RKO Pictures is set to revive "The Saint" franchise and have hired Travis Wright ("Eagle Eye") to pen a script which they hope will be the first film in a possible trilogy reports Variety. Leslie Charteris penned the book series starting in the late 1920's. They followed Simon Templar, a thief who sees himself as a modern day Robin Hood as he … [Read more...]
Constantin Rebooting “Winnetou” Westerns
August 11, 2011 by
Constantin Film is planning to revive Karl May's "Winnetou" series of westerns with Oscar-winning "Dances with Wolves" scribe Michael Blake to pen the script adaptation says The Hollywood Reporter. Nearly a dozen Winnetou films were made in Germany in the 60's with French actor Pierre Brice as the titular Apache chief and American Lex Barker as … [Read more...]
