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PostSubject: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptyFri Dec 07, 2012 8:38 pm

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a443714/the-saint-remake-to-star-hunted-actor-adam-rayner.html

EXCLUSIVE: Exactly fifty years after the premiere of the British spy series The Saint, a remake is picking up steam with a pilot directed by Simon West. British actor Adam Rayner has been cast in the title role made famous by Roger Moore in the original series. The remake, produced by Brad Krevoy, is not set at a network yet. Written/executive produced by Jesse Alexander (Heroes), it is slated to begin shooting a pilot later this month. In the project, debonair international thief Simon Templar (Rayner), a modern day Robin Hood, steals from rich criminals and keeps the loot for himself. A master of disguise, improvisation, martial arts, firearms and espionage and the quintessential English gentleman, he is hired by certain government agencies for special assignments. The completed pilot is expected to be shopped to networks.

Rayner was last seen co-starring opposite Melissa George on the first season of the Cinemax/BBC spy drama Hunted, created by Frank Spotniz. He is repped by ICA Talent, IALA, Jamie Feldman in the US and Maxine Hoffman and Lara Beach in the UK. This is not the first stab at remaking The Saint on the small sceen. Four years ago, Moore was attached to produce a TV movie/backdoor pilot. Producers Barry Levinson, Tom Fontana, Bill MacDonald and writer Jorge Zamacona were behind the project, which had James Purefoy attached as the lead but ultimately didn’t get off the ground. Val Kilmer played Templar in the 1997 feature remake.


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PostSubject: Re: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptyMon Dec 10, 2012 8:42 pm

EXCLUSIVE: Buffy The Vampire Slayer alumna Eliza Dushku is set to co-star opposite Adam Rayner in The Saint, a backdoor pilot from Brad Krevoy’s film and TV production company MPCA. No network has been attached. Simon West is directing the pilot from a script by Jesse Alexander. Alexander is set as showrunner of the project, a new take on Leslie Charteris’ The Saint 70-book franchise. It will follow the exploits of Simon Templar (Rayner), a brilliant criminal who uses his considerable illicit skills as a modern-day Robin Hood as he infuriates local law enforcement and woos Patricia Holm (Dushku), his on-again, off-again romance.

Roger Moore, who played Templar in Lew Grade’s popular 1962 Saint British TV series, has joined as a co-producer along with with his son Geoffrey Moore, Lulu Moore, and Louisa Macdonald. Author Ian Dickerson, an expert on the history of Charteris’ creation, will serve as a creative consultant. Krevoy, Alexander, and Roman Viaris will executive produce and have teamed with Silverscreen Pictures in Los Angeles and Canadian producer Fred Fuchs to start production on Friday in Los Angeles, Toronto, and London. The backdoor pilot is being cast by Mandy Sherman and Sari Knight of Sherman/Knight casting (Lost). MPCA’s TV division is backing the project through independent financing, with the company’s Francisco J. González handling international sales and Michael MacDermott handling product placement. The Saint has been adapted to 15 feature films, most recently in 1997 by Paramount with Val Kilmer in the lead.

Dushku, who also toplined the cult Fox drama Dollhouse, is repped by The Collective, UTA and attorney Ryan Levine. The Saint is repped by CAA, the Charteris estate is repped by attorney David Wardlow.
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PostSubject: Re: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptyTue Apr 02, 2013 10:17 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhEI_jDRZw8&feature=youtu.be

it is more a promo in order to sell the show but by jove the Saint is back watch for his sign.
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PostSubject: Re: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptyWed Apr 24, 2013 10:32 pm

From today's Broadcast website:


Parade’s End producer Michele Buck has come on board the US remake of The Saint as its producers look to secure a UK broadcast partner.

The pilot has been produced by the television division of MPCA, the production company set up by Dumb and Dumber producer Brad Krevoy, with Mammoth Screen managing director Buck joining as an executive producer.

“Michele’s expertise in the UK television market is unrivalled, as is her solid track record of quality productions,” said Krevoy. “We know her creative expertise will design The Saint to attract a commission from a UK broadcaster.”

Spy thriller The Saint was created by Leslie Charteris and aired on ITV between 1962 and 1969. The ITC-produced series starred Roger Moore as Simon Templar, a suave and sophisticated secret agent and thief who solves mysteries.

The remake stars Hunted’s Adam Rayner as Simon Templar and Buffy The Vampire Slayer’s Dushku as his on-off romantic partner Patricia Holm. Moore, a coproducer of the remake, also made a cameo appearance in the pilot.

British director Simon West, who has directed the pilot of Fox’s comic book adaptation Human Target and The Expendables 2, directed the pilot, which was written by Heroes and Hannibal writer Jesse Alexander.

Ian Dickerson, an expert on Charteris’ work, is a creative consultant on the project, while Francisco González’s, vice president of MPCA’s international sales division was distributing it at MipTV.

MPCA is financing the project and will begin filming the remainder of the season in July in the UK and the US. It is currently in negotiations with a number of US broadcasters.
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PostSubject: Re: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptyThu Apr 25, 2013 1:50 pm

No mention of the earlier movies, Return Of The Saint with Ian Ogilvy, the TV movies with Simon Dutton or the Val Kilmer movie? Hmmm.

EDIT: Ah, I see Ogilvy is actually in it (along with Sir Rog) -



Looks quite fun :) .
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PostSubject: Another Saint movie underworks   The SAINT EmptySat Jun 18, 2016 9:33 am

Well the makers of mission impossible are working on new The Saint movie I don't have suggest who should play him this time but I want him driving a British car Jaguar again or Bentley or something else. I read in coming soon web.
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PostSubject: Re: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptyTue May 04, 2021 9:51 pm

I recently Bought all the Saint adventures  in two DVD box sets, Monochrome and colour. I'm really
enjoying them and on some there are commentaries from cast and crew. I don't know if they've
been remastered or cleaned up a bit, but they look fantastic.
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PostSubject: Re: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptyTue May 04, 2021 10:04 pm

I've not watched the show properly in years, seen the odd episode here and there such as the one that is Persuaders-esque.
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PostSubject: Re: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptyTue May 04, 2021 10:09 pm

I was always a big Roger Moore fan, and remember The Saint used to be on television when I got home from school. I also have the Persuaders on download from Amazon Prime. It's funny to see how much stunt work Tony Curtis was allowed to do.
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PostSubject: Re: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptyWed May 05, 2021 11:35 am

Shame the proposed revival series that the thread was originally about never came to anything ... the trailer's fun, and US network TV has surely greenlit worse in recent years.
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PostSubject: Re: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptyWed May 05, 2021 11:38 am

I enjoyed the film, sad it never got a series
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PostSubject: Re: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptyThu May 06, 2021 10:59 pm

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I was always  a big Roger Moore fan, and remember The Saint used to be on television  when I got home from school. I also have the Persuaders on download from Amazon  Prime. It's funny to see how much stunt work Tony Curtis  was allowed to do.

I do like it when actors do a portion of stuntwork. I think for Curtis, a fairly decent one is when he's on the top of a van, leaps onto some pipe and abseils up the side of a factory. One with the fake Napoleon's, forget the title but seeing him do that and the camera never shifting from him made it impressive.
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PostSubject: Re: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptyThu May 06, 2021 11:04 pm

Yes, that's the very sequence I was thinking of.  he looked to be up pretty high and no safety equipment to be seen.
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PostSubject: Re: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptyFri May 07, 2021 3:30 am

I keep hoping they'll do the series on Blu-ray. It's very expensive in the USA and not the remastered version with extras Network did in PAL.
I really want to read all the original Charteris novels too. So many things to track down.
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PostSubject: Re: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptyFri May 07, 2021 8:43 am

I remember when first getting in to Bond, going round book shops and markets looking for the books. I also picked up many of The Saint books. Although I haven't read them in years.
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PostSubject: Re: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptyFri May 07, 2021 10:40 pm

I read some of the books when I was little but not since. I have seen the George Sanders films which were interesting. Yet to see Return of the Saint.

I remember as a kid the 'sillier' episodes like the Loch Ness monster and the giant ant thing were faintly scary. To be fair even now at the end of the Loch Ness episode where Templar says that no ferries were running and hence couldn't have killed the nutty woman who fled onto the loch, is still chilling.

Remember as a kid though watching them with Dad and Templar leaps down from a ledge or something and straight off smooths his hair out. Dad saying "every fight he does that". I guess Sir Roge was protective of his hair when he had it!
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PostSubject: Re: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptyFri May 07, 2021 10:53 pm

colgate I think we all are.
As a Kid I enjoyed those episodes too,  I think Roger also directed the one with the giant ant. I know
Leslie Charteris basically accused Fleming of copying his Character for Bond, Although I think all Hero type characters all share many similarities
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PostSubject: Re: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptyFri May 07, 2021 11:51 pm

Oh indeed, all hero types share the same trait. Growing up my literary hero, still is really, was Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt and he had similar traits to Bond, Templar et al.

One thing about the Saint is how it utilised the studios. As a kid you think that Simon really did go to LA, Berlin or whatever but then your dad goes, "that's all Elstree, they just rearranged the set" or whatever. One thing that made Persuaders epic as they had the budget, initially, to go overseas. You saw Roger Moore driving the DBS in Rome say.

And yet the Saint took us all over the world without ever leaving bloody Watford!
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PostSubject: Re: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptySat May 08, 2021 5:07 am

Although I've listened to the radio show of The Saint, I've never got around to the novels or the show. That must change! I see it the TV show is on prime, I must jump into it one of these days.

Ah...Dirk Pitt. Such splendid memories of reading those Cussler novels as a youngster all the way up through college. I re-read The Mediterranean Caper a few years ago, but I'm long overdue for a re-read of the series. I try to re-read the Fleming novels and the Travis McGee novels by John MacDonald every few years, now that you mention Pitt it makes me think I need to add them to my list. I tried to read one of the newer ones recently written by his son...yikes...I really tried to enjoy it, but lord it was atrocious!
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PostSubject: Re: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptySat May 08, 2021 11:33 am

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Oh indeed, all hero types share the same trait. Growing up my literary hero, still is really, was Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt and he had similar traits to Bond, Templar et al.

One thing about the Saint is how it utilised the studios. As a kid you think that Simon really did go to LA, Berlin or whatever but then your dad goes, "that's all Elstree, they just rearranged the set" or whatever. One thing that made Persuaders epic as they had the budget, initially, to go overseas. You saw Roger Moore driving the DBS in Rome say.

And yet the Saint took us all over the world without ever leaving bloody Watford!

There was a Rog anecdote about a Saint episode set in France or the like and at one point a London Transport red double-decker bus can clearly be seen in it laugh .

Nothing on Return's Wiki page about why it was a single-season affair ... one presumes ratings would've been decent, so I dunno. I had the Corgi version of the Jaguar XJS as a kid.

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PostSubject: Re: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptySat May 08, 2021 11:56 am

The studio was really used well, it's amazing how with a few different camera angles and putting up a few Palm trees, as all TV series of the 60s did. Roger once said about the glamour of Television that the back lot would be dressed as some Caribbean island and he'd be in a light linen suit, but it was really November and he was shaking with the cold.
   There's also the famous clip of the car crashing over a cliff, which I think turned up in every 60s action series. Apparently the budget for the saint was £32,000 per episode, I think given the limited budget of the 60s, I think they did a great job.
   Just last night watching episode two of series two of mission impossible, they moved through a Latin America out post, which I recognised as the Federation station attacked in the Star Trek episode
"Arena", when Kisk has to fight the Gorn.
Forgot to add, That I too have read many a Clive Cussler novel. Can't understand why they don't seem to translate well to the big screen, perhaps they'd make better one off Television series. Also there's " Night Probe " which basically features a James Bond character ( In all but name ), I finally found a copy in a market on Holiday a few years ago in Portugal
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PostSubject: Re: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptySun May 09, 2021 9:04 pm

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Although I've listened to the radio show of The Saint, I've never got around to the novels or the show. That must change! I see it the TV show is on prime, I must jump into it one of these days.

Ah...Dirk Pitt. Such splendid memories of reading those Cussler novels as a youngster all the way up through college. I re-read The Mediterranean Caper a few years ago, but I'm long overdue for a re-read of the series. I try to re-read the Fleming novels and the Travis McGee novels by John MacDonald every few years, now that you mention Pitt it makes me think I need to add them to my list. I tried to read one of the newer ones recently written by his son...yikes...I really tried to enjoy it, but lord it was atrocious!

Good to see another Pitt admirer. Yes, the latest books 'co-written' by Dirk Cussler aren't too sharp. I'm still not keen on Dirk's children now being a feature even if Summer Pitt is meant to be a beautiful redhead. I prefer the early stuff, chiefly Raise The Titanic. Beside Pitt, I read the Isaac Bell books and the Titanic Secret wasn't too bad, it serves as a prequel/sequel to Raise the Titanic (bracketed between the modern day and 1912). I read the odd NUMA File but wasn't too mad on the Fargo series.

For some reason we know the Med Caper as Mayday! here. My letter from Cussler remains a treasured item.

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The studio was really used well, it's amazing how with a few different camera angles and putting up a few Palm trees, as all TV series of the 60s did. Roger once said about the glamour of Television that the back lot would be dressed as some Caribbean island and he'd be in a light linen suit, but it was really November and he was shaking with the cold.
   There's also the famous clip of the car crashing over a cliff, which I think turned up in every 60s action series. Apparently the budget for the saint was £32,000 per episode, I think given the limited budget of the 60s, I think they did a great job.
   Just last night watching episode two of series two of mission impossible, they moved through a Latin America out post, which I recognised as the Federation station attacked in the Star Trek episode
"Arena", when Kisk has to fight the Gorn.
Forgot to add, That I too have read many a Clive Cussler novel. Can't understand why they don't seem to translate well to the big screen, perhaps they'd make better one off Television series. Also there's " Night Probe " which basically features a James Bond character ( In all but name ), I finally found a copy in a market on Holiday a few years ago in Portugal

Oh it was well used, makes me think of the Ironside series late 60s, early 70s. They often used a set and there was always this arch that they dressed up in various ways. Ironside 'went' to Canada, the UK, the South Pacific, Japan...but always that set.
Saint's budget was miniscule to Persuaders, ha. Think the early episodes of Persuaders were a million at best per episode.
I don't know why Cussler doesn't translate to the big screen. I read him write about RTT and say how he virtually curled into a ball in the cinema (his only liking was Barry's score). I used to joke on the old forum that I'd love to do a proper adaptation (the Russians trying to takeover Titanic for example in the midst of that hurricane) but it could be done. Sahara was an unholy mess. Completely rehashed the film with nothing of the Lincoln plot or the world's oceans being polluted and so on.
Night Probe is a good book but in an example of un-solid continuity it ends with Canada becoming part of the USA and yet future books set in the Pittverse nay mention it such as Arctic Drift.
Pitt was a decent character. John Barry gets name-checked in Sahara.

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Oh indeed, all hero types share the same trait. Growing up my literary hero, still is really, was Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt and he had similar traits to Bond, Templar et al.

One thing about the Saint is how it utilised the studios. As a kid you think that Simon really did go to LA, Berlin or whatever but then your dad goes, "that's all Elstree, they just rearranged the set" or whatever. One thing that made Persuaders epic as they had the budget, initially, to go overseas. You saw Roger Moore driving the DBS in Rome say.

And yet the Saint took us all over the world without ever leaving bloody Watford!

There was a Rog anecdote about a Saint episode set in France or the like and at one point a London Transport red double-decker bus can clearly be seen in it laugh .

Nothing on Return's Wiki page about why it was a single-season affair ... one presumes ratings would've been decent, so I dunno. I had the Corgi version of the Jaguar XJS as a kid.    

 

Ha, that sounds about right about buses in the background. That Ironside episode where he goes to London they rustled up two red buses that looked anything but London buses and it was all sun drenched with a dusty road everywhere plus this brilliant shot of 'London' and someone driving past on the RIGHT hand side.

Or the film version of Henry VIII's Six Wives, you see a ferry steaming past Windsor Castle.

Think Return's one season was both ratings and perhaps budget, memory serves it was largely film in Spain or some such. Can't imagine Ogilvy hated it saying he still is known for it.
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PostSubject: Re: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptySun May 09, 2021 11:20 pm

I remember reading at the time that filming Return of the Saint. They had to pay a fortune to the Mafia for filming in Europe. Leading to them doubling the amount of episodes.
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PostSubject: Re: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptyMon May 10, 2021 12:11 pm

The 60s Saint sounds like it had a budget roughly akin to that of classic era Doctor Who ... odd when you consider that ITV is a commercial broadcaster and the BBC isn't.
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PostSubject: Re: The SAINT   The SAINT EmptyMon May 10, 2021 1:21 pm

It amazing what they could do with such a shoestring budget. As it doesn't look a cheap show.
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