Thirty years ago, a crack commando unit was sent to television by producer Stephen J. Cannell for The A-Team, a series about helping people in need as soldiers of fortune. After five years, they escaped into the Los Angeles underground until 2010, when the characters were given the big budget film treatment by Joe Carnahan. Now, 20th Century Fox Television has found them again and is planning a reboot series.
Yes, while the movie version had its OTT charms but never pulled off the trick of launching a film franchise, the rights holders are now pinning their hopes on a refreshed TV series. Sleepy Hollow writer/producer Albert Kim and regular telly director Tawnia McKiernan (who also happens to be Cannell’s daughter) are set to be locked in a garage until they finish retooling the series for contemporary audiences, adding some new spins to the format including a more diverse team make-up and probably a canon that fires lettuces.
The concept will likely stay much the same, with the crew of former special forces operatives putting their skills to use for those in need but also for the right price. Expect more high tech trickery this time around and probably a seriously pimped van. No American network has snagged the chance to make the show yet, but depending on the pilot script, you’ve got to figure name recognition alone would be enough for a company to give it a shot.
Can it live up to the original, which was pure silly fun? It holds a special place in the childhood hearts of TV watchers of a certain age, so that’s not clear yet. At the very least, it has to be funny. And should cast Katee Sackhoff as the new Face so they can recreate this from the later seasons' opening credits.
At least it gives us an opportunity to leave this here…
from Empire News
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