Friday
16May2008
A-Plus Casting Rumors for 'The A-Team'
Friday, May 16, 2008 at 9:25AM
I took a day or so to process this casting because I had
a strong opinion that the movie wasn't a great idea. The latest casting news,
however, might have changed my tune. The upcoming
A-Team movie may have just
landed
Tyrese Gibson in the role of B.A. Baracus, the character made famous by
Mr. T. And if
the other rumors have legs, you might see
Woody Harrelson as
Murdock and
Bruce Willis as Col. Hannibal Smith.
John Singleton will direct The A-Team, which is
beginning to sound less and less like an inauthentic 80s cover and more and more
like a complete reinvention. That's the only way to go to make this movie
legitimate, and you could argue now that you have a better A-Team than the one NBC
launched 25 years ago. Granted, those three names sound almost like a casting
wish list, but bear in mind that even wish lists usually go way overboard and
are almost never executable. The A-Team, though, has believability and merit;
CHUD recently chatted with Gibson, who says he's excited by the opportunity,
although the project would have to fit into his increasingly busy schedule.
Clearly, the linchpin to the whole movie would be Bruce
Willis. If he signs on, there's no reason for Tyrese Gibson and Woody Harrelson
to stay at home. What I like most about this ensemble is how well I think they'd
mesh together in addition to being great choices for the roles. The only major
role left to fill, assuming all goes to plan (and we love it when a plan comes
together), would be Faceman. I wouldn't worry about that one so much. I mean,
come on,
Dirk Benedict played him in the series; how hard could it possibly be?
The film would presumably update the story a bit.
Instead of the story beginning in earnest in 1972 when a crack commando unit
was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit, the
action would be jumped up by 20 years, making the commandos Desert Storm
veterans.
All the other details would likely remain in
place: The soldiers would prompt escape from a maximum security stockade to the
Los Angeles underground and today, still wanted by the government, they survive
as soldiers of fortune. So hypothetically, say you had a problem and you couldn't get anyone else to help you. If you could find them - and I'm not saying that's a guarantee - then maybe you, again, speaking hypothetically here, could hire The A-Team.
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