Doug Liman to Direct Paramount’s ‘The Saint’ Reboot

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Doug Liman is set to direct and supervise advancement on Paramount Pictures’ reboot of The Saint.

Regé-Jean Page, a breakout star from Netflix’sBridgerton, was previously tapped to star in and executive produce the studio’s picturing of the motion picture based upon the early 20th century experience books by Leslie Charteris that included a strange male called Simon Templar removing different bad guys.

Val Kilmer starred in Paramount’s 1997 initial movieThe Saintas a master of camouflage. The character has actually shown rather popular, appearing in comics, serials and, naturally, motion pictures and tv. Roger Moore notoriously starred in the 1960s British television series of the exact same name.

Liman boarding the reboot offers brand-new momentum to the long-gestating task, which earlier had actually Chris Pine connected and Dexter Fletcher directing. The logline for the brand-new variation from Liman, the filmmaker behindEdge of TomorrowandMr. & & Mrs. Smithis being kept under covers.

Liman is likewise understood for his deal with the Bourne Identity franchise and the pandemic-themed break-in motion pictureLockdownHe is likewise set to directBourne Identitystar Matt Damon and Casey Affleck in The Instigators for Apple Studios.

Credited manufacturers on the Saint reimagining consist of Lorenzo DiBonaventura, Brad Krevoy and the late Robert Evans. Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani are composing the script. Their credits consist of Maritanianthe Amazon series Informer and most just recently Black Adam for DC.