The news that Bruce Willis has been approached to star as Hannibal Smith in the feature version of The A-Team isn’t really a surprise. He is one of the original names that has been attached to the part for almost a decade but… it’s a pretty good choice!
John Singleton is attached to direct, and the 2 Fast 2 Furious helmer has already mentioned that he would like Woody Harrelson to play Murdock and Ice Cube to play the iconic B.A Barracus. I must point out though, that nobody has in fact been signed.
The main question is: Would Willis be willing to star in such an obviously commercial choice, and one that is based on a 1980’s television show?
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There’s a pretty good chance that he might want to step into George Peppard’s shoes.
Willis has shown a great interest in pop culture over the years, and he has appeared in comic book adaptations - Sin City and the forthcoming The Surrogates (a pretty cool graphic novel - you should pick it up) sequels - Die Hard I’m looking at you!
Heck he’s even willing to star in ensemble films - Pulp Fiction and Ocean’s Twelve, and let’s not forget that he started his career on television during the 1980’s with Moonlighting (one of the greatest shows…ever).
It will be interesting to see if Willis would be up for it, but he’s more likely to do it than the other names on the Hannibal list: Mel Gibson, George Clooney and Harrison Ford.
If Singleton gets the cast he wants it should make for an interesting film - that is if they don’t play it too straight, this should be an 80’s style action flick - with humor!
I wonder who he would like for “Face?”
Names bandied about by the guys here at Screen Rant have been Jason Bateman, Pierce Brosnan and Paul Giamatti, so you can see we all have our own opinions. I know that a few years ago they were looking at Brendan Fraser who would appear to suit the line up that Singleton has proposed, but anything could happen.
No word on a release date, or a start date for that matter, but you can bet your backside I’ll keep you up-to-date.
I’m just waiting to use the line - “I love it when a cast comes together!”
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I LOVE THE ORIGINAL A-TEAM CAST
NO MATTER WHAT.
I so want to say bad things about this but I’ll wait and see. lol I will say that this wasn’t the greatest TV show I ever watched. I can’t believe they would make this and not a Magnum movie. Ice Cube would be a good TC as well.
This is quite exciting. I’ve been a fan of the show when I was a kid. Yeah, I think Willis would make a good Hannibal Smith. As for Face, when I first read that Branden Frazer is considered for the role, I thought yes, perfect choice. But when Quicksilver pointed out that he comes off as too goofy, it made me re-think my choice because Frazer does seem to be a little goofy for the character. Can’t think of anyone else who could play it at the moment though. Pierce Brosnan would be too old for it, and well, he’s too “Remington Steel” for me, while Cloony is too “Danny Ocean.” For H.M. Murdoch, Harrilson sounds good. For B.A., hmmm…I don’t know about Ice Cube but if we cast Michael Clark Duncan, I think he’s a little too big. I could just imagine how the other members of the team will be huffing and puffing as they try to lift him into a plane while sedated.
In any case, this is still something to look forward to.
Ving Rhames as B.A. I mean, come on! People already think he is Mr. T. He’s worked with Bruce Willis before, and he can “Pity the fool” with the best of them. Then Willis as Hannibal, cool. Murdoch, I’m thinking Woody Harrelson would be hilarious. If not him, toss another 80’s TV star, Thomas Hayden Church. And Fraser as Face? Sounds wondeful. The guy is comedy gold, whether he intends to be or not.
willis—hannable smith—yes
B.A.—ice cube—yes
murdock—david spade— joke ha ha
face— david beranz* (angel)—yes
*don’t know the spelling of his lase name
BA Baracus —-> Kimbo Slice !!!!
Willis would rock as Hannibal.
I think there’s a lot better choices for B.A. besides Ice Cube though. Ving Rhames would be good, but my personal choice would be Tyrese Gibson or even Common. Both would bring a unique attitude to the role.
1) Hannibal = Bruce Willis
2) Face = Jason Bateman
3) B.A = Terry Crews (easily…the best)
4) Murrdock = either :
4.a) Rainn Wilson (dwight from The Office)
4.b) Kevin McDonald (Kids in the Hall)
4.c) Woody Harrelson (Woody…)
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