Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, and Joe Carnahan forming ‘The A-Team’

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By Patrick Luce Jan 28, 2009, 12:34 GMT

Twentieth Century Fox has started work on the big screen adaptation of the hit 1980s television series “The A-Team” and has tapped Joe Carnahan to direct, Ridley Scott to produce and Tony Scott to executive produce under the Scott Free banner. The film is scheduled to hit theaters as a summer 2010 release. Fox is updating

Fox is updating "The A-Team" and bringing them to the big screen with director Joe Carnahan and producers Ridley Scott and Tony Scott. "The A-Team" Season One DVD cover art.Variety reports Jules Daly and Stephen J. Cannell (who created the original TV series) are also set to produce the film. Carnahan is working with Brian Bloom on some aspects of Skip Woods’ ("G.I. Joe") script. Fox is shooting to get the film in production by June for a June 11, 2010, debut at the big screen.In Variety, Ridley Scott stated: "Tony and I feel that marrying this Scott Free project with Joe's sensibility will result in a fast-paced, exciting franchise, one we hope will be around for years to come." John Singleton was attached to direct, but dropped out of the project. The film was set to match the somewhat campy feeling of the television series, but Fox is reportedly now attempting to avoid that tone with Woods reworking aspects of his original script.Carnahan and his two producers have stated they plan to use the original series’ premise of Vietnam vets convicted of a crime that escape military prison and become a team of mercenaries working for the good guys. The story is expected to be updated with the Middle East replacing Vietnam.