20th Century Fox has released six new production photo from Joe Carnahan’s big screen feature film version of The A-Team featuring Liam Neeson as Col. John “Hannibal” Smith, Bradley Cooper as the playboy mercenary role of Lt. Templeton “Faceman” Peck, Sharlto Copley as Capt. ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock, and UFC champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson as B.A. Baracus. After the jump you will find all six photos, including the uncropped high resolution digital file of the explosive image above.
Many of you know Sharlto Copley from his feature acting debut in District 9 (speaking of which, am I the only one crazy enough to believe that Copley should get some recognition for his performance come awards time, but realistically won’t). Copley is playing Capt. ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock in The A-Team movie.
/Film tipster Jimmy Jab sent over this photo, which he claims features a cake Copley’s mother sent to the set of The A-Team for her son’s birthday (Sharlto turned 36 on November 27th). The cake features a photo of a young Copley who was celebrating his own birthday with a cake featuring Mr. T as A-Team member B.A. Baracus. How cool is that? Check out a photo of the full cake after the jump.
/Film reader Dr. Malo sent over the first official photo from Joe Carnahan’s big screen adaptation of The A-Team. The film stars Bradley Cooper as Lt. Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck, Liam Neeson as Col John ‘Hannibal’ Smith, Sharlto Copley as Capt. ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock, and Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson as Sgt Bosco ‘B.A.’ Baracus. The film is currently in production, aiming for a June 11th 2010 release. Check out the full uncropped photo after the jump, click to enlarge.
Discuss: What do you think of the new A-Team?
Posted on Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 by Brendon Connelly
Joe Carnahan’s A-Team film is actually coming together, if you pardon the expression, right now. What a strange world we live in. Does anybody actually remember the show as being any good? I thought even its fans had it pegged as a bit of a kitschy, guilty pleasure.
Soon we’ll start seeing images from the set, I’m sure, and most of the speculation about the cast and probably even that iconic van will be laid to rest. Indeed, more details are getting nailed down all the time with Sharlto Copley’s negotiations now confirmed by the trades, and a lead role for Jessica Biel also reportedly in the works.
Posted on Thursday, September 10th, 2009 by Brendon Connelly
Its only a rumour, but it’s a heck of an eye-catching one: is District 9’s Sharlto Copley in the frame for a star turn as Howlin’ Mad Murdock in Matthew Carnahan’s new A-Team movie? It would certainly be nice, wouldn’t it? He landed with one heck of a splash in District 9 and already an awful lot of film lovers have taken him to their hearts.
Posted on Monday, August 17th, 2009 by Brendon Connelly
Editor’s Note: Director Neill Blomkamp also told EW, “I would do anything to go back to the world of District 9 again. Or District 10.”
Promoting District 9 last week, Neill Blomkamp gave an interview to Fangoria Radio and the key quotes are now up on the main Fangoria site. Besides doing their duties as gorehounds and asking the director if he’d like to make a straight-up horror film (he said he would!) they also discussed the inevitable: a sequel to his surprise-success alien apartheid satire.
Posted on Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Sony Pictures has released a new still from Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 for USA Today’s Comic-Con Preview. The photo features Sharlto Copley with a big ass alien gun. In the film, Copley plays an agent named Wikus, who is on the run from the government in a district of mistreated aliens. Check the full photo out after the jump. Sony will be holding a secret screening of District 9 at Comic Con, so get ready for the first reviews come Thursday night!
Sony Pictures Entertainment has released the first teaser trailer for Neill Blomkamp’s District 9, which you might see before X-Men Origins: Wolverine. As you probably know, Blomkamp is the South African born commercial director who was hired to direct a big screen adaptation of Halo before “financial problems” forced the project back into development heck. District 9 is super secret sci-fi project produced by Peter Jackson, based on Blomkamp’s short film Alive in Joburg.
The film depicts a fictional world where extraterrestrials have become refugees in South Africa. Wikus (Sharlto Copley) is a Multi-National United agent who becomes infected by alien biotechnology. He must go on the run from the oppressive government into District 9, a internment camp where “non-humans” have been forced to live since landing on Earth nearly 30 years ago.
If you’re going to see Wolverine this weekend, you might want to wait to see this trailer on the big screen. I can tell you that when I saw “the big reveal” on the big screen during the ShoWest presentation, I almost shit my pants. The ship just looks amazing on the big screen, especially in the doc-style the movie is filmed in. Some people might be disappointed that they blur out the alien’s face, but I think that adds to the mystery of the project, and makes you want to see what’s behind the censored box. Watch the trailer after the jump. Leave your thoughts in the comments below!
