April 25, 2024

TV News: SHIELD, Vatican, Saint

S.H.I.E.L.D. Chloe Bennet ("Nashville") has been cast as 'Skye' in Joss Whedon and Marvel's upcoming series "S.H.I.E.L.D.". The character is described as a confident woman slightly obsessed with superhero culture and the shadow organizations that exist within it. [Source: The Live Feed] Vatican Showtime has ordered the contemporary thriller pilot … [Read more...]

“The Saint” Returns To Television

Despite reports earlier this year that RKO Pictures was trying to revive the property as a film trilogy, it turns out "The Saint" franchise is instead going back to its most familiar format - television. Adam Rayner ("Hunted", "Hawthorne") and Eliza Dushku ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Dollhouse") are attached to star in a new pilot based on … [Read more...]

Bomer, Griffiths, Saint To Tell A “Tale”

Matt Bomer, Lucy Griffiths and Eva Marie Saint are set to join the cast of Akiva Goldsman's directorial debut "A Winter's Tale" says Deadline. Based on the Mark Helprin novel, the story follows a dying young woman (Jessica Brown Findlay) who falls in love with a thief (Colin Farrell) who breaks into her palatial home on the West Side of … [Read more...]

Saint Aire Develops “Noticer” Film

Saint Aire Productions has acquired screen rights to self-help author Andy Andrews’ 2009 novel "The Noticer" says The Hollywood Reporter. The story revolves around a mysterious man called Jones, who has a gift of noticing things about life that others miss. The company will develop a film adaptation of the property, targeting a spiritual … [Read more...]

RKO Pictures Rebooting “The Saint”

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...]