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Liam Neeson Is A-Team's Hannibal
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Liam Neeson Is A-Team's Hannibal The A-Team movie has its Hannibal, and he has a British accent. Variety says Liam Neeson is in negotiations to play Col. John Hannibal Smith. The character was originally played by now deceased, cigar-chomping actor George Peppard. The trades have also confirmed the rumors from a few weeks ago, and it looks like The Hangovers Bradley Cooper really is going to be Face. For the uninitiated, Hannibal is the groups leader and the guy who usually spouts the A-Teams signature catch phrase: I love it when a plan comes together. Much as ...
Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper Join 'The A-Team'
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According to two different reports, The A-Team has assembled half of its principal cast. Variety dropped the biggest bomb, reporting that Liam Neeson will play Hannibal Smith. That's an interesting pick, you have to admit.
Elsewhere, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed what had been suspected a few weeks ago, that Bradley Cooper from The Hangover will ...
Liam Neeson leading The A-Team!
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Insert your own “we love it when a plan comes together” gag here – Liam Neeson is negotiating to play John "Hannibal" Smith in The A-Team. He’s busy negotiating money terms with 20th Century Fox now, but if the deal works out, he’ll be bringing his particular set of skills to Joe Carnahan’s set some time in late August for the shoot. And no doubt thanks to the hefty success of The Hangover – which scored a surprise upset at this weekend’s box office when the final figures shoved it ahead of Pixar’s Up – Bradley Cooper is officially in talks. ...
Liam Neeson In Talks To Make A Plan Come Together In The 'A-Team'
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Liam Neeson is in negotiations with 20th Century Fox to star in its long-gestating bigscreen adaptation of "The A-Team" as Col. John "Hannibal" Smith. Bradley Cooper is in early talks to play Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck in the Joe Carnahan-directed pic based on the 1980s TV series, Variety reports. Production begins in late August for a June 11, 2010, release. Ridley Scott is producing with Jules Daly and series creator Stephen J. Cannell, with Tony Scott exec producing through Scott Free. Carnahan ...
Liam Neeson And Bradley Cooper Join Joe Carnahan's 'The A-Team'
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Liam Neeson and Bradley Cooper are reportedly in talks to respectively play Col. John "Hannibal" Smith and Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck in Joe Carnahan's adaptation of the "The A-Team," TV show according to the Variety. Cooper previously revealed his affiliations with the Tony and Ridley Scott produced project before futilely attempting to deny it. Neeson's casting, however, comes completely from left field although it may be that, in search of a tough, experienced actor to lead their project, 20th Century Fox may have ...
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... “The A-Team” may really have a cast member. According to Variety, Liam Neeson is in negotiations to play Col. John ‘Hannibal’ Smith in the film based on the 1980s TV show. The debunking of the rumor that Bradley Cooper was going to play Lt. Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck, may have been a major letdown, but it turns out that it may not have been entirely false. The article says the star of “The Hangover” is in early talks to play the role! ...
Will Liam Neeson play Hannibal in 'A-Team'?
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Big "A-Team" news this week. First, we learned Bradley Cooper is now in official talks to star as Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck in Joe Carnahan's upcoming "A-Team" flick, and now Liam Neeson is apparently also in negotiations to join the project.
According to Variety, Neeson is in talks to play Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, the character portrayed by George Peppard in the original TV series. Neeson is definitely a great actor, but I'm not so sure he'd fit into the role of Hannibal.
On the other hand, I think Cooper is the perfect fit for Faceman. The remaining lead roles still to be cast are those of ...
