Bruce Willis in "The A-Team"?
TV producer Stephen J. Cannell has been trying to get an "A-Team" movie off the ground for a little while now, and here comes word that he wants Bruce Willis to play the leader of the team...
From EmpireOnline.com: "Although the identity of the new writer and details of the plot are unconfirmed, Cannell, who will be producing the film, has made no secret of the fact the 80s cult show will be updated for the new millennium. "I want to create it as taking place today. So the Gulf War could be a great angle. In the original, the A-Team were on the run after robbing a bank under orders just as the war ended. In this, maybe the four would raid Saddam Hussein’s bank or whatever."
But how will it better the chemistry of the original quartet of George Peppard (Hannibal), Mr. T (BA Baracus), Dwight Schultz (Murdock) and Dirk Benedict (Faceman)? "I would like the original cast to play a part - to have their input into the movie and to star in cameo roles. As for who will play the new roles, I think Bruce Willis would make a good Hannibal!"
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From EmpireOnline.com: "Although the identity of the new writer and details of the plot are unconfirmed, Cannell, who will be producing the film, has made no secret of the fact the 80s cult show will be updated for the new millennium. "I want to create it as taking place today. So the Gulf War could be a great angle. In the original, the A-Team were on the run after robbing a bank under orders just as the war ended. In this, maybe the four would raid Saddam Hussein’s bank or whatever."
But how will it better the chemistry of the original quartet of George Peppard (Hannibal), Mr. T (BA Baracus), Dwight Schultz (Murdock) and Dirk Benedict (Faceman)? "I would like the original cast to play a part - to have their input into the movie and to star in cameo roles. As for who will play the new roles, I think Bruce Willis would make a good Hannibal!"
Click here for the full article.
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| Movie: | The A-Team - Season 1 |
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on Sep 05 2006 09:17 AM If they HAD to bastardize the A-Team. I mean, if they put a gun to my head - Bruce Willis is not a bad choice. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 05 2006 09:59 AM Please, stop these idiots in Hollywood from making movies based on TV shows that were godawful in the first place! Did "Bewitched" and "The Dukes of Hazard" teach them nothing? (Or maybe they are un-teachable). (Reply to this) |
on Sep 05 2006 10:21 AM Hollywood must be getting some kind of a tax break from the IRS for producing movies out of television shows. That's about the only reason I can think of for its persistence in making such crap. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 05 2006 10:45 AM [b]Three reasons...[/b] 1) Relatively easy to script 2) Relatively cheap to produce 3) Profitable Moviegoers have no one to blame but themselves. Who cares about quality when the box office puts the movie in the black. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 05 2006 11:57 AM Bruce Willis as Mr. T. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 05 2006 12:28 PM In reply to this comment (#843705) Yeah, who are they gonna cast as B.A. Baracus? I pity the fool that try to act like Mista T! (Reply to this) |
on Sep 05 2006 12:28 PM [b]Sequel[/b] All the cast is still alive except for Hannibal, who should be played by Anthony Hopkins, not Willis. Make it twenty years later, and have it exactly the same in style, tone, and believability. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 05 2006 01:01 PM like someone said before, if this HAD to be made, Willis isn't a bad choice. This MAY have potential as a movie, just depends on what kind of movie they are going for. I doubt this will be another Bewitched or Dukes of Hazard. (Reply to this) |
on Sep 05 2006 02:04 PM How the hell are they going to make an action movie with no violence? The TV show was void of any violence (one of those post-Vietnam things). If it was funny like the show but bad-ass rockin' believable violence....then I will give it a try. Where's my Airwolf movie? (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 05 2006 02:34 PM Terry Crews for BA Baracas (Reply to this) |
on Sep 05 2006 04:24 PM I assume that releasing DVDs of old shows isn't enough to keep the trademark in use, they have to actually make something new, that's why we get these movies. And no one but Mr. T can play B.A... NO ONE. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 05 2006 05:08 PM What's Next Different Strokes with a white cast? Oh Shit I just gave Hollywood another Idea. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 05 2006 07:30 PM [b]Lame[/b] Great, now I have the theme tune stuck in my head! Da dada da! Da da daaaa! Once again, if people stopped going to see this crap, they'd stop making it. But look at the Dykes of Hazzard. It was a crime against humanity, and yet people turned out by the buttload to see it so now the no brainers will churn out more and more of these things simply because they make money. I'm sure we've got 2 more Hazzard movies coming, and then another 6 direct to DVD. Oh the humanity. (Reply to this) |
on Sep 05 2006 07:47 PM Three words. Michael Clarke Duncan (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 05 2006 09:36 PM In reply to this comment (#843714) Gonna have to go with Ving Rhames on this one for B.A In fact the cast as I see it if Willis is cast: Sam Rockwell: Howling Mad Murdock Timothy Olyphant:Templeton Peck (Faceman) Ving Rhames: BA Baracus Of course I'm more inclined to shoot the creators of this film. These ideas don't work. Stephen J should keep his stinky paws off this, and in order for it to work, is to darken the film. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 05 2006 10:19 PM bruce willis- Hannibal, Owen wilson- faceman? Steve Carell Murdock? Yeah I agree how can anyone replace the T!!! (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 06 2006 03:16 AM [b]Three Kings[/b] I hope they don't go with the bank scenario, coz then Three Kings would end up being the prequel!!!! No one can replace George, these b*stards are gonna f*ck up even more childhood memories. (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 06 2006 06:40 AM Queen Latifah? (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 06 2006 08:24 AM I'm just going to go watch the Family guy A-Team episode...funny haha! (Reply to this) |
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on Sep 06 2006 10:23 AM In reply to this comment (#843715) Sam Rockwell as Murdock and Olyphant as Face - my friend, that is GENIUS casting. I can almost see such a cast justifying the existence of this movie. Almost. (Reply to this) |
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