If you have a problem, if no-one else can help

Then maybe you can hire The A-Team - although probably not until June 2009, because that is when Twentieth Century Fox has slated the film version of the hit 1980s action series for release.

According to Variety, the big-screen adventures of Hannibal Smith, Howling Mad Murdock, Face and Mr Bad Attitude himself, BA Baracus, will be handled by Boyz N The Hood director John Singleton.

Oscar-nominated Singleton, who was also behind the camera for 2 Fast 2 Furious and the well received Four Brothers, will work from a script developed by 3:10 To Yuma scribes Michael Brandt and Derek Haas.

The film is tipped to update the original set-up of the TV show, which followed a band of wrongly convicted Special Forces soldiers as they turned heroes for hire while on the run from the military.

Casting has yet to be announced for the film, although Woody Harrelson is rumoured to be up for the part of Murdock, while the role of BA Baracus - made famous by Mr T - could go to Ice Cube.

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