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So if T can't come back as B.A., whom would you nominate? Can I hear it for Ving Rhames? How about Michael Clarke Duncan?

For Hannibal ... hm ... Brian Cox and Anthony Hopkins seem like obvious choices.

I say bring back together the principles from Three Kings...

George Clooney as Hannibal

Mark Wahlberg as Face

Ice Cube as B.A. Barracus

Spike Jones as "Howlin' Mad" Murdock

for those who haven't seen Three Kings

Thinking about this some more, if it hadn't been for the fact that Spike Jones's character was killed off, this actually could have worked as a far out sequel. I assume the characters in Three Kings would have faced some kind of court martial. Who's to say that they couldn't have escaped from their maximum securty stockade and fled to the Los Angeles underground. I'd hire 'em!

I think Clooney would make a great Hannibal and Ving gets my vote for BA. How about John Torturro for Murdock?

I have this hunch that Edward Norton would be an excellent Face. I'm not sure anyone other than Mr. T can play B.A.

Alan Thomas wrote:
: PETER got ahem'd?!? Holy cow!

My bad for assuming the word "team" would not be enough, and that the A&F search engine would not treat "a-team" as one word. Apparently it does; I should have checked that first.

Curiously, though, only the duplicate thread shows up when I Google the site for "a-team" (and of course, even THAT thread didn't show up when I Google'd the term in the first place, because I had not even CREATED the duplicate thread yet at that point). Despite being over three years old, this thread is not in their archive yet.

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Singleton hunts for 'A-Team' team
Director John Singleton is gearing up to direct a bigscreen version of 1980s TV series "The A-Team" and talking about the casting possibilities all over town. . . .
Latest incarnation, penned by Jayson Rothwell, revolves around a group of Iraq vets wanted by the U.S. military for a crime they didn't commit. Their adventures combine helping the innocent while running from the law. Story has been given a modern twist by involving oil tycoons and laser technology.
Variety, December 16

Wow! Big oil? Lasers? That IS modern!

Um - but weren't both of those things common TV fare when the A-Team was on the tube originally?

'A-Team' on Fox's slate
Twentieth Century Fox has skedded John Singleton's film version of 1980s TV series "The A-Team" for release on June 12, 2009. Singleton will direct the action-adventure from a script by writing partners Michael Brandt and Derek Haas ("Wanted," "3:10 to Yuma").
Variety, March 19

I love it when an ahem comes together.

Ice Cube talks 'A-Team'
There are some TV-show remakes that work beyond your wildest dreams (who knew that “Battlestar Galactica” could be “The Sopranos” of science-fiction?) and others just make you wonder how many Hollywood executives got fired (“Bewitched” and “The Mod Squad” spring to mind). Here’s one that just sounds great, at least to me: Director John Singleton wants to take on the Reagan-era show “A-Team” and update it, making the fugitive commando team all veterans of the war in Iraq.
The grizzled Bruce Willis is in mind for the role of Col. Hannibal Smith (portrayed by George Peppard in the old NBC series) while Woody Harrelson would be wingnut pilot “Howlin’ Mad” Murdock (played by scene-stealer Dwight Shultz in the original). And what about the role of the scowling Sgt. Bosco “B.A.” Baracus, made famous by the gold-laden Mr. T?
The answer is clear, at least according to Ice Cube, the rap icon and Hollywood heavyweight. . . .
Geoff Boucher, Los Angeles Times, August 1

My dream cast (as listed here) is starting to come together.

John singleton has droped out as director, because FOX pushed the release date back to 2010.

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