After a long wait and much speculation the cast of the new A-Team movie have been confirmed, brought together and photographed. Personally, i think they look great.
There's been loads of speculation about who should play whom, with Mel Gibson / George Clooney as faves to take on Hannibal; plenty of shouts of "Jim Carrey" for Murdock; Brad Pitt was almost demanded as Faceman. B.A has really caused the problems with so-called 'fans' insisting only MR.T can do it, and others wanting Ving Rhames or Michael Clarke-Duncan.
I firmly believe(d) that the A-Team has already been remade as David O.Russells 1999 Gulf War set Three Kings.
This had all the elements:
- A group of renegade soldiers chasing money but finding themselves completely compelled by the plight of the people they come across.
- A hard-bitten leader figure calling the shots.
- A very angry, very tough, but soft centred black man.
- A smooth talking but vulnerable cool kid.
- A half-crazy, never quite getting it, but completely lovable liability.
This film is brilliant and should well be seen by you if you've not already caught it. This renders it a very successful (though unofficial) remake in my eyes, which led to my reservations about the making of a formal movie version. We still don't know what the setting is for the new version, whether it will play for laughs, action or drama, or whether it's a kid's film or an adult movie. The picture, however, has got me very excited.
Just for confirmation, we have:
Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith - Liam Neeson
Sgt. Boscoe 'B.A' Baracus - Real life ultimate fighter Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson
Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck - The Hangover's Bradley Cooper
Cpt. 'Howling Mad' Murdock - District 9's Sharlto Copley
I love the Jazz!
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