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Post by Zihna on Aug 5, 2009 0:43:19 GMT -5
You are kidding, right??? Jeez, what are they doing??? Use your brains, people, or at least read TAT forums to see what fans really want (ok, I guess that's not possible) but still!! No Murdock, I will boykott that movie!!! Well, and Miz is right, there is only one but IF than I still would prefer Jim Carrey...
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Post by amyk on Aug 5, 2009 13:10:37 GMT -5
I would probably actually be more inclined to go see the movie if they don't try to replace Murdock with anyone else! ;D Now if we could just keep them from replacing Hannibal, B.A., and Face with anyone else. Then it would be back to the concept that I could possibly handle, i.e. it would be a completely different team. They still would be the B Team, or maybe the C, D, or Z team, but anyway....
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Post by Aquamaniac on Aug 5, 2009 14:37:51 GMT -5
I think we all will, Miz. I guess they couldn't get Jim Carrey to play him and rather than finding another talent, they scratched his character? I'm not too keen on Jim Carrey as Murdock, even though that seems to be the most popular choice. I know he's done more subtle roles (THE TRUMAN SHOW and MAN ON THE MOON leap to mind,) but for the most part I see him as too over-the-top for Murdock. There is a certain subtlety to the character, and while DS has a "rubber face" to some degree, I don't see as much similarity as, say, with Robert Downey, Jr. or maybe Jason Lee. They are my two leading candidates for the role, but as I said... In the end, there is only one. ;D I don't want Carrey for this role either, but that's the only name I've heard for this role.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Aug 5, 2009 20:44:54 GMT -5
Woody Harrelson was mentioned at one point for the role too.
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Post by Zihna on Aug 6, 2009 0:23:28 GMT -5
Oh come on guys, I love Jim Carrey, he is awesome and I am sure he could pull it off!! I don't want to see anybody but DS in the role for Murdock, of course) but that ain't gonna happen so I guess JC would be the best choice for me!! Because even if I swear I won't go see the movie I probably will still go and see it.... and then I probably will need something to hold onto to not start screaming!!!
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Post by Aquamaniac on Aug 6, 2009 2:49:55 GMT -5
Woody Harrelsn? No way! He can't be Murdock, no way can he be a percent as vibrant as Schultz played Murdock. What do they have in common besides having a bald spot and semi-long hair?!
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Post by Zihna on Aug 6, 2009 5:26:24 GMT -5
ähem, nothing?? :-) Why the heck are they even making that movie???
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Aug 6, 2009 7:37:53 GMT -5
I think Jim Carrey could probably do it well too, especially if he watches some of the episodes with Murdock.
Of course, as much as they are changing the movie from the original format...I would not be surprised if it is more of a comic role of the type Carrey normally plays instead of an homage to the original character.
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Post by Zihna on Aug 11, 2009 13:50:00 GMT -5
ok you guys, since we obviously are not able to stop the movie I was wondering who you would like to see beeing cast for our guys also Amy and Decker of course!!
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Post by amyk on Aug 11, 2009 14:01:10 GMT -5
I doubt that they would put in Amy and Decker. Even if they have a female team member, I think it will not be Amy Allen but rather a new character. And I doubt that they would have Decker. I have no idea if they are going to continue on with the assumption that the team is working for Stockwell or what. I suspect they will just ignore that part of the show's history.
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Post by Zihna on Aug 12, 2009 0:43:06 GMT -5
No as far as I know they will also not base the story on the Vietnam War but on some of the Gulf Wars or something like that... it is gonna be sooo weird!! Heck, were did I read that?? If I find the link I will post it!!
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Post by Zihna on Aug 12, 2009 0:49:02 GMT -5
Ok so thats the article I read but I just realised it was from 2006 so it is probably not true anymore but still here you go:
The big screen version of The A-Team has gone back to the drawing board, series creator Stephen J Cannell has revealed to Empire. Bruce Feristein, an American writer who penned three of the four Brosnan Bond movies including Goldeneye, was drafted in to write the movie in 2004, but Cannell says a new script is about to be penned by a new writer.
Speaking exclusively to Empire, he said the new script will replace the half-dozen or so which have been written to date. "We were working on a script for a few years but I didn't like it so it's been thrown out," he said."We’ve gone through a lot of scripts that we haven’t been happy with for one reason or another. We had one script writer who had never even watched the show! The studio was adament about employing him but he just took the title and began to write anything he wanted, completely departing from the original show. The studio didn’t like it and neither did I."
Although the identity of the new writer and details of the plot are unconfirmed, Cannell, who will be producing the film, has made no secret of the fact the 80s cult show will be updated for the new millennium. "I want to create it as taking place today. So the Gulf War could be a great angle. In the original, the A-Team were on the run after robbing a bank under orders just as the war ended. In this, maybe the four would raid Saddam Hussein’s bank or whatever."
But how will it better the chemistry of the original quartet of George Peppard (Hannibal), Mr T (BA Baracus), Dwight Schultz (Murdock) and Dirk Benedict (Faceman)? "I would like the original cast to play a part - to have their input into the movie and to star in cameo roles. As for who will play the new roles, I think Bruce Willis would make a good Hannibal!
"But I think the show needs retuning. I don’t know if BA can say ‘I pity the fool’ because that is so Mr T but Hannibal will certainly be saying, ‘I love it when a plan comes together.’ Little things like that will get a big laugh."
A release date has yet to be proposed but don’t expect to see the movie before 2008.
Story by David Crookes
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Post by amyk on Aug 12, 2009 13:08:30 GMT -5
Hmmm.....did SJC actually watch the show? I ask because B.A. never said "I pity the fool" on TAT! This is the script writer I vote for!! That way it can't ruin my beloved A-Team if he writes something that is a complete departure from the original show! ;D
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Post by mizhowlinmad on Aug 26, 2009 14:17:02 GMT -5
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Post by amyk on Aug 26, 2009 15:24:19 GMT -5
I actually get almost a sick feeling in my stomach thinking about this movie!
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