By Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office Editor Deadline has confirmed that Chris Pine is in negotiations to star in Paramount Pictures’ upcoming remake of The Saint, which Rocketman director Dexter Fletcher is helming.
Seth Grahame-Smith is penning the most recent draft. Lorenzo DiBonaventura, Brad Krevoy and the late Robert Evans are credited producers.
Pic is based on the 1920s novel series written by Leslie Charteris which spawned a 1960s Roger Moore TV series, then a 1997 movie directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Val Kilmer.
That pic followed Simon Templar (aka The Saint), a thief for hire. His job is to steal the secret process for cold fusion which puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian
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