Summary

• The A-Team movie adaptation was a financial disappointment, with low box office numbers and negative critical reviews, ultimately leading to the cancellation of The A-Team 2.
• The cast and director quickly ruled out the possibility of a sequel due to the first movie's underperformance and lack of revenue.
• Although a TV reboot of The A-Team was announced in 2015, it never came to pass, and there have been no developments on it since the original announcement.

The A-Team received a big-screen movie release in 2010, and sequel The A-Team 2 was supposed to follow but ended up being canceled, leaving the potentially explosive franchise remains dormant. The A-Team is based on a classic TV series from the 1980s about an elite Special Forces unit framed for a crime they didn't commit who went on the run. Each episode finds them helping people in need against various criminals and villains. The A-Team came to an end after five seasons and, after years in development hell, the movie dropped in 2010.

With Joe Carnahan behind the camera, Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Quinton Jackson, and Sharlto Copley took on the roles of Hannibal, Face, B.A., and Murdock respectively. The A-Team received a lackluster response, with the consensus being that it was a fun but forgettable blockbuster. The film adaptation of The A-Team was meant to kick off a franchise. However, a variety of reasons prevented that from happening and, in the end, The A-Team 2 ended up canceled, and the franchise ended with one movie.

The A-Team Movie Underperformed

Low Box Office & Critical Reviews Killed The A-Team 2

Despite its name cast and blockbuster status, The A-Team didn't finish with great box office numbers. The budget was an estimated $110 million, but it only made $77 million domestically (via The Numbers). Factoring in the international box office, The A-Team made $177 million in total, but considering marketing and other costs, it was a definitive financial disappointment. The A-Team reviews were also not great, sitting at 49% on Rotten Tomatoes. With a low box office and no critical acclaim, The A-Team 2's chances died.

The Cast And Director Quickly Ruled Out An A-Team 2

Joe Carnahan Blames The Box Office On A-Team 2 Cancelation

The crew behind The A-Team movie wasted no time pretending The A-Team 2 was still coming after its release. Joe Carnahan stated that the first A-Team movie didn't make enough money to justify another, which Bradley Cooper and Liam Neeson mirrored in later interviews. Little is known about the plot for a sequel, other than the original A-Team movie ending with a tease that Jon Hamm's Agent Lynch would be a major threat. Bradley Cooper seemingly put a nail in the coffin in a 2023 interview (via Fandom Wire).

"I loved it too. But unfortunately outside of you, a few of your friends, and myself, there just wasn’t enough revenue to supply a second installment of that franchise."

An A-Team TV Reboot Was Announced In 2015

An A-Team TV Show Was Also Shelved After Its Announcement

While there's been no sign of life when it comes to a new movie, news arrived in 2015 that The A-Team was being rebooted for a new TV show. Fast & Furious franchise writer Chris Morgan was hired to produce this new version for Fox. The TV show would have featured male and female members of the team as they try to clear their names and uncover a conspiracy. Like The A-Team 2, however, this TV reboot never came to pass. There have been no developments on it since the original announcement.

A-Team Is Far From The Only Underwhelming 80s Remake

The A-Team Wasn't The Only Remake Failure In 2010

The A-Team was one of several 80s remake attempts to bomb in the early 21st century. Comeback projects like this generate plenty of initial nostalgic buzz but often fail to live up to their source material. Horror films like Poltergeist, Friday the 13th, and The Thing are all iconic, beloved 80s classics, but all were unwitting victims of distinctly underwhelming remakes in the 2010s. In 2010 alone, The Karate Kid, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Clash of the Titans joined The A-Team as reboot failures at the box office.

Reboots and revivals continue to be a prevalent way of making "new" content, however, so The A-Team is unlikely to be the last underwhelming 80s remake. While Joe Carnahan's movie has its fans, The A-Team 2 is very unlikely to be revived at this point.