Bradley Cooper News

As if he didn't have enough to do, between playing Templeton "Faceman" Peck in Joe Carnahan's A-Team or reprising his role as Phil Wenneck in The Hangover sequel, Bradley Cooper has signed on to do Dark Fields.

Dark Fields reportedly centers around a designer drug that can make its user rich and powerful. Cooper will play Eddie, a down on his luck writer who takes a pill which gives him the full use of his brain. Of course, "he soon realizes that his newfound intelligence and success come at a hefty price as mysterious forces begin to pursue him."

Shooting is set to begin Spring 2010.

Only a day after we got our first look at Rampage Jackson as B.A. Baracus, 20th Century Fox has released a photo of the new four-man wrecking crew!

From left to right: Bradley Cooper as Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson as Sgt. "B.A." Baracus, Sharlto Copley as Capt. "Howling Mad" Murdock, and Liam Neeson as John "Hannibal" Smith.

Not pictured is Jessica Biel, but we've already caught a glimpse of her on set. You can click on the photo to see a larger version.

What really excites me about this picture is not just the fact that Liam Neeson looks like the spitting image of George Peppard, but if you look closely at the smoke behind Bradley Cooper, you'll notice something very familiar: B.A. Baracus' trademark black van! That's right, it looks like they're keeping the van from the original series, and not updating it to something lame and modern like a Suburban or an Escalade. Thank you Joe Carnahan!

The A-Team is scheduled to blast into your local theater on June 11, 2010.

We know what all of you were thinking when you heard about the new A-Team movie: Who could possibly fill Mr. T's shoes as the crabby, macho, fool-pitying B.A. Baracus?

Then we heard it was going to be Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, who beat out Common for the role. Really? This was down to a mixed martial artist and a rapper, neither really well known for their acting talents? We thought B.A. deserved better than that. Even Robert Downey Jr. in black face sounded better. 

But then we saw this video:

Most of the video consists of Entertainment Tonight interviewing Bradley Cooper (perfectly cast as Faceman, by the way) and the gorgeous Jessica Biel (playing an Army general??). But they also get a few words in with Rampage, and even a quick glimpse at the new B.A. yelling at the new Murdock (District 9's Sharlto Copley).

Well, after seeing that little snippet of on-set action, as brief as it was, makes us feel a whole lot better about this new A-Team movie. While we would have preferred Mr. T, because well, Mr. T. basically is B.A. Baracus in real life, it looks like Joe Carnahan and Rampage Jackson have done a good job keeping the tone and spirit of the original character alive.

A-Team is set to roll into theaters June 11, 2010.

Director Gary Ross has his sights set on resurrecting swinging, pulpy super-spy Matt Helm before tackling the Spider-Man spin-off, Venom. 

Donald Hamilton's 'Matt Helm' novels were previously being tinkered with by Steven Speilberg, and it is unclear whether the Transformers producer will still be involved in some capacity, but word around the campfire is that the franchise is going to be reinvented Bourne Supremacy-style.

The franchise, which had previously been adapted to film in the 1960's with the Rat Pack's Dean Martin in the title role, is undoubtedly looking to cash in on the recent resurgence of spy movies, namely gritty fare like the Jason Bourne and James Bond series.

There's also mention that Hangover heartthrob Bradley Cooper is the top choice to play the suave Helm. Ross hasn't dropped Venom from his slate, but is targeting a summer 2010 start date for the 'Helm' project. As was reported earlier, Ross is currently writing the screenplay for Spider-Man 4.