In an interview with Empire Online, "The A-Team" co-creator Stephen J. Cannell says that the new script for "The A-Team" film adaptation will replace the half-dozen or so which have been written to date.

"We were working on a script for a few years but I didn't like it so it's been thrown out. We've gone through a lot of scripts that we haven't been happy with for one reason or another. We had one script writer who had never even watched the show! The studio was adament about employing him but he just took the title and began to write anything he wanted, completely departing from the original show. The studio didn't like it and neither did I" says Cannell.

Although the identity of the new writer and details of the plot are unconfirmed, Cannell says the 80's cult show will be updated for the new millennium. "I want to create it as taking place today. So the Gulf War could be a great angle. In the original, the A-Team were on the run after robbing a bank under orders just as the war ended. In this, maybe the four would raid Saddam Hussein's bank or whatever."

Will the original cast return? "I would like the original cast to play a part - to have their input into the movie and to star in cameo roles. As for who will play the new roles, I think Bruce Willis would make a good Hannibal.