 5'4.
Fox? Like in Megan Fox? by Motoko Kusanagi	Jan 28th, 2009 08:38:40 AM
Nice.
Here's what I would pay to see by iakobos	Jan 28th, 2009 08:46:08 AM
I want the characters to look and act like men who actually are in the USA's Special Forces Operational Detachment A. Hannibal should be the Captain who led Face (operations sargeant) and BA (engineering sargeant) into battle. Murdock would be from the 160th Special Operations Air Regiment since he flies combat helicopters. BA could still have the bad attitude but needs to loose the fear of flying since that would not be consistent with actual SF. There is still plenty of room for humor though as almost all military personel share a dark sense of humor. Hannibal can still love it when a plan comes together and Face can still be a great ladies man and con-artist which is consistent with SF. But most of all let the movie show us real SF skills as they get themselves out of a jam and achieve victory.
Oh and get people who can really act by iakobos	Jan 28th, 2009 08:51:03 AM
All this talk of replacing Mr. T with another big personallity, just for the sake of personallity won't work. Get real actors who can display real aggresiveness and determination in combat but also real emotion at being done wrong by the system. Then you have a good movie.
Get midgets. by mrfan	Jan 28th, 2009 09:02:49 AM
Cast should be midgets.
actually, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Gungan Slayer	Jan 28th, 2009 09:06:29 AM
is being remade. So yeah
Will there be any fatalities in the movie? by Stan Gable	Jan 28th, 2009 09:11:14 AM
The only thing inexplicable about the show was that a truck could fly off a bridge, do a triple-barrel roll and explode and all the passengers would run out unscathed. As a 12-year old at the time I bought it, until Miami Vice came out a couple years later and I learned that people can actually die on screen.
I love Ridley Scott, but even the Director's Cut... by Orbots Commander	Jan 28th, 2009 09:22:39 AM
...of Kingdom of Heaven wasn't very good. It still had the insurmountable problem of the giant, charima-less black hole that is Orlando Bloom's acting. I think Peter Jackson may have been some kind of genius, as he made Bloom as Legolas into a towering screen super-hero. (In fact, he used Bloom sparingly using reaction shots and action sequences, but very little dialogue or emoting. Smart man.) Plus, the KOH screenplay was all over the place; it needed to be tighter and more focused.
And I don't believe the A-TEAM... by Orbots Commander	Jan 28th, 2009 09:24:25 AM
...will be made either. A combination of Carnahan's luck with getting movies launched along with the Fox meddling will kill this puppy. No big loss; it's only an adaptation of a TV show anyway.
iakobos: fear of flying by badboymason	Jan 28th, 2009 09:43:54 AM
You can make a nod to BA's fear of flying by having their last mission end with a plane/helicopter crash and he has PTSD... rather than a comedy phobia you can really tie it into how much that stuff fucks up ex-soldiers... have him conquer his fear for the finale and come swooping in to save teh day on a hang-glider... maybe :)
What ever happened to.. by palpatinefuckedmydog	Jan 28th, 2009 09:45:37 AM
A Walk Among the Tombstones since Carnahan left it?
Let The A-Team be Will Smith Free by ZoeFan	Jan 28th, 2009 10:03:26 AM
Please
They should give this to McG by Automaton Overlord	Jan 28th, 2009 10:08:11 AM
instead of the movies he got
A-Team costumes by Abominable Snowcone	Jan 28th, 2009 10:15:03 AM
will be all-black leather. You know it
The climactic final battle by Abominable Snowcone	Jan 28th, 2009 10:17:47 AM
will involve the team building a bazooka out of spare washing machine parts, a shopping cart, and a george forman grill
At some point in the movie by Abominable Snowcone	Jan 28th, 2009 10:19:09 AM
BA Baracus breaks out of a jail and drives away in a vehicle made out of an overturned refrigerator and a snowblower
The Face will be female. by kabong	Jan 28th, 2009 10:22:24 AM
A fashion model . . . who was in Nam. She might also be psychic. No, that will be Howling Mad Murdock . . . who will be a TEEN. Also . . . Put a dog in it.
Why? by Randall_Flagg	Jan 28th, 2009 10:26:20 AM
Why is this necessary? Why is it the best writer they could get is the guy who did Swordfish and Hitman. Any studio worth it's salt should be avoiding this man like the proverbial plague and that teeth rattling scraping sound you hear is George Peppard turning. Now an Airwolf movie would be a different prospect. Or Streethawk. Bring it on Bay, you know you want to
I pity the fool that thinks my love is inexplicable by chaplinatemyshoe	Jan 28th, 2009 10:33:03 AM

MR_X: THAT'S A FINE CAST, WELCOME TO THE MASTER CASTERS by BringingSexyBack	Jan 28th, 2009 10:44:24 AM
Let's show Hollywood what how dis shit is done.
Hundreds of bullets fired but no one shot! by turketron	Jan 28th, 2009 10:49:37 AM
Chase scenes that end with cars ramping off of shit! Mr. T pitying fools and not having time for no jibba jabba! Hannibal loving plans that come together!!! This is all you need to make it a successful movie.
Stop this jibber jabber! by _Maltheus_	Jan 28th, 2009 11:07:23 AM
What's the point of resurrecting old, nostalgic properties if they aren't going to use the original cast? I'm not a fan of remakes and I won't go to see this, but I wouldn't be able to stop myself if they used the original cast. I guess Hannibal is dead, but they could work that into the story.
Beaky 2 times by britney spears rusted clit ring	Jan 28th, 2009 11:41:35 AM
Gunna have a release date a release date
Beaky 2 times by britney spears rusted clit ring	Jan 28th, 2009 11:41:35 AM
Gunna have a release date a release date
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Remake!?! by eyeball22	Jan 28th, 2009 12:03:14 PM
You fuckin kidding right...? I thought long and hard, and came up with that suggestion as the most retarded pointless film they could remake.... GwYAWAKKKKKK Nope I just threw up... Next thing you know they'll remake Return to Witch Mountain and Bedknobs and Broomsticks...
Bad Idea by Cobbio	Jan 28th, 2009 12:04:47 PM
I'm sorry, but the original "A-Team" was a girlishly silly show. The entire conceit was a paramilitary team skirting authority to do some good. Sounds fun in a cocaine-snorting, braindead '80s sort of way, right? Right. Problem is, people in 2009 are now hip to what government-skirting paramilitary teams do: they live in white-supremacist compounds and blow up government buildings. They're scary, violent, uneducated, white trash mother fuckers. Even in movies, they're not people to look up to and cheer for. I like Joe Carnahan and can't wait to see his next film. But fuckin' "A-Team"? There's no way I see a film like this being good. Explosions, violence, silly male sterotypes trying to seem cool, but nothing else. Sorry, but a rising talent like Carnahan, who can do drama just fine, shouldn't be slumming with brainless '80s cokeheads. It's a bad idea.
Getting better by Lorquaine	Jan 28th, 2009 12:06:52 PM
I still don't like the idea of an A-Team movie, but at least Carnahan is a good choice. As a casting note: I prefer Stephen Colbert as Murdock. ;)
Cobbio by spud mcspud	Jan 28th, 2009 12:51:51 PM
"Problem is, people in 2009 are now hip to what government-skirting paramilitary teams do: they live in white-supremacist compounds and blow up government buildings. They're scary, violent, uneducated, white trash mother fuckers. Even in movies, they're not people to look up to and cheer for." Maybe this A-Team exists solely to (a) make money "off the grid" to carry on existing under the radar, constantly evading Decker and his crew, and (b) they're trying to regain some of the honour they feel has been lost for the SF since most have become scary, violent, uneducated, white trash motherfuckers who are tarnishing their name. Maybe they even have to fight their brothers in arms (some of whom have gone bad, maybe for the money) at the end of the movie. I think a decent scriptwriter could make something of this. I like Skip Woods, but he's a little lightweight for this sort of stuff. Maybe David Ayers for the script? TRAINING DAY and HARSH TIMES did both rock, after all...
Sam Rockwell for Murdock by spud mcspud	Jan 28th, 2009 12:56:14 PM
M Clarke Duncan for BA Baracus Neal McDonough for Hannibal Matthew McConaughey for Face Man The Spud loves it when a plan comes together.
Why not make Mr. T a white guy by estacado1	Jan 28th, 2009 12:59:04 PM
Since a lot of originally white characters are being make black.
Jason Statham in Martin Scorsese's THE FALL GUY! by Stuntcock Mike	Jan 28th, 2009 12:59:42 PM

Small Wonder-The Movie by ChocolateJesusMan	Jan 28th, 2009 01:11:16 PM
With Dakota Fanning as Vicki
Cobbio / spud mcspud by Lorquaine	Jan 28th, 2009 01:26:24 PM
The "scary, violent, uneducated, white trash mfs" have also hijacked the series ideologically. It's common to regard and interpret The A-Team from a right-wing perspective of conservatism and vigilante justice, "we the steadfast patriots on the conservative fringe against the evil liberal government". Fact is they are rather the opposite, a socialist military gang of Robin Hoods, an alert vanguard, supermale outlaws with a touch of anarchism, helping the little guy, power to the people etc.. They are actually following the Foco theory of warfare, popularized by socialist movements, by Che and others. That may not have been intended by the makers of the series, but it's what they got. So go, Hollywood, now is your chance to rewrite the A-Team into that right-wing wet dream you always projected into it.
I pity the fool by matineer	Jan 28th, 2009 01:27:02 PM
Just had to say it.
Lorquaine / spud mcspud by Cobbio	Jan 28th, 2009 02:26:56 PM
Good points, both of you. The new film could be centered on making money "off the grid" or trying to regain some honor, it's true, spud. But I don't think Skip Woods has shown he's capable of doing something radically new with a franchise. Maybe he can, and we just haven't seen it yet, but a movie like the "A-Team" isn't fodder for subtlety. I agree Ayers would be interesting choice to write the script. He at least would inject some drama and "realness" into it. And well-written points by you too, Lorquaine. The A-Team aren't steafast patriots fighting an evil liberal government, I agree. They're more a team of Robin Hoods, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. They're an idealized for American television version of Che Guevara's guerilla tactics. Except with low-budget cheesy lines, no one dying through storms of bullets, no one terrified of torturous retribution, all while espousing no particular ideology. They don't represent anything at all, really, except Monday Night Football snap open a beer yeehaws. Which is great for a lot of people who don't give a fuck. I unfortunately DO give a fuck. Even cheesy B-movies given big budgets can be well-written and directed. Knowing Joe Carnahan, I'm sure he wants to elevate "The A-Team" out of trite 80s shlock into something kickass and thought-provoking. But remember it's Fox, and they annihilate directors. Always. They were so bad last year they didn't place one film in the top-25 highest grossing films. That's absolutely pathetic, performance-wise. And I'm not sure they even give a fuck. My idea would be: there's a militia settling in the badlands of Wyoming. Lots of gun-toting anti-government types are arriving. They know about phone and satellite surveillance, so they've taken steps to secure the location and make it seem casual. But they're out for something more: they're pissed, and they want blood. They're quietly planning to detonate a prison and government courthouse both being rebuilt with government stimulus money. The economy is failing and a lot of these disenfranchised men have been laid off. Then B.A. Barackus gets released from said prison after serving seven years for aggravated assault. Using his A-Team skills, he escapes en route. Then, not knowing where else to run, he heads to the militia settlement. He sees things are hard and he's battling his own younger-life demons, but he wants to stay alive and be free. But an ideological battle starts to erupt between the younger militia leader, who's never heard of the A-Team, and Barackus, who's been watching things from the sidelines. The battle of wills explodes into action, and Barackus is forced to flee the settlement. Battling his demons with cocaine, he tries to call his estranged wife and boy, neither of whom answers the last cell number he was given. So he calls the only people who still might give a shit about him: The A-Team. Do they get together, grab guns, and take out the settlement? Do they tell the CIA or FBI what's up, at risk to Barackus's recent escape? Do they narc on the miltia that's not terribly unlike the group they once were in different times? The story unfolds. Sorry for the long post. I've been writing today.
Paul Blart and the A-Team... by Alonzo Mosely	Jan 28th, 2009 02:43:26 PM
Now that would save this, make it an instant $300 million movie... And that is just domestic... Domestic opening weekend... Domestic opening weekend in Nebraska...
Bill Buchanan as Hannibal, Jack Bauer as Face by chrth	Jan 28th, 2009 02:59:13 PM
Tony as Howlin' Mad Almeida, David Palmer as BA Baracus, and Chloe as Amy. I'd watch it.
BTW, in case you're not watching it, Burn Notice by chrth	Jan 28th, 2009 03:08:16 PM
has a similar shtick as A-Team, but with a much, much hotter female lead. And Bruce Campbell.
With Chloe as Amy, we could have a double anal by krullboyisback	Jan 28th, 2009 03:29:40 PM
scene with Face and BA taking her up to turd cutter, while Hannibal completes the "London Bridge".
Where's my movie version of Riptide???!! by Darth Macchio	Jan 28th, 2009 03:49:41 PM
...that duck billed orange robot. What an actor!
Remake MEGAFORCE instead!!! by maxxsterling	Jan 28th, 2009 03:59:34 PM

F** this, I want a movie version of Misfits of Science. by Orbots Commander	Jan 28th, 2009 04:01:37 PM
That or The Powers of Matthew Starr, because you know Louis Gottet, Jr. gotta eat.
Another POS movie from FOX by jloughry1976	Jan 28th, 2009 04:30:06 PM
After having watched movies from FOX and realizing what colossal wastes of time they have been, what makes anyone thing that the A-Team is going to be any good? Why not do a big screen version of Knight Rider while your at it too, or how about Airwolf, because we all want a movie based on a black ops helicopter blowing shit up for 95 percent of the movie. How about doing a movie adaptation of the Facts of Life? Why cant people let stuff from the '80s remain there?
Terry Tate by FamousEccles	Jan 28th, 2009 05:52:33 PM
Lester "Mighty Rasta" Speight is BA Sam Rockwell is Murdock some handsome bastard as the Face
and stop naming actors with white hair by FamousEccles	Jan 28th, 2009 05:54:05 PM
to play Hannibal just because they have white hair
Three Kings could have been by FamousEccles	Jan 28th, 2009 05:56:26 PM
an awesome A-Team origin movie (with a bit of recasting)
as for Simon McCorkindale by FamousEccles	Jan 28th, 2009 06:01:41 PM
he should be in every movie because that is the best name ever (go on, say it a few times) - FACT I know a chick who has to fight the urge to touch herself whenever she hears that name (and she doesn't even know who he is) Honest
FACE HAD BETTER NOT TURN ON HIS TEAM by Lamerz	Jan 28th, 2009 07:23:33 PM
That would be the stupidest fucking move ever. Complete disrespect of the source material. People bitch about Transformers, this would have people up in arms! Screw Rothman if he goes with that shit for some kind of "twist". It's the A-TEAM. It's doesn't need a twist! It needs good action, lots of gunfights, great camaraderie, ingenuity, and teamwork. Those are the pillars of the A-TEAM.
this is gonna suck shit............. by mojoman69	Jan 28th, 2009 07:42:56 PM
Really really suck shit
Carnahan is the man! by lynxpro	Jan 28th, 2009 09:07:10 PM
I've said it before. He's perfect.
Ving Rhames as MA MARACUS by lynxpro	Jan 28th, 2009 09:26:10 PM
There can be no other BA Baracus than Mr T so give the character a degree upgrade and change the last name. Ving Rhames would be awesome.
Kimbo Slice by mr.brownstone	Jan 28th, 2009 09:33:05 PM
for B.A. Barracus. I wanna see that guy in a movie.
KATIE SACKHOFF (sic) FOR FACE by lynxpro	Jan 28th, 2009 09:39:18 PM
Search your feelings, you know them to be true.
Hardcastle & McCormick film... by lynxpro	Jan 28th, 2009 09:40:54 PM
When?
The Phoenix! by Dingbatty	Jan 29th, 2009 02:28:14 AM
Now that was going 80's obscure.
The Master might make a fun flick. by Dingbatty	Jan 29th, 2009 02:28:41 AM
Now that ninja are back.
let's have the AIRWOLF remake instead! by Maniaq	Jan 29th, 2009 05:56:24 AM
Jan Michael Vincent gotta eat!
the A-TEAM theatrical remake has already been done by Maniaq	Jan 29th, 2009 06:11:00 AM
it was mentioned in the last talkback about this ill-fated project (back when Singleton was attached) but let me remind you all (again) this movie has ALREADY BEEN DONE! It starred: George Clooney as Hannibal Mark Whalberg as Face Ice Cube as BA Baracus and Spike Jonze as Mad Murdoch it was called THREE KINGS... also, it has returned the small screen in the form of a much-loved show called BURN NOTICE... IT'S BEEN DONE!
FamousEccles - MacCorkindale chick by spud mcspud	Jan 29th, 2009 06:16:47 AM
I'm gonna need her name, her number, and her vital statistics. Or I call Col Decker. Your choice. I love it when a plan comes together :D
Theres already an Airwolf movie by quintana007	Jan 29th, 2009 08:05:45 AM
Its called BLUE THUNDER. Dont mess with rip offs
BRUCE CAMPBELL AS HANNIBAL by lynxpro	Jan 29th, 2009 09:14:35 AM
Okay, so it would only happen in a tv version reboot but he does have the charisma for the role.
Vincent Gallo should direct... by lynxpro	Jan 29th, 2009 09:19:53 AM
...then he can make a whiny movie about Hannibal's grief while remixing The A-Team with Bangbus's simulated shenanigans and cast Chloe Sevigny to give oral relief to the entire team during their adventures.
where is mcgyver and equalizer movies??? by ianpick18	Jan 29th, 2009 02:07:00 PM

The A-Team IS back on TV by Vision	Jan 29th, 2009 05:59:01 PM
It's called "Leverage", on TNT ;)

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