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Paramount Pictures is in preliminary negotiations with Chris Pratt for the launch of The Saint, two decades after Val Kilmer's thriller and 50 years after Roger Moore's television series.
The Pratt agreement is not closed. He became a star all over the world after Disney-Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Avengers: Infinity War" (2018) movies and his sequel (2019). He also played in "Passengers" with Jennifer Lawrence and in the long sitcom series NBC "Parks and Recreation".
The studio signed a contract for the rights of the book series in 2016 and signed a production contract with Lorenzo di Bonaventura with the aim of launching an action franchise.
"The Saint" is based on the series of books by Leslie Charteris, following the debonair character of Simon Templar, introduced for the first time in the 1928 novel "Meet the Tiger", followed by "Enter the Saint" in 1930. Templar stole corrupt politicians leaving a matchstick call card with a halo.
George Sanders starred in "The Saint" in half a dozen movies in the late '30s and early' 40s. Prior to his James Bond career, Moore starred in a longtime British television series in 1960s.
The 1997 movie "The Saint" featured Kilmer and Elisabeth Shue and was directed by Phillip Noyce from a screenplay by Jonathan Hensleigh and Wesley Strick. The film, which explored the main character dealing with the underworld of international industrial flight, was produced by Evans, David Brown, William MacDonald and Mace Neufeld.
Di Bonaventura Pictures, based in Paramount, produced the "Transformers", "G.I. Joe "and" Red ", as well as" Salt "," Side Effects "," Shooter "," Jack Ryan "and" The Devil Inside ".
Evans is taken over by UTA. The news about Pratt has been reported for the first time by Deadline Hollywood.
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