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REPORT: Liam Neeson To Play "Hannibal" Smith In "A-Team" Movie

The Auto Insider — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:00:00 EDT

Yes! The A-Team movie's coming and thanks to the possible casting addition of Liam Neeson as Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, it should be less campy. We love it when a plan comes together!

The Ridley Scott-produced A-Team film is supposed to begin initial shooting in August and if all goes well, Liam Nesson will star alongside Bradley Cooper, who is also in early contractual talks to play Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck. Still yet to be cast are the roles for both Capt. "Howling Mad" Murdock and Sgt. "B.A." Baracus. As awesome as it would be, don't expect to see Mr. T make a return appearance.

The script will follow the original TV show premise of four war veterans wrongly convicted turned mercenaries for hire. Written by Skip Woods, of G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra and Wolverine, directed by Joe Carnahan and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the A-Team will make a planned 80's comeback on June 11, 2010. No word yet on if the famous A-Team van will make a return, but either way, we can't wait. [via Variety]

B.A. Baracus Needs You to Caption This On Set Photo, Fool!

Ray Wert — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:30:00 EST

All we know is what we're told by our tipster who wishes to remain anonymous. He claims that yes, the large burly man in the bed of the F-Series pickup is in fact Mr. T. Also, it's a photo shoot for an upcoming Snickers commercial. While none of that can be verified, what we do know for certain is we're doubled over because our sides are positively splitting from laughing so hard. Please help us out in our feeble weakened state by giving us your caption to this photo in the comments below. Tell us — what in the name of all that is salty and nutty is B.A. doing on the back of that early 80's Ford F-150?

When TV was King of Kustoms

Mike Bumbeck — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:45:04 EST

Television was largely a scripted thing before a million channels and equal number of chopper building shows plunged TV into its current fetid stew of reality programming. The cop drama was king. Network produced cop shows ruled the airwaves for years at a time. Stretching the cop drama slightly thin was Banacek, played by a turtleneck wearing George Peppard. Banacek was an insurance investigator of Polish-American heritage who always managed to solve the crime or mystery at hand. More unusual than any of this was that though Banacek himself lived in Boston, action on the show always managed to take place in Los Angeles or Las Vegas. From this regal age of the television network rule also came kustom kars built by the likes of George Barris.

This kustom 1969 AMC AMX was featured in the second regular season episode of Bancek as a stolen "experimental racecar". In the episode entitled Project Phoenix, the car was worth five million dollars. Banacek was called in to find it, and the trailer it was stolen in. Stylish turtlenecks, cigar smoking, Polish proverbs, and chatting up the ladies ensued. The AMC was spied at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum this last summer after having spent 33 years on the show car circuit following its TV debut in 1972. – Mike Bumbeck

[A-Team Photo Gallery]; [Walter P. Chrysler Museum] [External]

Mini Slot Car A-Team Elvis Mayhem

Mike Bumbeck — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 12:47:25 EST

Before video games and remote control cars that run on nitromethane became commonplace under the old tree, a slot car set was the coolest thing a wee lad could expect to rip into on the most awesome of mornings. While racing tiny versions of the coolest cars around on the plastic track and pretending one was Jackie Stewart or Mario Andretti was the first order of business, it wasn't long before imagination got the best of convention. Something like a couple of Mini-Coopers mowing over an A-Team Hannibal action figure to an Elvis soundtrack was usually the end result. – Mike Bumbeck

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Related: The Best Van Ever: The A-Team's GMC [Internal]

Cherry Baby: Mustang Racing's 6T6

Mike Spinelli — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:58:33 EST

Mustang mod shop, Mustang Racing (MRT), builders of SEMA bait such as the SurfChaser, the Mach 1 racer and the 429 Cobra Jet Puf Marshmallow Man (my apologies), have introduced a new V6-powered ragtop tuner. The MRT Cherry 6T6 boasts intercooled twin turbos; adjustable sport suspension, brakes and shocks; and more audio and video kit than a month's worth of Tivoed "Cribs" episodes. On the outside, there's a custom black cherry paint job and custom grille treatment, aftermarket hood with dual hood scoops and 20" Foose-designed wheels over fat Pzeros. Is this a sign the V6 Mustang is finally getting some respect, or is the lack of a GT badge always going to be a credibility liability? What say you?

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Navigatin' With Bandit, B.A. and the Photojournalist from 'Apocalypse Now'

Davey G. Johnson — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 22:59:56 EST

TomTom's been offering the voice of John Cleese on its nav systems for a while now, but other companies are starting to get into the celeb-navigator act. NavTones has contracted with Dennis Hopper, Mr. T and Burt Reynolds to provide voices that can be loaded into navigation systems. CNN/Money took each actor for a spin, and surprise, surprise, the Bandit took the prize. While we're sure it would be fun to pretend we're in a short-wheelbase custom GMC van or a Patrol Boat, River, we'll take the '77 TA every time. Now if only GPS systems included Smokey reports...

Turn left in 500 feet... fool! [CNN/Money]

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The Best Van Ever: The A-Team's GMC [Internal]

The Best Van Ever: The A-Team's GMC

Davey G. Johnson — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 03:27:03 EDT

We're not too proud to admit we were the TV theme song jukebox of our elementary school's cafeteria. (We remember a kid named Earl calling out titles of TV shows for us to sing.) Our favorites were "Dallas" (which is actually even more awesome in its French incarnation), "Just Two Good Ol' Boys" (natch) and the "A-Team." Plus, the team of crack commando pariahs had a wicked-cool custom van, which we were saddened to see in a dilapidated state on a Universal Studios tour back in the '80s (along with a similarly abused Selleck-driven Ferrari 308. Have these Hollywood types no sense of decency? We're sure George Peppard is rolling in his grave.

The Ultimate A-Team Van Page; The A-Team Van Revealed; A-Team Van Fan Fiction; the A-Team Van via Foolfiles