JackFetch Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Director John Singleton has confirmed to BlackVoices.com a rumor that first appeared at LatinoReview.com and IESB.net - he is directing the big screen adaptation of TV series "The A-Team." The series, which ran from 1983-87 and starred George Peppard, Mr. T, Dirk Benedict and Dwight Schultz, followed an unofficial team of Vietnam vets who will stop at nothing to get the bad guys. Sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit, these four commandos escaped from a maximum-security stockade and now survive in the Los Angeles underground as soldiers of fortune. Thew new version will be updated from the Vietnam era and reflect contemporary issues and politics. Stephen J. Cannell, who created the show, will produce the movie with Spike Seldin. Mark Silvestri will executive produce. Singleton added that he will not be directing Executive Order: Six, as was previously reported. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=40212 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Director John Singleton has confirmed to BlackVoices.com a rumor that first appeared at LatinoReview.com and IESB.net - he is directing the big screen adaptation of TV series "The A-Team." The series, which ran from 1983-87 and starred George Peppard, Mr. T, Dirk Benedict and Dwight Schultz, followed an unofficial team of Vietnam vets who will stop at nothing to get the bad guys. Sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit, these four commandos escaped from a maximum-security stockade and now survive in the Los Angeles underground as soldiers of fortune. Thew new version will be updated from the Vietnam era and reflect contemporary issues and politics. Stephen J. Cannell, who created the show, will produce the movie with Spike Seldin. Mark Silvestri will executive produce. Singleton added that he will not be directing Executive Order: Six, as was previously reported. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=40212 Top Cow's Mark Silvestri? I guess we know which company will produce the comic book adaptation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 I look forward to seeing a cast list for this new movie. I know he is mentioned in nearly every topic of these forums, but I could see Ryan Reynolds in this movie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Here's my dream cast: Hannibal: Avery Brooks Face: Tom Cruise Murdock: Michael C. Hall BA: Ice-T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted December 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Here's my dream cast: Hannibal: Avery Brooks Face: Tom Cruise Murdock: Michael C. Hall BA: Ice-T While Faceman is crazy, he isn't the creepy kind of crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Face wasn't crazy, that was Murdock. Face was the slick conman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holacik Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Here's my dream cast: Hannibal: Avery Brooks Sisko from DS9? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Yeah, he was a total badass Captain on DS9, and now that he's older (pushing 60) he's perfect for the role of the gritty, badass Colonel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted December 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Face wasn't crazy, that was Murdock. Face was the slick conman. Sorry. Your right. Cruise is a conman so he'd be perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holacik Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Yeah, he was a total badass Captain on DS9, and now that he's older (pushing 60) he's perfect for the role of the gritty, badass Colonel. He's my personal favorite Captain. Yeah I could see it working well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted January 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Collider talked to John Singleton, who is set to direct the big screen version of The A-Team. The highlights include that no one has been cast yet, he wants Woody Harrelson to play Murdock, the movie is not a farce like Starsky & Hutch (more serious but with humor) and everyone signing on will do so for multiple films. http://www.collider.com/entertainment/inte...aid/6624/tcid/1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Woody Harrelson playing Murdock works for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Woody Harrelson playing Murdock works for me! Ditto. A little bit of Larry Flynt mixed with a little bit of Mickey and a dash of Woody the bartender sounds like Murdock to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 What was his character in Kingpin, he was a bit crazy as well. Definitely could work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted October 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 John Singleton has departed the long-in-development A-TEAM movie 'cause Fox rescheduled its release & wanted even more rewrites than the project has already endured. The film has now been pushed back to a June 2010 release at the earliest. http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38850 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted January 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Fox's big-screen version of "A-Team" looks to be finally coming together. Joe Carnahan is in negotiations to helm the action movie with Ridley and Tony Scott's shingle Scott Free coming on board as producers. Stephen J. Cannell, who co-created the show, is also producing. The trek to bring "A-Team" to the big screen has been a long one, with various actors, directors and writers landing on it before springing off of it. John Singleton was last attached, but ultimately left after casting issues stalled the project. Carnahan, meanwhile, has been facing challenges with his passion projects that were to have been follow-ups to his kinetic movies "Smokin' Aces" and "Narc." "White Jazz" was muted when it encountered casting and financing issues. "Bunny Lake Is Missing" disappeared when star Reese Witherspoon hopped away. Fox is betting this is the right combination, setting a June 11, 2010, release date for the feature, which is written by Skip Woods. Carnahan seems like an ideal candidate for "A-Team," which told the adventures of a group of US Army Special Forces who are on the run for a crime they didn't commit. The team included Hannibal, the leader whose favorite line was "I love it when plan comes together; Face, a ladies man; Howling Mad Murdock, an unstable pilot; and B.A. Baracus, the surly muscle (B.A. stands for "Bad Attitude"). The 1980s series became a pop cultural phenomenon, with the theme song played by high school bands across the continent, made a star out of Mr. T, who played Baracus, and unleashed a slew of catchphrases onto the public. Carnahan's gritty and grounded action style would be well-complemented by the Scotts. Tony Scott practically invented MTV-style shooting with his slick movies, ranging from "Top Gun" to "Man on Fire," while Ridley Scott's oeuvre, with such titles as "Gladiator," "Black Hawk Down" and "Body of Lies," is equally muscular. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/conten...33cbc3984130aa1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DCAUFan1051 Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 I loved the A-Team and own all the DVD sets but I'm sorry without George Peppard as John "Hannibil" Smith it won't even be remotely close to a good remake. I haven't seen Mr. T doing anyhting at all either I know Dwight Shultz who played murdock has had a few guest roles on various shows. But if it isn't the original people it won't feel like the real A-Team to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Dwight Schultz is Mung Daal on Chowder, he won't be picking up a machine gun anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DCAUFan1051 Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Dwight Schultz is Mung Daal on Chowder, he won't be picking up a machine gun anytime soon. that's a show that definitely needs to be cancelled!! I know this is but CN is putting out crap for cartoons these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 Chowder is awesome, dude. Great art style, and some wonderful jokes. Best comedy cartoon since Animaniacs, seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted January 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 I Want Trash Bags!!!! I Want Trash Bags!!!! It's weird that I watched every episode multiple times growing up and all I remember of any of the episodes is Schultz going crazy yelling that so he can make a hot air balloon out of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DCAUFan1051 Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 I Want Trash Bags!!!! I Want Trash Bags!!!! It's weird that I watched every episode multiple times growing up and all I remember of any of the episodes is Schultz going crazy yelling that so he can make a hot air balloon out of them. :laugh: there are a number of things I remember from The A-Team: #1 All the different ways they tricked BA into getting on the plane when they needed to fly. #2 The dynamic between BA & Murdock as well as the schemes that murdock and Face Man came up with #3 THE VAN!!!!!! loved it!!! #4 Hannibil's famous line: I love it when a plan comes together great series and if my dvd's already weren't at the new apt I might've thrown season 1 in right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 There's a rumor going around that Quinton "Rampage" Jackson will play BA Baracus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 There's a rumor going around that Quinton "Rampage" Jackson will play BA Baracus. More than a rumour now, he's cancelled a fight later this year to film the movie. I'm really happy about this choice, Quinton is a great character and he could be great in the role. Big question mark over his actual acting but I presume he showed enough in auditions to allay those fears. Dana White is pissed over this but in my book its only a good thing for UFC. One of their main guys starring in a major motion picture? If he still takes fights here and there its only good, especially since it ups the profile of the sport and creates potential for a genuine crossover star. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted September 9, 2009 Report Share Posted September 9, 2009 Though I understand why Dana's upset -- the fight against Rashad Evans had a lot of hype behind it -- Rampage is one of those guys that pushes himself when it comes to fighting; he's in the octagon every few months. So if he wants / needs a break, even if it's to film a movie, then he should be allowed that without complaints from the boss. UFC 96: 07 March 2009 UFC 92: 27 December 2008 UFC 86: 05 July 2008 UFC 75: 08 September 2007 UFC 71: 26 May 2007 UFC 67: 03 February 2007 That's six fights in under three years. And he surely would have fought more had he not taken nearly a year off to film The Ultimate Fighter 7 (hence the gap from September 2007 to July 2008) and The Ultimate Fighter 10 (from March 2009 to current). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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