Chris Pine is in negotiations to star in the title role in the latest film reboot of “The Saint” which is being helmed by “Rocketman” director Dexter Fletcher for Paramount Pictures.
Seth Grahame-Smith penned the script while Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and Brad Krevoy will produce along with the late Robert Evans posthumously. The story follows Simon Templar (a.k.a. The Saint), a Robin Hood-esque criminal and thief for hire.
The property was previously turned into the famed 1960s TV series starring Roger Moore and the 1997 film starring Val Kilmer, while there’s also been multiple other telemovie, radio and TV series adaptations with actors like Vincent Price, Louis Hayward, George Sanders and Adam Rayner.
Pine has worked with Paramoutn before on both the “Star Trek” franchise and his one off stint as Jack Ryan for the film “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit”. It’s unknown when “The Saint” would go into production, but the project is being seek as a potential franchises starter.
Source: The Wrap
