The final pieces of The A-Team casting jigsaw, after a process that seems to have gone on for a prolonged period of time, have finally fallen into place. It's thus full steam ahead for Fox's big screen version of the show, with the film set to start shooting in Canada before the end of the year.

Some pieces of casting have been known for some time, such as Liam Neeson taking the role of Hannibal, and Bradley Cooper has inked a deal to portray Face. In the last week or so, the iconic role of B.A. Baracus was also cast, with Quinton ‘Rampage' Jackson signed up to step where Mr T trod before.

That just left the role of Murdock out of the Team's four main members to cast, and for Sharlto Copley, he seemingly couldn't have had a hit at a better time (the same, of course, could be said for Bradley Cooper with The Hangover). Copley was the lead in Neill Bloomkamp's surprise late summer hit District 9, and his terrific central performance in that has put him firmly on Fox's radar. As such, Variety now reports that he's locked in to play Murdock. Thus, the Team is finally complete.

Also on the casting call sheet, there's Patrick Wilson (from Watchmen), who'll be playing a CIA operative, and Jessica Biel, who will turn up as one of Face's old flames.

The film is reportedly going to remove some of the daftness from the TV series, and is heading before the cameras under the watchful eye of director Joe Carnahan. Carnahan, who was once upon a time cited as a director for Mission: Impossible III, already has the outstanding Narc on his resume, as well as the mad-as-a-box-of-frogs Smoking Aces (although he didn't direct the sequel, which is currently in post-production).

The A-Team is set for release on 11 June 2010 in the US, and it'll then arrive in the UK on 30th July.

Variety