'The A-Team': Then and Now

NOW: THE A-TEAM (2010) Cannell had been attempting to turn "The A-Team" into a feature film for well over a decade. Many different screenwriters went through countless different drafts of the script. In a 2006 interview, Cannell said, "We had one script writer who had never even watched the show." It took so long to make the movie that in the first script the characters were updated to be veterans of the first Gulf War, and in the finished ... more 

NOW: THE A-TEAM (2010) Cannell had been attempting to turn "The A-Team" into a feature film for well over a decade. Many different screenwriters went through countless different drafts of the script. In a 2006 interview, Cannell said, "We had one script writer who had never even watched the show." It took so long to make the movie that in the first script the characters were updated to be veterans of the first Gulf War, and in the finished film, they fought in the current one. Director John Singleton was attached to the project at one point, and he had said he wanted his "Boyz N the Hood" star Ice Cube to play B.A. Baracus. But when the movie was delayed again, Singleton left and was replaced by Joe Carnahan ("Smokin' Aces"). Watch movie clips from "The A-Team" >> less