“The important parts of Hannibal were obviously the cigar, and I wanted that same kind of [authority] for Liam,” explained “Smokin’ Aces” director Carnahan, comparing Neeson’s performance to the Col. John “Hannibal” smith role originated on '80s TV by George Peppard. “And beyond that, I think Liam was insistent that 'I'm not going to do a George Peppard imitation.' This is Liam Neeson, you know?”
The trailer gives us a few peeks at Hannibal flashing his trademark cigar, smile and catchphrase, but Carnahan insisted that the role wasn’t just about mimickry.
“[Hannibal] commands just because of this deference, and I think Liam understood who this guy was,” Carnahan said. “I told him who I thought this Hannibal is: Lee Marvin, with a much easier smile. He's a guy who is very tough, and very determined and very capable, but not someone who [barks orders]; he's not a drill instructor.”
As such, much of the Neeson performance that fans are excited to see when the film hits theaters on June 11th won’t be spiced with over-the-top line deliveries, but subtlety. “It was just these very subtle things that I thought we did. The sense of humor and the adventure and exploration, all made Hannibal this fun character.”
As for the beloved creation of the late Peppard, Carnahan said fans will still appreciate the roots of the A-Team leader. “[The old Hannibal] is absolutely there,” he insisted. “I don't think we sacrificed that one bit.”
“Jessie, she's a captain with DCIS, which is the Defense Criminal Investigative Service,” director Joe Carnahan explained of the new character, who shares an uncomfortable dating history with Bradley Cooper’s Face. “They’re basically the department of the defense, and she supersedes [military officials] - if she goes on a base, it doesn't matter if you’re a general, she can supplant you.”
Although technically not a bad guy, in the June 11th flick she’ll run neck-and-neck alongside Patrick Wilson’s Lynch as the main threat to the A-Team’s underground existence. “She's kind of the chief nemesis, because of her relationship with Bradley's character,” Carnahan explained. “[The A-Team] are invariably always up to no good; they’re renegades, and she believes people like this need to be policed and shut down.”
Don’t think Biel’s only job in the movie will be to show up and look hot. “She's not wallpaper. In the same way as Bradley, Jessie got really good with the weapon training,” the “Smokin’ Aces” filmmaker insisted. “She and I had conversation after conversation: 'You can't just be this female testosterone component.'”
“She retained every bit of her femininity, without resorting to just looking tough,” Carnahan explained, making the character sound a bit like Jennifer Lopez’s “Out of Sight” badass Karen Sisco, and Face sounding a bit like George Clooney’s bank-robbing rogue Jack Foley. “She and Bradley had such fantastic chemistry. There's a lot of ad-libbing between them that is just great; it sounds like people who used to date. [They bicker about] where it went sour, for all of these small stupid reasons.”
As for whether Sosa is an ally or an enemy to the A-Team, Carnahan said it’s a bit of both. “She’s not really [on their side]; she's kind of their chief pursuer,” he reasoned. “And some things happen, and then some plot twists and character revelations, and things go a different way. But, she is their nemesis.”
Whenever a classic franchise like “The A-Team” is adapted for the big screen, it’s no surprise that fans are fascinated by cameos from original cast members. From Mr. T to Dwight Schultz, director Joe Carnahan has been open about where he stands with the original commandos. Now, Bradley Cooper is spilling the beans on the details behind the Dirk Benedict cameo that will bring two famous Face-Men together.
“He plays a guy named Milt,” Cooper said of Benedict’s scene, which teases both actors’ good looks as well as the vanity of Templeton Peck. “We’re in a tanning bed, in prison together.”
Recently, Carnahan told us that Cooper’s take on the character is a bit more testosterone-fueled. And when we caught up with Cooper on the red carpet for this weekend’s “Valentine’s Day,” he said that working opposite the '80s TV icon was one of his favorite days on the “A-Team” movie.
“What a lovely, lovely guy,” Cooper said of Benedict, who has always been so willing to make in-jokes about his past that he even did a “Battlestar Galactica” wink in the original show “A-Team” show. “We talked for a long time; we spent the afternoon together. I learned so much about him, and he’s fantastic.”
While on set, Benedict told Cooper that his take was the sort of tougher “Face” that he had always wanted to do on the show. Some elements, however, have been kept as similar as possible.
“I don’t know if [mine] is tougher, but he loves running his M-4 machine gun, he’s a soldier,” Cooper said of how we’ll see his Templeton Peck in the June 11th film. “I don’t know about ‘Face’ in the TV show, if that was his thing. He didn’t love violence the way [mine does]; you’d see him more sweet talk you.”
“The ‘Face’ that I play, he’s a great pick-pocket; he does that,” Cooper revealed. “But he doesn’t mind getting a little rough too.”
TMZ is reporting that Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, the former UFC champ who is now working on a movie career, got into a fender-bender today. However, unlike the wreck he caused in the summer of 2008, this one is not his fault. Jackson was driving home from a car dealership in his brand new Audi R8 and was rear-ended by a little old lady.
"I am fine, the little old lady is fine, but my car got hurt, and for that I'm sad," Jackson told TMZ.
There is no word on if the little old lady is from Pasadena. As for Jackson, he seems to have no trouble settling into the role of a movie star. He even knows how to talk to paparazzi.
Does any of your previous incarnations as a composer for such 80s TV shows as "Magnum, P.I." and "A-Team" help get you in the right mindset for doing the work?
Well, of course, those are the early series that I worked on when I first got into the business were in the 80s. But, in the sense that they were sort of like an evolution. I mean, we were just talking about the history of scoring. It was an evolution. The one innovation that Mike Post and Pete Carpenter, who were the composers and I worked with them and I was one of their team who was producing, writing a lot of music for those scores was to have an orchestra and then a rock rhythm section. Now, the 70s was more about funk, and was more jazz focused with some rock. But, the 80s which was very much the post Carpenter era had these additions.
But, that aspect, of having an orchestra and then having a rhythm section within the orchestra, was something that I definitely gained a lot of experience writing for in the 80s. That was what those gigs were. Every week I was turning in cues, writing cues and had an orchestra to record it. Of course it had this rhythm section of drums, guitar, keyboard and bass that had that feel.
So, that certainly and I know this is a long winded answer - but certainly that prepared me. This was not an unfamiliar territory for me. Let's put it that way. Even though stylistically, ultimately it is different.
This is an interview with A-Team Movie actor Sharlto Copley who plays H.M. Murdock. He speaks about his time on the set as well as his experiences with the old A-Team cast, even his special A-Team birthday cake as a child.
Although Mr. T has declined to have any presence in the new A-Team movie, Director Joe Carnahan isn't quite ready to discount the possibility of a Mr. T cameo in the film. If not this film perhaps in a future sequel?? According to Joe, there is a fighting chance.
"I think that he has tremendous respect for Rampage, and I think that there's always a way to make these things work, and to have his presence in this film would be a big boom"
Comedy Central's Daily Show put together an A Team montage about the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission which is tasked with auditing financial institutions to determine a root cause for the financial meltdown of 2009.
"Stand back Wall Street; The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission team is all over your assets"
If my previous post wasn't quite nerdy enough for you, here's the full on dose of nerd nostalgia. The A-Team theme adapted to the original Star Trek series.
Now that the A-Team trailer has hit the net, the director Joe Carnahan wants to assure fans of the original show that they are not left behind with the new movie. He states that 25 years have passed since the A-Team's debut and it was necessary to evolve the parts of the story and to give it a real world feel, while keeping the levity of the original storyline.
It was important that we let the fanbase know we hadn't abandoned the television show and the characters everyone loved so much. It was a big part of it and important to convey that. But also to let people know that 25 years have gone by since 'The A-Team' was on the air, and [we] want to evolve that story that needs to be evolved and should be evolved, and I think we spent a considerable amount of time doing that. The approach is gritty and more real world, with everything that is going on in Iraq and the Middle East, there were certain things that I felt were important to conform. ...Because the show was very whimsical and campy at times, and we wanted to avoid that. As much as the dark knight avoids the old Adam West incarnation of Batman, we wanted to do the same thing.
Also when interviewed by IGN about the trailer, Carnahan wanted to assure fans that The A-Team was still originally a part of the Army despite showing a Marine plane in part of the 2010 A-Team movie trailer
IGN: They are still Army, right? Because there's a scene in the trailer where we see them in a Marine plane.
Carnahan: Oh, no, they're Army, even to the point where I think we amped that up. I don't want to give it away because I think it's a really cool device we use to kind of bond these guys in a way, and narratively we don't have to spend these long periods of time explaining why they got so close so fast. But listen, I think that if you're a fan of that show and you have any doubts about the movie, you should have none. You have absolutely nothing to worry about.
1. The A-Team (2010) (post-production) .... Sgt. Bosco 'B.A.' Baracus
2. Duel of Legends (2010) (completed) .... Jakson
3. Death Warrior (2009) .... Wolf
4. Hell's Chain (2009) .... Jackson
5. Never Surrender (2009)
6. "UFC Unleashed" (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode #3.11 (2008) TV episode
7. The Midnight Meat Train (2008) .... Guardian Angel
... aka Clive Barker's Midnight Meat Train (USA: promotional title)
8. "The Ultimate Fighter" (1 episode, 2008)
... aka UFC Presents the Ultimate Fighter (Australia: DVD title)
- No Posers (2008) TV episode
9. Bad Guys (2008) .... Leroy Johnson
10. "The King of Queens" .... Priority Plus Driver (1 episode, 2006)
- Fight Schlub (2006) TV episode (uncredited) .... Priority Plus Driver
11. Confessions of a Pit Fighter (2005)
Self:
1. "Super Dave's Spike Tacular" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- Super Risks His Life in the Battle of the Decade (2009) TV episode (as Rampage Jackson) .... Himself
2. "Entertainment Tonight" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
... aka E.T. (USA: informal title)
... aka ET Weekend (Australia: weekend title)
... aka Entertainment This Week (weekend title)
... aka This Week in Entertainment (USA: weekend title)
- Episode dated 21 October 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself
3. "The Ultimate Fighter" .... Himself - Team Captain (4 episodes, 2009)
... aka UFC Presents the Ultimate Fighter (Australia: DVD title)
- Snitch (2009) TV episode .... Himself - Team Captain
- The Enemy (2009) TV episode .... Himself - Team Captain
- All About Survival (2009) TV episode .... Himself - Team Captain
- Size Does Matter (2009) TV episode .... Himself - Team Captain
4. Miss March (2009) .... Himself
... aka Miss March: Generation Penetration (UK: long title)
5. UFC 96: Jackson vs. Jardine (2009) (TV) .... Himself
6. UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008 (2008) (TV) .... Himself
7. UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin (2008) (TV) .... Himself
... aka Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 86: Jackson vs. Griffin (Australia)
8. "Rome Is Burning" .... Himself - Correspondent (1 episode, 2008)
... aka Jim Rome Is Burning (USA: second season title)
- Episode dated 3 July 2008 (2008) TV episode (as Quentin 'Rampage' Jackson) .... Himself - Correspondent
9. "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2008)
... aka Jimmy Kimmel (Australia)
- Episode dated 5 June 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 4 June 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself
10. "Inside MMA" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode #2.11 (2008) TV episode .... Himself
11. "Free Radio" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
- Lance Gets a Manager (2008) TV episode .... Himself
12. "Sport Science" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
- Hardest Hits (2007) TV episode .... Himself
13. UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion (2007) (TV) .... Himself
14. Guys Choice (2007) (TV) .... Himself
15. UFC 71: Liddell vs. Jackson (2007) (TV) .... Himself
16. UFC 71 Countdown (2007) (TV) .... Himself
17. UFC 67: All or Nothing (2007) (TV) .... Himself
18. UFC 67 Countdown (2007) (TV) .... Himself
19. "FightZone Presents" .... Himself - Guest (1 episode)
- UWC Invasion (????) TV episode (as Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson) .... Himself - Guest
20. Countdown to WFA: King of the Streets (2006) (TV) .... Himself
21. Nagurimono (2005) .... Himself
... aka Nagurimono: Love & Kill (International: English title)
... aka Nagurimono: The Fighter (Japan: English title)
1. Unknown White Male (2011) (post-production)
2. The Next Three Days (2011) (post-production) .... Damon
3. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) (post-production) (voice) .... Aslan
4. The A-Team (2010) (post-production) .... Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith
5. Clash of the Titans (2010) (post-production) .... Zeus
6. After.Life (2009) .... Eliot Deacon
... aka After Life (USA: alternative title)
... aka Afterlife (USA: alternative title)
7. Chloe (2009) .... David
8. Five Minutes of Heaven (2009) .... Alistair Little
9. Fallout 3 (2008) (VG) (voice) .... James - Father
10. The Other Man (2008) .... Peter
11. Gake no ue no Ponyo (2008) (voice: English version) .... Fujimoto
... aka Ponyo (UK) (USA)
... aka Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Australia) (International: English title)
... aka Ponyo on the Cliff (International: English title: informal literal title)
12. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) (voice) .... Aslan
... aka Prince Caspian (International: English title: informal short title)
13. Taken (2008/I) .... Bryan Mills
14. Seraphim Falls (2006) .... Carver
15. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) (voice) .... Aslan
... aka The Chronicles of Narnia (International: English title: short title)
16. Breakfast on Pluto (2005) .... Father Liam
17. Batman Begins (2005) (VG) (voice) .... Henri Ducard
18. Batman Begins (2005) .... Henri Ducard
... aka Batman Begins: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
19. "The Simpsons" .... Father Sean (1 episode, 2005)
- The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star (2005) TV episode (voice) .... Father Sean
20. Kingdom of Heaven (2005) .... Godfrey de Ibelin
... aka El reino de los cielos (Spain)
... aka Königreich der Himmel (Germany)
21. Kinsey (2004) .... Alfred Kinsey
22. Patrick (2004) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
23. Love Actually (2003) .... Daniel
24. Gangs of New York (2002) .... 'Priest' Vallon
25. "Liberty's Kids: Est. 1776" (2002) TV series .... John Paul Jones (unknown episodes)
26. K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) .... Capt. Mikhail Polenin
... aka K*19: The Widowmaker (International: English title: poster title) (USA: poster title)
... aka K-19 - Showdown in der Tiefe (Germany)
... aka K-19: Terreur sous la mer (Canada: French title)
... aka The Widowmaker (International: English title: informal short title)
... aka k-19 (International: English title: informal short title)
... aka k19 (International: English title: informal short title)
27. The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000) (TV) .... Host
28. Gun Shy (2000) .... Charles 'Charlie' Mayeaux
... aka Gunshy (Australia: video title)
70. "Mundo VIP" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1999)
- Show nº180 (1999) TV episode .... Himself
- Show nº176 (1999) TV episode .... Himself
71. The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter: Best Visual Effects
72. Omagh the Legacy: Claire and Stephen's Story (1999) .... Himself/Narrator
73. The Stars of 'Star Wars': Interviews from the Cast (1999) (V) .... Himself
74. The Making of 'The Haunting' (1999) (V) .... Himself
75. "The Directors" .... Himself (2 episodes)
- The Films of George Lucas (????) TV episode .... Himself
- The Films of Steven Spielberg (????) TV episode .... Himself
76. Comic Relief VIII (1998) (TV) .... Himself
77. The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (1998) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter
78. "Showbiz Today" .... Himself (1 episode, 1998)
- Episode dated 7 June 1998 (1998) TV episode .... Himself
79. Everest (1998) (voice) .... Himself/Narrator
80. "Intimate Portrait" .... Himself (1 episode, 1998)
- Jessica Lange (1998) TV episode .... Himself
81. "Eco-Challenge Morocco" (1998) TV mini-series .... Himself/Narrator
82. "The South Bank Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1996)
- Michael Collins (1996) TV episode .... Himself
83. The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter: 'Il Postino' Film Clip
84. Riverdance: The New Show (1996) (V) .... Narrator
... aka Riverdance in New York (USA: TV title)
... aka Riverdance: Live from New York City (USA: DVD title)
85. Clark Gable: Tall, Dark and Handsome (1996) .... Host
86. A Leap of Faith (1996) (voice) .... Himself/Narrator
87. Lumière et compagnie (1995) .... (segment "John Boorman")
... aka Lumière and Company (International: English title)
... aka Lumiere y compañÃa (Spain)
88. Out of Ireland (1995) (TV) (voice)
89. The American Film Institute Salute to Steven Spielberg (1995) (TV) .... Himself
90. "Subaru Primal Quest, San Juan Islands" (1994) TV series .... Narrator
91. The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994) (TV) .... Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Sound Effects Editing
92. The 47th Annual Tony Awards (1993) (TV) .... Himself
93. "Nyhetsmorgon" .... Himself (1 episode)
- Filmen 'Schindler's List' (????) TV episode .... Himself
94. An Audience with Mel Brooks (1983) (TV) .... Himself
1. The A-Team (2010) (post-production) .... Capt. 'Howling Mad' Murdock
2. District 9 (2009) .... Wikus Van De Merwe
3. Alive in Joburg (2005) .... Sniper
Producer:
1. Spoon (2008) (co-producer)
2. Alive in Joburg (2005) (producer)
Director:
1. Spoon (2008)
Writer:
1. Spoon (2008) (writer)
Visual Effects:
1. What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? (2004) (visual effects producer)
... aka What the Bleep Do We Know!? (International: English title: informal title) (USA)
Self:
1. Innovation: The Acting and Improvisation of 'District 9' (2009) (V) .... Himself
2. The Alien Agenda: A Filmmaker's Log (2009) (V) .... Himself
3. Metamorphosis: The Transformation of Wikus (2009) (V) .... Himself
4. 'District 9': Comic-Con Extravaganza (2009) (V) .... Himself
5. Alien Generation: The Visual Effects of 'District 9' (2009) (V) .... Himself
6. "Cinema 3" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
... aka Informatiu cinema (Spain: Catalan title)
- Episode dated 26 September 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself
7. "Le grand journal de Canal+" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode dated 7 September 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself
8. "Entertainment Tonight" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
... aka E.T. (USA: informal title)
... aka ET Weekend (Australia: weekend title)
... aka Entertainment This Week (weekend title)
... aka This Week in Entertainment (USA: weekend title)
- Episode dated 14 August 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself
1. The A-Team (2010) (post-production) .... Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck
2. Valentine's Day (2010) (completed) .... Holden
3. Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis (2009) (V)
4. All About Steve (2009) .... Steve
5. Case 39 (2009) .... Douglas J. Ames
6. The Hangover (2009) .... Phil Wenneck
... aka Hangover (Germany)
7. "Nip/Tuck" .... Aidan Stone (6 episodes, 2007-2009)
- Manny Skerritt (2009) TV episode .... Aidan Stone
- Magda and Jeff (2008) TV episode .... Aidan Stone
- Rachel Ben Natan (2008) TV episode .... Aidan Stone
- Dr. Joshua Lee (2007) TV episode .... Aidan Stone
- Joyce and Sharon Monroe (2007) TV episode .... Aidan Stone
(1 more)
8. He's Just Not That Into You (2009) .... Ben
... aka Er steht einfach nicht auf Dich! (Germany)
9. New York, I Love You (2009) .... Gus (segment "Allen Hughes")
... aka New York, je t'aime (France: literal title)
10. Yes Man (2008) .... Peter
... aka Yes Man (Hong Kong: English title)
11. Bang, Blow, and Stroke (2008) (V) .... Trash
12. The Midnight Meat Train (2008) .... Leon
... aka Clive Barker's Midnight Meat Train (USA: promotional title)
13. The Rocker (2008) .... Trash
14. Older Than America (2008) .... Luke
15. The Comebacks (2007) .... Cowboy
... aka Sports Movie (UK: DVD title)
16. "Kitchen Confidential" .... Jack Bourdain (13 episodes, 2005-2006)
- An Affair to Remember (2006) TV episode .... Jack Bourdain
- And the Award Goes to... (2006) TV episode .... Jack Bourdain
- Let's Do Brunch (2006) TV episode .... Jack Bourdain
- Power Play (2006) TV episode .... Jack Bourdain
- Praise Be Praise (2006) TV episode .... Jack Bourdain
(8 more)
17. "Alias" .... Will Tippin (46 episodes, 2001-2006)
- There's Only One Sydney Bristow (2006) TV episode .... Will Tippin
- Remnants (2003) TV episode .... Will Tippin
- Second Double (2003) TV episode .... Will Tippin
- The Telling (2003) TV episode .... Will Tippin
- Countdown (2003) TV episode (credit only) .... Will Tippin
(41 more)
18. Failure to Launch (2006) .... Demo
19. Wedding Crashers (2005) .... Zachary 'Sack' Lodge
20. "Law & Order: Trial by Jury" .... Jason Whitaker (1 episode, 2005)
- Day (2005) TV episode .... Jason Whitaker
21. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" .... Jason Whitaker (1 episode, 2005)
... aka Law & Order: SVU (UK: promotional abbreviation) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Special Victims Unit (New Zealand: English title) (UK: informal short title)
- Night (2005) TV episode .... Jason Whitaker
22. "Jack & Bobby" .... Tom Wexler Graham (14 episodes, 2004-2005)
- Querida Grace (2005) TV episode .... Tom Wexler Graham
- And Justice for All (2005) TV episode .... Tom Wexler Graham
- Time Out of Life (2005) TV episode .... Tom Wexler Graham
- Into the Woods (2005) TV episode .... Tom Wexler Graham
- A New Frontier (2005) TV episode .... Tom Wexler Graham
(9 more)
23. "Touching Evil" .... OSC Agent Mark Rivers (6 episodes, 2004)
- Grief (2004) TV episode .... OSC Agent Mark Rivers
- Entropy (2004) TV episode .... OSC Agent Mark Rivers
- Attachment (2004) TV episode .... OSC Agent Mark Rivers
- Love Lies Bleeding (2004) TV episode .... OSC Agent Mark Rivers
- Memorial (2004) TV episode .... OSC Agent Mark Rivers
(1 more)
24. I Want to Marry Ryan Banks (2004) (TV) .... Todd Doherty
... aka The Reality of Love (Philippines: English title: cable TV title) (UK)
25. "Miss Match" .... Gary (1 episode, 2003)
- I Got You Babe (2003) TV episode .... Gary
26. The Last Cowboy (2003) (TV) .... Morgan Murphy
27. Stella Shorts 1998-2002 (2002) (V) .... Satan / Guy at Yoga Class
28. Carnival Knowledge (2002) .... Jeff
29. My Little Eye (2002) .... Travis Patterson
30. Wet Hot American Summer (2001) .... Ben
31. "The $treet" .... Clay Hammond (5 episodes, 2000-2001)
- Framed (2001) TV episode .... Clay Hammond
- Junk Bonds (2001) TV episode .... Clay Hammond
- Past Performance (2001) TV episode .... Clay Hammond
- Turf Wars (2001) TV episode .... Clay Hammond
- Rebound (2000) TV episode .... Clay Hammond
32. "Sex and the City" .... Jake (1 episode, 1999)
... aka S.A.T.C. (USA: promotional abbreviation)
- They Shoot Single People, Don't They? (1999) TV episode .... Jake
Self:
1. "Late Show with David Letterman" .... Himself (1 episode, 2010)
... aka Late Show Backstage (USA: title for episodes with guest hosts)
... aka Letterman (Australia)
... aka The Late Show (USA: informal short title)
- Episode #17.69 (2010) TV episode .... Himself
20. "Lonely Planet" .... Himself - Trekker (1 episode)
... aka Globe Trekker (USA)
... aka Pilot Guides (UK: alternative title)
- Best American Water Treks 1 (????) TV episode .... Himself - Trekker
Mister T Pities the Fool that Wants Him to do an A-Team Cameo
The A-Team (2010) Movie — By Nix on December 28, 2009
According to Mister T himself, don’t expect to see a T cameo in Joe Carnahan’s upcoming “A-Team” feature film. Mind you, it’s not about the money, or so the jewel-encrusted one tells Latino Review during a visit to the gym. Yes, Mister T still goes to the gym. What, you think those muscles grow overnight? As to the cameo, Mister T just doesn’t, well, see the point.
He said it wasn’t about money, because he turned down the chance to appear in the film before that was even discussed. He said it just wouldn’t be right for him to be in it. If his B.A. isn’t the main guy, then why do it? What’s wrong with the film that they need him to make a cameo? Plus they would market the film with him being in it, and he didn’t want his friends and family to think he would have some big role when he wouldn’t. He told me he has nothing against the cast or even the fact that they’re doing a remake. But a cameo is just something he wasn’t interested in.
Dwight Schultz’s cameo is already confirmed, and Dirk Benedict has already said Yes. That leaves George Peppard, but unless Joe Carnahan knows how to raise the dead, that doesn’t look like it’s gonna happen. Of course, I wouldn’t put anything pass Hollywood, even black voodoo magic.
Mister T’s reason for not doing a cameo sounds a bit silly to me. I doubt if Carnahan and the movie will be trumpeting his cameo as a big part of the film, and it’s not like he has a lot going on at the moment. I’m just saying. Why not just do it? Then again, he is Mister T, and I’m not…
Carnahan’s “A-Team” arrives this Summer with Liam Neeson as Hannibal, Bradley Cooper as Faceman, Sharlto Copley as “Howling Mad” Murdock and UFC champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson as B.A. Baracus.
"Quit your jibba jabba you ain't hurt, you pathetic, if I ever catch you acting like a crazy fool again, you gonna meet my friend pain!! Snickers, Get some Nuts!"
O'Reilly Interviews Mr. T about Speedwalking Snickers commercial
"I have been pitying fools for 28 years Bill, why didn't someone talk to the actor who played 'Speedwalker' he would tell you about my character"
Mr T Snickers ad pulled for being offensive to gay people Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jul/28/advertising1
Mars has pulled a UK TV ad for Snickers featuring Mr T harassing a speed walker for being a "disgrace to the man race" after US complaints that it was offensive to gay people.
The American confectionary giant pulled the Snickers ad even though it was never shown on TV in the US - as happened last month with the Heinz Deli Mayo ad featuring two men kissing.
The Snickers ad, made by the same agency that caused an international furore with the Heinz male kiss commercial, was first broadcast in the UK on July 13.
The commercial, by ad agency AMV BBDO, features Mr T in full-on BA Baracus mode, the character he played in The A-Team.
It opens with Mr T crashing through a building on the back of a flatbed truck mounted with a Snickers-firing machine gun.
Mr T pulls alongside a man in tight yellow shorts who is speed walking and growls: "Speed walking. I pity you fool. You a disgrace to the man race. It's time to run like a real man."
He then opens fire, peppering the man with Snickers bars and forcing him to break into a run.
In the UK the TV ad barely ruffled feathers, the Advertising Standards Authority said.
The ASA received just two complaints and did not investigate the commercial for a possible breach of the advertising code.
However, the ad caused a storm overseas. A US advertising industry title published an open letter challenging Omnicom, AMV BBDO's American parent company.
The Human Rights Campaign criticised Mars for perpetuating "the notion that the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community is a group of second class citizens and that violence against GLBT people is not only acceptable, but humorous".
Mars said that the ad was meant to be "fun", that it never intended to cause offence and has pulled the campaign.
"This ad is the second in a series of UK Snickers Ads featuring Mr T, which are meant to be fun and have been positively received in the UK," said a spokeswoman for Mars.
"However, we understand that humour is highly subjective, and it is never our intention to cause offence. Accordingly, we have pulled the Mr T Speedwalker ad globally."
Dirk Benedict is perhaps best known for his roll as Templeton Peck 'Faceman' from the A-Team, however he also played Lieutenant Starbuck in the 1978 series of Battlestar Galactica. In the second season of the A-Team in the opening credits Faceman is shown looking (in a moment of deja-vu) as a person dressed as a Cylon walks by.
If you are interested in catching up on episodes of The A-Team remember the following schedule on Hulu. You may want to brush up on your A-Team before going to catch the new film, in theaters June 11th, 2010
Season 1 episodes are available until January 30, 2010.
Season 2 episodes are available until February 28, 2010.
Seasons 3, 4 and 5 episodes are available until September 7, 2010.
Perhaps equally as notorious as the A-Team themselves was their typical mode of transportation. Everybody remembers Mr. T 'B.A. Baracus' driving around in that black van with the red stripe on the side and red mag wheels. People often wonder about the details of that van. I have listed below a few details about it as well as a video of somebody doing a burnout in a replica of the famed vehicle. I thought it was pretty cool. By the way, what kind of car insurance do you think the A-Team had on this van with all of the gun fire and stunt driving?
GMC G-Series (G-15) Van Details
Year: 1983
Make & Model: GMC G-Series (G-15)
Engine: 350 c.i. V-8
Carburetor: Two barrel carb
Transmission: Automatic Transmission
Wheels: 15" American Racing 14 Spoke wheel with 60 Series BF Goodrich Sport Truck T/A radials
Color: Black and Gun Metal Grey with a Red Stripe
Other Notables: Quad tip exhaust, custom rear wing, mobile telephone and radio, sun visor, heavy duty rear air shocks, full front brushbar, fog lights, white bucket seats, shag carpet and a custom gun storage case.The van was not the only car featured in the show. "Face" was often seen with a flashy white 1984 Chevy Corvette. The 'vette was rented from a Los Angeles rental agency and was plain white, with the red stripe put on every time it was used in taping a show.
B.A. stands for Bad Attitude.... Best respect the Smart Car sucka. I don't think that B.A. would have had quite the intimidating effect stepping out of one of these things. Maybe they have gone Green? Maybe they're being chased by Al Gore? Maybe this is for some mission in a village with tiny streets? At any rate, gotta love the paint job!!
The much anticipated A-Team Movie is sure to bring Action, Entertainment, a little Comedy and plenty of pittying the fool. The movie stars Bradkey Cooper as Lt. Tempelton 'Faceman' Peck, Liam Neeson as Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith, Sharto Copley as Capt. 'Howling Mad' Murdock, Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson as Sgt. Bosco 'B.A' Baracus, Patrick Wilson as Col. Lynch and Jessica Biel as Lt. Sosa.
A-Team Movie Synopsis
a group of Iraq War veterans looks to clear their name with the U.S. military, who suspect the four men of committing a crime for which they were framed
Release Date: June 11, 2010
Below are some new shots from the new film which have recently reached the internet, ENJOY!!!