It's not official at all and there is scheduling to be worked out, but Tyrese Gibson is definitely in talks to play B.A. Baracus in John Singleton's movie adaptation of The A-Team, and he's excited about it, CHUD tells us. Ice Cube will be disappointed that he didn't get the part, and there's still no word on whether or not Woody Harrelson is interested in playing Murdock, as Singleton hoped in an earlier report.
Apparently Gibson will don the mohawk if necessary, and Singleton's early talk on the script was that it will be more in the Dirty Dozen style, with the cartoonish action from the TV series given more weight and seriousness, and therefore B.A. will actually get himself the mohawk "because he's going crazy." Singleton was also sure to stress that nobody is going to be playing Mr. T, they'll be playing B.A. Baracus, which is an important distinction. Gibson is ridiculously chiseled, but he's even talking of bulking up for the role, but the 80 pounds of gold around his neck likely won't make the transition to the big screen. That's more T and less B.A.
And yes, if you couldn't tell, the Tyrese on the right in the above image has been very poorly Photoshopped. Jacob Andrzejczak had nothing to do with it.
Watch free full episodes of The A-Team right here, right now on Fancast.
Watch the trailer for John Singleton's other story about four badasses who team up to set things right, Four Brothers.
Watch Tyrese playing another ex-con in Waist Deep.
