Actor Liam "Dark Man" Neeson is in negotiations with 20th Century Fox to star in the developing big screen adaptation of "The A-Team".
Neeson would play 'Col. John "Hannibal" Smith' for director Joe "Narc" Carnahan, adapting the 1980's TV series.Production will start in late August for a June 11, 2010 theatrical release.
Sir Ridley "Blade Runner" Scott will produce the film with Jules Daly and series co-creator Stephen J. Cannell. Ridley's brother Tony "Domino" Scott will executive produce for Scott Free.Carnahan and Brian Bloom developed the screenplay by Skip "Wolverine" Woods.
The original TV series "The A-Team" was an action adventure about a group of ex-US Army Special Forces soldiers who work as mercenaries, while on the run from the military for a "crime they didn't commit".
Created by writer/producers Frank Lupo and Cannell (who also collaborated on the Vancouver-lensed "Wiseguy" and "Dirty Harry" knockoff "Hunter".)The "A-Team" series ran for five seasons on NBC, January 23, 1983 to December 30, 1986 for a total of 98 episodes.
The name of the show is derived from "A-teams",a code word for the 'Operational Detachments Alpha (ODA), used by the US Army Special Forces for their 12-man direct operations teams...
