Da da da daaahhh, da da duuuh. A-Team movie finally scheduled.

June 12, 2009 - schedule a duvet day, tattoo it on your forearm and tell your mummy you won’t be home for tea because Twentieth Century Fox has finally scheduled the A-Team remake, making me and at least three other people I know happier than a deaf X-Factor judge.

So what can we expect? Well, it’s got a great writing double-act in Michael Brandt and Derek Haas (Wanted and 3:10 to Yuma) and if John Singleton can return to Boyz in the Hood form it’s be an unalloyed directing triumph.

Then again, even if he’s just channelling his form from Janet Jackson flop Poetic Justice it would be hard to screw up the golden formula of four ex-special forces soldiers, wanted for a crime they didn’t commit, on the run and finding time while clearing their names to save small businesses from organised crime. Am I right?

Now the casting is yet to be announced but back in 2001 when it was a rumoured Universal pic and Kevin Brodbin was writing the highly unlikely line up was rumoured to look like this:

B.A. Baracus – Ving Rhames
Murdock – Jim Carrey
Face – Christian Bale
Hannibal – Mel Gibson

Seriously, Jim Carrey alone charges over 20million per pic - it ain’t gonna happen.

IMDB is reporting the more likely scenario that Woody Harrelson will step into the role of Murdock and Ice Cube will play B.A.Baracus.

So, that leaves two roles unaccounted for: Face and Hannibal.

Your nominations please.

Comments

[Michael Moran]

I'm sayin'

Face: Greg Kinnear
Hannibal: Tom Selleck
Murdock: Woody Harrelson

But you can't replace Mr.T. Just not possible.

[Geordie Lad]

A teem! That soonds reet good like.

I wunt to sees that fella off that thing as Mr. T like. Mebeh Dexter Fletcher as Face. Me gerlfriend reckons he's a fit lad like. If the lehdes like him like, then it's gorra be a big hit like.

Greet article like.

[Jay]

Geordie needs some serious english lessons!!!

[Colonel Decker]

Robert Downey Jnr as Faceman
George Clooney as Hannibal
Please NOT Will Ferrell as Murdock

[Geordie Lass]

A divanaa wot ya talkin aboot jay, wor lad's speekin geet propa english like.

[Michael Moran]

From Defamer:

Longtime Singleton cohort Ice Cube is the natural choice for the job, but at 38, is he too old? Woody Harrelson has likewise been rumored to sign on as Baracus' fool nemesis Howlin' Mad Murdock; that'll never happen. We'd rather see the races and roles reversed, actually, perhaps with an especially loco Tracy Morgan taunting Ryan Gosling's brooding, post-traumatic-stress-addled Murdock, with their nurturing mentor Hannibal Smith, played by a begloved Alec Baldwin, philosophizing over cheap cigars and the glory days of the first Iraq War. Surely Luke Wilson can clear space in his schedule for a postmodern turn as smooth operator Faceman. The short-lived journalist Amy Allen could stand to make a revival as well -- perhaps Winona Ryder can bring her refurbished CVS Drama School gifts to the formidable boy's club, assuming she can avoid community service.

[justin jones]

MR T = Michael Clarke Duncan (green mile)
Murdock = Woody Harelson
Hannibal = Jack Nicholson
Face = Pierce Brosnan

[ReasonableTrubble]

I've been saying for years the following:
Hannibal - George Clooney
Face - Owen Wilson
BA - Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
Murdock... this is where it gets difficult... I think a serious actor finding a wild streak would work best as per Heath Ledger in Dark Knight but I honestly can't think who. Of course if you have clooney as hannibal and then ice cube as BA it becomes very close to a remake of/sequel to three kings so you might as well through spike jonze in as murdoch.

[Claire]

My friends and I have given this topic much thought and discussion over the years and have yet to come up with a definitive line up. Besides wanting Mr T back as BA we're thinking -

Hannibal - George Clooney (or maybe Denzel Washington)

Murdock - Jim Carrey (or maybe Jack Black) I think both of these are maybe too cartoonish tho. I like the idea mentioned here of Woody Harrelson. Also I think Robert Downey Jr could do Murdock justice on the strength of some of his recent roles.

Face - The laid back cheekiness of Owen Wilson would be good. I think Christian Bale is maybe to serious for Face.

How about Daniel Craig as Decker?

I just hope its well made and not changed much.