Long rumored A-Team movie to be ready in 2010

If you're like most normal people, you've probably asked yourself what would have become of the '80s TV show the A-Team without Mr.T playing B.A. Baracus. Ridley Scott (American Gangster) and Joe Carnahan (Smokin' Aces) want to test the fates by bringing together an A-Team movie in the summer of 2010.

With the success of the first Charlie's Angels movie in 2000, a team of A-list actors were dreamed up, if not approached, to comprise the A-team: B.A. Baracus would be played by Ving Rhames, H.M. "Madman" Murdock by Jim Carrey, Face by Christian Bale and Hannibal Smith by Mel Gibson or Tommy Lee Jones. Alas, it was a wash, and no confirmed cast members have been announced just yet.

Some believe the latest push for an A-Team movie was sparked by the 2006 UK show Bring Back The A-Team, which attempted to reunite the surviving members of the show in 10 days. The opening narration to the show states, "You can stuff the Beatles; the only Fab Four who rocked my world as a kid were the A-Team."

The premise of the A-Team can best be summed up in about 23 seconds if followed by a bitchin' montage of machine-gun fire, explosions and cars wrecks. It's somewhat indicative of the show's ingredients. It had just the right balance of over-the-top action and camp, but heavy on the camp. Oh, and miraculously, nobody ever seemed to die.

The latest news is that Scott will produce and Carnahan is attached to direct. Reportedly, the direction that Scott and company want to take the show veers from original formula. An updated version of the A-Team has the soldiers-of-good-fortune serving in the Gulf War instead of Vietnam and will rely on a more realistic action template. Carnahan told Variety, "Fox hired me to make it as emotional, real and accessible as possible without cheesing it up."

Filming is tentatively set to begin in June 2009.

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By Paul on January 29, 2009

I would love to see Mr. T back as BA. Nobody else will be able to as good as a job as he can. Mr. T is a legend; I even have him as the voice on my GPS. I got it from a site called Navtones, I think. Going for a drive is some much fun having Mr. T telling me where to go.Turn left fool!
Anyway, Bring back Mr. T!

By eqkedri on January 29, 2009

I wouldn't mind even seeing Ving Rhames, or even Rampage Jackson(if he can act). I know foe sure I don't want Ice Cube in it. I like him as an actor, but to play the role as B.A. Barracus would not be good. He would make it all MTV, and talk in a way that B.A. would never talk. I hope they cast this role with careful consideration. I agree that Mr. T could even do it himself. Just please no Ice Cube. He would ruin it for those of us who grew up on the show. He would only appeal to the kids who don't know what it is.

By JDGunz on March 16, 2009

In my opinion the best cast for the show would be Bruce Willis(Hannibal), Ving Rhames (Mr. T), Jim Carrey(Murdock), and Owen Wilson(Face). In all, it would definitely be a hard task to fill in the actors of the '80's shoes with the actors or today, different acting styles. Just like to see more flying jeeps and exploding cars.....yesss!!!!!!!!!!!