'A-Team' Poster is a Mass of Flesh, Hair, and Some Teeth
Well done, A-Team. It's too rare that movie promotional material skirts the line between poster and tumor.
New 'A-Team' Trailer: More Evidence Men Trained to Fight Generally Should Not Act
If I had to say what looked most wrong about the A-Team remake, and I can't just say "that it's an A-Team remake," I'd probably go with Mr. T being replaced by an MMA fighter who makes it pretty apparent that acting comes second to strangling dudes with his thighs.
The one scene in this new trailer where I believe him is when Bradley Cooper is shouting at him to get on the plane, but I think it's only because he's forgotten what's going on in the scene and is genuinely hurt and confused that everyone is so angry:
Germany, This Is Your 'A-Team' Poster
I still can't figure out, am I supposed to like this movie because they're doing impressions of once-popular characters--meaning the enjoyment is similar to the rush of endorphins I get every time a bespectacled man with prop teeth gives a loud, British, "Yeah, Baby! Groovy!"--or am I supposed to simply accept these as new representations, not impressions, as if B.A. Baracus exists as a James Bond-like figure outside of being Mr. T under a different name? Because neither is happening for me.
(Larger version at MovieGod, thanks to Flex.)
New 'A-Team' Shots Show Issues of Hiring MMA Fighter To Act
Another perfect take, Rampage Jackson. Everyone else looks concerned, looks forward, logically, because that's the direction they're running away from a massive explosion; you just kind of let your gaze drift off to the side and make a dull, slack-jawed half-grin when you catch sight of the crafts service table. Next scene.
Every day on set must have been at least this frustrating.
More new A-Team photos here.
'A-Team' Trailer for Real This Time
Just in case the bootleg trailer from last week was deleted before you got to see modern actors/cage fighters doing impressions of '80s characters, here's the officially-released trailer for The A-Team. It's like watching someone's A-Team dream where everything is just slightly off:
'A-Team' Trailer: I Really Enjoy It When a Scheme Happens
Hurry, before it's spirited away! See the low-res exploits of your favorite primary squad with this contraband A-Team trailer!
Welp, Here They Are: The A-Team
So will every movie adaptation of a '70s/'80s campy action show take place in the same high-contrast, extremely overexposed world as Charlie's Angels? I'm fine with that; I only worry I may be blind by the time we get to Magnum P.I.
(Bigger version at /Film.)
'A-Team' Set Visit: 'ET' Asks the Questions You Weren't Concerned About
Joe Carnahan's A-Team is currently shooting in Vancouver, and, for some reason, the sociomutants at Entertainment Tonight were allowed on set for a first look at the film. In this video, see: "Rampage" Jackson as Baracus! "Rampage" Jackson attempting to act! Bradley Cooper making jokes! An ET reporter attempting to interact in a way that won't reveal he's an alien! And slightly more!
Have it:
Here Is Your Depressed 'A-Team' Team
Coming Soon has posted the first look at "Rampage" Jackson, Liam Neeson, Sharlto Copley, and Bradley Cooper on the set of The A-Team.
Thank god director Joe Carnahan appears to have included at least one scene where Baracus suddenly gets really nihilistic, sitting wherever he can and muttering how "it doesn't even fucking matter" for twenty minutes while the rest of the team awkwardly tries to console him. Those were always my favorite episodes of the show.
Rampage Is On Our A-Team
A professional near-murderer has joined The A-Team. Vancouver Sun is reporting that Ultimate Fighter Rampage Jackson will be taking the role made famous by Mr. T:
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship world light heavyweight champion Quinton (Rampage) Jackson is in Vancouver to star as BA Baracus in an upcoming movie version of The A-Team.The Sun has learned Rampage was in Vancouver on August 19 to discuss the role with producers and arrived in town Friday to prepare for filming.
Jackson has been removed from the UFC 107 card where he was set to face Sugar Rashad Evans in an Ultimate Fighter finale showdown, so he can appear in the film.
I hope this means director Joe Carnahan is adding some scenes where Baracus chokes a guy to the brink of unconsciousness with his thighs and then punches him repeatedly until forcibly stopped. Otherwise a lot of talent is being wasted here.
