Earlier this month it was revealed that Eliza Dushku and Adam Rayner had been cast to star in the Roger Moore produced TV-Movie/backdoor pilot The Saint.
Deadline now reports that in addition to his producing duties, Moore will join the cast. The actor brought the character of Simon Templar to life in Lew Grade’s 1962 British TV series Saint.
Ian Ogilvy, who played Templar in 1978’s Return Of The Saint also joins the reboot. Poor Val Kilmer, it looks like the star of the 1997 cinematic adaptation of The Saint has been left out.
Based on the Leslie Charteris book series, the show 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.”
Also joining the cast are James Remar (Dexter), Enrique Murciano (CSI), Thomas Kretschmann (Wanted), Beatrice Rosen (The Dark Knight), Yani Gellman (90210), Greg Grunberg (Heroes), Michael Ornstein (Sons Of Anarchy), Sonalii Castillo (Heroes), Sammi Hanratty (A Christmas Carol), Oliver Bell (The Sparticle Mystery), Kirsty Mitchell (Capone’s Boys), and Jason Brooks (Star Trek).
Moore will co-produce this latest iteration with his son Geoffrey Moore, Lulu Moore, and Louisa Macdonald. Simon West (Con Air, Tomb Raider) directs from a script by the project’s showrunner Jesse Alexander.
Production on the pilot began on December 14 and will travel to Los Angeles, Toronto and London.
Roth Cornet is an Entertainment Editor for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @RothCornet and IGN at Roth-IGN.
Source : ign[dot]com
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