The ‘A-Team‘ movie is in production in Vancouver and golden boy Bradley Cooper arrived to share the city’s glow along with Robert Pattinson but fans and industry types alike are still wondering, “Who will be Cooper’s co-stars?”
MovieSet speculated a few months back on who could/should/might play each of the iconic TV characters in ‘New A-Team Movie – Who should play B.A., Face, Murdoch & Hannibal?‘ But so far only a few actors are confirmed. Are they keeping this *very, very secret* or are they really still in casting mode?
The assumption is that Cooper will play Templeton “Faceman” Peck made famous by (the original BSG Starbuck) Dirk Benedict, and Irishman and Jedi Liam Neeson is aboard to play Colonel Hannibal (formerly played by the late George Peppard), a role some though would go to George Clooney (heh as-if). However, no one knows for sure and, as such, the rumors are flying and several variations on the cast roam the Internet substantiating Woody Harrelson, Common, Bruce Willis, Ice Cube, Mel Gibson and others in roles.
Last week, ‘The Sun’ from the UK proclaimed that Mixed Marital Arts fighter Quinton “Rampage” Jackson would play the role popularized by Mr. T (note: watching Rocky 3 recently reminds me this guy could actually act) in “Meet the All New BA Baracus.” The rumor mill went into full speed and even UFC boss Dana White chimed in with his opinion of fighters becoming actors.
MMA Fanhouse and a few others picked up the story saying:
“The charismatic former UFC light-heavyweight champion first mentioned the possibility over a year ago, and apparently won the role in the film ahead of other possibilities including rappers 50 Cent and The Game. The movie is currently in pre-production and scheduled for a June 2010 release.”
The report was shot-down by MTV when not confirmed by any real source, saying:
“What I CAN tell you is that I reached out to Jackson’s publicist who checked with the fighter’s manager, as Jackson himself is currently on hiatus. The response? “His manager said it wasn’t true.” Move along people. There’s absolutely nothing to see here.”
Indeed, the Monday morning “official” rumor sheets didn’t mention anything so we are still waiting to see who dons the gold chains and sits behind the wheel of the van. Unless of course, they re-invent all of the characters since this time the team is apparently Gulf/Iraq war veterans rather than Vietnam-conflict military prisoners.
In the meanwhile, we’ll continue to speculate and pity the fools who guess the A-Team’ movie casting wrong next time.
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