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The trailer for The A-Team has leaked online. When one copy of the trailer disappears from a video hosting site, another comes up to take it's place. We're of the mind that Fox will be releasing a better copy of the trailer by the start of next week.

But for now you can watch it here.

A rundown of what we can expect to see when The A-Team trailer hits theater screens soon has appeared on AICN. It was written by a fan of the original TV show so the bar was raised...and successfully vaulted.

"Starts off as you'd expect, with just a hint of the theme music and it's variation of the classic voiceover (Apparently they were arrested one year ago for a crime they didn't commit), which runs throughout the trailer. We see Hannibal in his colonel uniform attending a military funeral. Next we get quick shots of the team breaking out of a prison bus and then Hannibal meeting with Face on a beach. Some footage of fast cars and a shot of B.A. getting out of one. It's filmed from the rear, so we can get a good look at the mohawk! That just leaves Murdock, who's introduced in his familiar jacket/cap getup, complete with pilot's headset. From there it's all high action mixed with nostalgia, sure to leave fans of the show with a "plot-hatching Hannibal" sized grin. Everyone involved gets to break out a well known piece of of their character. Hannibal gets to chomp a stogie and proclaim "I love it when a plan comes together". B.A. gets to act hella-tough and lament on how much he missed his van. Which of course gets a big a reveal as any of the characters. Which is only fair, there are few vehicles more iconic than that GMC van. Face, full of his trademark charisma, questions the sanity of Hannibal's plan, tells B.A. that he has a bad attitude and makes out with Jessica Biel's Lt. Sosa character. And Murdock, who get's the least amount of screen time, still finds time to show us how off kilter he is by calmly announcing that their planes wing is on fire. After the escape and the character revealing we get around 30 seconds of the team on their mission which is all ziplines and gunfire and helicopters. It ends with the bullet riddled A Team logo and the tagline 'There is no plan B'."

There's more here.

When Latino Review's El Guapo spotted Mr. T working out at his local gym, the movie website journalist did what he's best at and asked him if he would be filming a cameo in the upcoming movie. The Rocky III star said no.

"He said it wasn't about money, because he turned down the chance to appear in the film before that was even discussed," writes the Review's roving reporter. "He said it just wouldn't be right for him to be in it. If his B.A. isn't the main guy, then why do it? What's wrong with the film that they need him to make a cameo? Plus they would market the film with him being in it, and he didn't want his friends and family to think he would have some big role when he wouldn't. He told me he has nothing against the cast or even the fact that they're doing a remake. But a cameo is just something he wasn't interested in. He said he's very happy with his life right now and enjoys giving back to the community."

The Official Dwight Schultz Fansite reports that the original actor that played "Howling Mad" Murdock will have a cameo in the A-Team movie. Schultz met face-to-face with Sharlto Copley, who plays the character in the film. "Dwight has seen his screen test and he stated: that honestly, if Sharlto is given an opportunity to do what I saw in that test, 'Murdock' will be better than ever!" states the fansite. "Sharlto has been very kind to him on the set and Dwight must say that he has been treated very well.|

Entertainment Weekly published the first officially released photo showing the quartet from The A-Team. Left to right we've got Bradley Cooper as Faceman, Quinton Jackson as B.A. Baracus, Sharlto Copley as "Howling Mad" Murdock and Liam Neeson as Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith.

20th Century Fox is on target to release the movie on June 11, 2010.

A sneaky spy photographer has given everyone online their first look at the new A-Team. Coming Soon (via Splash News) has the pic which shows Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Sharlto Copley and Quinton Jackson shooting a scene on a dock.

Jessica Biel (Easy Virtue, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry) is in negotiations to play the ex-girlfriend of Bradley Cooper's character, Faceman. The news comes from Variety who also confirms Blackfilm's exclusive that Sharlto Copley is in talks to play "Howling Mad" Murdock.

Blackfilm.com is reporting that District 9 newcomer Sharlto Copley has been offered the role of H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock in The A-Team movie.

Word on the street is that former UFC champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson has landed the role of B.A. Baracus in The A-Team. The story was first reported by a local newspaper who claimed that Jackson had met with the film's makers on August 19 and then arrived back in Vancouver this past Friday to prepare for the shoot.

Blackfilm is reporting via their sources that rapper-turned-actor The Game is now being considered to play the movie version of B.A. Baracus. He's had roles in Tournament of Dreams, Waist Deep and Street Kings.

Variety reports that Liam Neeson is now in negotiations to star as Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith in the movie. That piece of news is new; what isn't is the mention that Bradley Cooper is also in talks to play Templeton "Faceman" Peck. As you will recall back on May 17 IESB seemed to have gotten a verbal confirmation from the actor that he was playing Face in the picture, only to later have the actor tell CHUD that he hadn't met with the movie's director or even read a script yet. Uh huh.

Hey hey hey, not so fast says Mr. Bradley Cooper. CHUD's Russ Fischer caught up with The Hangover actor and asked him, so, what's up with you playing Faceman in this A-Team movie? "A guy came up to me and asked about the character Faceman in The A-Team. I said 'Oh, that's out there already?', but my point was that news about the film is out there," explained Cooper, who went on to say that he hasn't met the film's director or even read a script for the picture.

At the junket for Terminator Salvation the IESB movie website asked Common what was up with the rumors that he might reunite with Smokin' Aces director Joe Carnahan on the A-Team movie. "Yeah that would be something cool, but, I mean, let's see, I can't speak on it yet until we know what's going on but that would be an incredible character to play," the man said about the story floating around.

When asked if he had any concrete thoughts on whether he would have a mohawk or wear gold chains like Mr. T did with the character in the '80s, Common replied, "It's a new day, you just got to give it something new. The kids don't know that B.A. so you wanna bring something new to it and you want to pay respect to B.A. and the way B.A, was created too. I believe there is a way to find a combination, I have certain similarities to Mr. T already. We are both from Chicago, we are both rebels in our own way. I could really get that, I could really get that."

This is how confirmation gets done when you're working on the web. While attending the press junket for The Hangover, IESB reporter Chris Goodson bumped into one of the film's stars, Bradley Cooper, in the hallway. A few weeks earlier someone had tipped off the website that Cooper had been cast in Fox's A-Team movie as Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck. It seemed the perfect opportunity to find out if there was any truth to the rumor but how best to ask the actor?

Goodson threw a little bit of a curveball at Cooper and asked him the question as if the news had already broken via official sources. Cooper replied "That's out already!?" and didn't deny the rumor: he's playing Faceman!