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A-Plus Casting Rumors for 'The A-Team'

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.

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Posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 at 09:25AM by