The A-Team (film)

The A-Team
Neeson, Cooper, Jackson, and Copley stand in a line facing the viewer
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoe Carnahan
Written by
Based on
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMauro Fiore
Edited by
Music byAlan Silvestri
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • June 11, 2010 (2010-06-11)
Running time
119 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$100–110 million[2][3]
Box office$177.2 million[3]

The A-Team is a 2010 American action comedy film[4] based on the 1980s television series of the same name created by Frank Lupo and Stephen J. Cannell. Directed by Joe Carnahan and written by Carnahan, Brian Bloom, and Skip Woods, the film stars Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Biel, Quinton Jackson, Sharlto Copley, and Patrick Wilson. The film tells the story of a Special Forces team who, imprisoned for a crime they did not commit, escapes and sets out to clear their names. The film was produced by Cannell,[5] Tony Scott, and (as executive producer) his brother Ridley Scott.[6][7]

The film had been in development since the mid-1990s having gone through a number of writers and story ideas and being put on hold a number of times. Neeson, Cooper, and the rest of the cast joined in summer 2009, and filming took place around Canada later that year. The film was theatrically released on June 11, 2010, by 20th Century Fox. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the cast and action sequences but criticized the script. A sequel was initially anticipated, but after the film underperformed at the box office, grossing $177 million worldwide against its $110 million budget, plans were scrapped.

  1. ^ ASIN B002ZG994U, The A-Team (2010)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference latimes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  4. ^ "The A-Team (2010) - Joe Carnahan". AllMovie.
  5. ^ Eng, Joyce (January 28, 2009). "A-Team Hopes to Bring "A" Game to Silver Screen". Yahoo!. Archived from the original on October 6, 2010.
  6. ^ "Ridley Scott to remake The A-Team". BBC News Online. January 28, 2009. Retrieved October 9, 2009.
  7. ^ Fleming, Michael (January 27, 2009). "Fox assembles 'A-Team'". Variety. Retrieved October 9, 2009.