Will we go there? Will we say it? Yes we will: We pity the fool who doesn’t think that Rampage Jackson is going to be excellent as B.A. Baracus in the new A-Team movie. Ah, that felt good.
The Sun is reporting that the famed UFC fighter will be featured in the upcoming A Team relaunch, currently in pre-production and scheduled for a 2010 release. The movie will also feature The Hangover’s Bradley Cooper as Face and Liam Neeson as Hannibal, which just sounds miraculous. Jackson beat out fellow hopefuls 50 Cent and The Game, because apparently the casting breakdown called for “mediocre rappers.” The movie’s IMDB page also lists Common as a possibility, which is just silly talk.
Granted, the movie itself could be a total nightmare, and is wading into some tricky waters by updating the franchise to modern day, with the team composed of Iraq War veterans trying to clear their name. Also, the update will break the old show’s no-kill rule, which has already raised the ire of Baracus Emeritus, Mr T. But there is one guarantee: Rampage Jackson doing his Mr. T impression is going to be worth the price of admission alone. Plus, he already has a whole bunch of chains!
Really, he’s absolutely perfect. He’s funny, charismatic, enormous, and probably wouldn’t have a problem with rocking the reverse mohawk. Check out this interview with Jimmy Fallon if you don’t believe us. The guy is a riot and a half, and for once we’re actually excited about one of these 80’s nostalgia-mining tar pits. This one might actually be a winner.
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