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I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE A-TEAM MOVIE BECAUSE I LOVED THE ORIGINAL. I HOPE THIS IS AS GOOD OR EVEN BETTER THAN THAT.

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Well, obviously, the new BA Baracus should be Ving Rhames.

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Usually I'm not a big fan of remakes, but this is one of those shows that had such a high concept it deserves an update.

There have been plenty of shows that did the "helping out the little guy" thing, but the "crack team of commandos" adds so much more. You get a charismatic leader, a handsome con artist, a crazy guy, and a intimidating muscle man with a heart of gold. How can you go wrong?

As for casting? I love the Bruce Willis idea. Grab any young, handsome, TV star trying to get a little screen time for Face, grab one of the also rans from the part of "The Joker" in the upcoming Dark Knight for Howling Mad Murdoch, and get your self a Pro Wrestler looking for a break in Hollywood (that would be any of them) to play the plane fearing, milk drinking, van driving heart of the show.

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For B.A. why not Samuel L Jackson, what he lacks in muscle he makes up for with attitude....

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Someone in the comments of the Empire thread mentioned Will Ferrel as Murdock. I like that. We could get the whole Frat pack involved. Vince Vaughn as Hannibal? Luke Wilson as Faceman? Artie Lang as B.A.? OK, maybe we would have to go outside the group for a good Mr. T replacement.

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I love the Ving Rhames idea for BA Baracus. I also think the Rock would be a good choice. The man does know how to be funny and he's pretty good with the action stuff too.

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I think Michael Clarke Duncan would be perfect, albeit a different style of BA. No one who takes on the role should try to mimic the voice or expressions. It would drag the film down.

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I was hoping for Clooney as Hannibal.
He's got that smoothe arrogance thing.
For The Face Man, I'd go with Damon.
For Murdock, I'd go for Depp or Pitt.
BA? There is only T. Though The Rock was great in The Rundown.

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If they grab Bruce Willis, the ovious choice for BA is Michael Clark Duncan. Those two love working together,

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Sounds like the plot is riffin' off Clooney's already existing *Three Kings*.

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Some great choices for hannibal. I'd love to see Jay Mohr as Murdock, personally, but he might be a bit too cheesey. In which case, it can only be David Cross. Face is easy - Andy Garcia, Benicio del Toro, or Billy Zane. And B.A. - While Mos Def could do it, and Ice T could possibly do it, I'd go with roger R. Cross, 24's Curtis. His funny-factor hasn't been adequately tested in roles to date, but I see a lot of potential. And if he can't/won't do it, get Carlos Bernard into a gym.

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Come on! Who else but Mr. T could play BA Baracus? In my opinion, Mr. T owns that role. No one else could even come close to playing BA.

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Djimon Honsou for BA. I've only seen him in serious roles, but he's a fantastic actor that could probably have a lot of fun with a role like that.

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So, this is going to be a serious film, instead of the dumb comedy it was back in the day? If so, NO one should play BA--they should just throw out all the characters and replace them with new characters that fit structurally but will be different enough so we won't compare them only to be invariably disappointed. You know, like how the first Mission Impossible movie had no original characters in it except for Jim (and he turned out to be a bad guy--which invariably disappointed me).

I mean, come on, do we really want to see these characters replaced with unreasonable facsimiles? I don't and I never missed an episode of that big dumb show when it was first on.

Of course, the most important question is--what about Amy? To include or not to include?

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The replacement character for BA should be M.A. Maracus, because an M.A. is better than a B.A.

Just as The Doctor always defeats The Master.

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Mel gibson for Hannibal...he has that insane eye look thats perfect for the role.
Jim Carey for Murdock.
both too expensive for the same movie.

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I definitly looking forward to an A-Team movie. Role picks would be:

Hannibal:
Vince Vahn
TOMMY LEE JONES
George Clooney
Harrison Ford

Murdock:
Jim Carrey(hmm)
SAM ROCKWELL

B.A.:
Ving Rhames
Micheal C Duncan
the Rock
TOMMY LISTER

Face:
Ben Afleck
BRAD PITT

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For BA, its got to be Michael Clarke Duncan......

Bruce Willis would be cool as Hannibal. For Murdock, I would say Dane Cook. He would be a riot....

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