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Hollywood film to be shot in Dubai
Eighties TV action series The A-Team is to be revived as a $100 million (Dh367m) movie with shooting expected to start in Dubai before the end of the year.Filmworks, the local facilitators for the project, have confirmed that the remake will go ahead but are tight-lipped about details of the production. "I can confirm the project but I cannot give any more details about it as it is a confidential matter," said Tim Smythe, the company's managing director and executive producer.
Shooting will begin once all the necessary approvals are obtained from the relevant authorities.
Variety magazine had suggested that the approval was being delayed by Dubai Studio City's Location Approval Services (LAS) but in response Smythe denied this, saying: "Everything has been in place for a number of months. If there are delays it is due to cast, budget, logistics, whatever. But there has been absolutely no delay from Dubai, the LAS or the National Media Council."
Before clearing a script LAS needs to obtain approval from a range of government bodies including the National Media Council, Dubai Police, Dubai Municipality, Dubai Civil Aviation and Dubai Tourism and Commerce Marketing.
As yet there are no confirmed details of the cast. But industry sources have claimed Ving Rhames will take the role of BA Baracas, Jim Carrey will play Howling Mad Murdoch, Christian Bale will portray Face and Mel Gibson will play team leader Hannibal Smith.
It has been reported that the script is being written by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, whose credits include Wanted and 3:10 to Yuma. The movie is scheduled to hit cinemas in June 2009.
The original A-Team was an American adventure series about a fictional group of ex-US Army special forces who work as soldiers of fortune, while on the run from the military for a crime they did not commit.
It starred George Peppard, Mr T and Robert Vaughn and ran for 98 episodes.
The show was created by writers and producers Frank Lupo and Stephen J Cannell as a cross between The Magnificent Seven and The Dirty Dozen. Cannell has been trying to revive The A-Team ever since it was shelved by NBC in 1987.
He says the plan is to update the series to the modern day, with Smith's team now comprising commandos who served in the Iraq war instead of the original's Vietnam veterans. There will also be a more serious tone than the TV show, and - in a landmark move - characters who are shot at in the new version may actually die.
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