Original A-Team Making Cameos in New Movie?
Filed under: Action, Casting, 20th Century Fox
I'm not going to pretend like I had any kind of a reaction to the initial news that Joe Carnahan was remaking The A-Team. I have no sentimental attachment to the original show from the '80s, nor do I have much affection for Carnahan's filmography. That said, once the film cast Liam Neeson, 'Rampage' Jackson, Bradley Cooper and Sharlto Copley as its crew of wrong war vets doing good while on the run, I was in. However, those who weren't too fond of the news of yet another pop culture staple getting re-manufactured by Hollywood might like to know that the original "A-Team" will be popping up in the reboot.
Well, at least one of them will. The Official Dwight Schultz Fansite is reporting the actor, who played the original 'Howling Mad' Murdock, has been on location in Vancouver filming his undisclosed role in the picture, which will be out in June of 2010. They're giving no hints as to who Schultz is playing this time around, but they have relayed his take on the District 9 star filling the same shoes he once did, "Sharlto Copely, the South African actor who plays Murdock, is according to Dwight: 'brilliant beyond words'. Dwight has seen his screen test and he stated: that honestly, if Sharlto is given an opportunity to do what I saw in that test, "Murdock" will be better than ever!"
That should be a sigh of relief to fans who were worried about the handling of their beloved characters. There's no mention if any of the other originals will pop-up in the new A-Team. George Peppard, who first played Liam Neeson's Hannibal, passed away in 1994, but Dirk Benedict and Mr. T could still join Schultz on screen. What say you fans of "The A-Team"? Would you like to see the remaining crew cameo or are they better left confined to '80s nostalgia?
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11-09-2009 @ 7:50PM
gmoney said...
More Mr. T is always better. Just sayin'...
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11-09-2009 @ 6:47PM
martisco said...
The big question is how nutty is the Murdock character going to be allowed to be? That seems to me to be the trickiest facet of the old series to keep in the film version since that does a lot to set the tone.
I'll bet Schultz is going to be a fellow mental patient of Murdock's in the movie. Just a hunch.
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11-09-2009 @ 7:15PM
Stan Winsome said...
Yes totally- bring it on. This looks like a huge amount of fun!
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11-09-2009 @ 10:18PM
blueout said...
Carnahan is one of the most talented writer/directors out there.
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11-10-2009 @ 12:41PM
Jareth Cutestory said...
Dwight Schultz has a fan site?
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11-23-2009 @ 8:43AM
Howlin' Mad Em. said...
Oh yes! - Indeed he does. It is excellent, informative, crazy and fun and well worth a visit! Howlin' Mad Em.
11-15-2009 @ 8:01PM
Che said...
As a child I have fond memories of the show. I say bring on the original for cameo roles as a passing of the torch or passing the guide on to an in coming command change.
Although it will be interesting if the keep the fear of flying for BA Baracus, it was always entertaining how many ways they rendered him concious.
No matter how Murdoch got locked up in psyche wards, he always manages to escape and link up with the rest of the team.
I could go on about this for a long entry, but I hope this movie builds on the mayhem of the original. Just make sure Col. Hannibal smokes quality cigars!
Ieyah
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12-01-2009 @ 11:36AM
JJ said...
T has gota be in this, he's still going true an strong with his own graphic novel to prove it www.mohawkmedia.co.uk
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