The film is essentially a feature-film adaptation/reboot of the TV series, retaining the characters and basic premise but giving them a new origin story.
TV Series· 1983· Action
by Frank Lupo, Stephen J. Cannell
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When NBC president Brandon Tartikoff pitched The A-Team to Stephen J. Cannell, he described the proposed series as a combination of The Dirty Dozen, Mission: Impossible, The Magnificent Seven, Mad Max, and Hill Street Blues. Both use a specialized team whose members have distinct skills, brought together to execute a difficult operation. The A-Team also inherited the idea of solving missions through coordinated planning and the use of each member's particular specialty.