• Guy Ritchie Hires Jared Harris For 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'

    Briefly: While Jared Harris may be best known for his role as Lane Pryce on Mad Men, Guy Ritchie turned to the actor when it was time to bring the evil Moriarty to life in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Now Ritchie and Harris will work together again, on Ritche's new version of The…

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  • Hugh Grant Helps Out 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'

    Briefly: Guy Ritchie's new take on the spy show The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is growing fast. He's got Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer to play US agent Napoleon Solo and the Russian spy Illya Kuryakin. They're partnered though the United Network Command for Law Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.) to fight bad guys. Alicia Vikander and Elizabeth Debicki were added in…

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  • Henry Cavill Could Replace Tom Cruise In Guy Ritchie's 'Man From U.N.C.L.E.'

    The film adaptation of the TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. has gone through its fair share of big names. Steven Soderbergh, George Clooney, Channing Tatum, Bradley Cooper and others all had their names circling the project at certain points. Most recently, Guy Ritchie was set to direct with Tom Cruise and Armie Hammer as…

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  • Tom Cruise Won't Be 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'

    After trying and failing to get The Man From U.N.C.L.E. off the ground with Steven Soderbergh, the Warner Bros. project seemed to get a new lease on life when Guy Ritchie signed on and then got Tom Cruise and Armie Hammer to star. But once again, the long-gestating picture has hit a speed bump. Cruise…

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  • Tom Cruise Circling Guy Ritchie's 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'

    Warner Bros. is not giving up The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The spy thriller has been kicking around for several years at the studio, going through Matthew Vaughn, David Dobkin, and Steven Soderbergh before finally landing with Guy Ritchie in 2011. The project's been pretty quiet sinc then, but now it may be about to take…

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  • Guy Ritchie May Be The New 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' Director

    Briefly: There's not much info right now, but it is sounding like Guy Ritchie is going to continue his partnership with Warner Bros. after making the two action-oriented Sherlock Holmes films. He and Holmes producer Lionel Wigram are forming a new company, and the two have just made a deal with Warner Bros. to board…

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  • Steven Soderbergh Drops 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'

    You may have followed the breadcrumb trail of casting reports for Steven Soderbergh's The Man From U.N.C.L.E. up to this point, but here's the thing: it is no longer Steven Soderbergh's The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Warner Bros. has worked for years to make a new film version of the old cold war TV spy series,…

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  • Now Channing Tatum Could Be Steven Soderbergh's 'Man From U.N.C.L.E.'

    Apparently, Channing Tatum is the guy you call when Bradley Cooper drops out of a project. Over the summer, Tatum's name came up for Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's (now grounded) The Crow remake when Cooper left the project, and now that Cooper's turned down Steven Soderbergh's The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Tatum's reportedly being "eyed" for the lead.…

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  • Bradley Cooper Will Not Be Steven Soderbergh's 'Man From U.N.C.L.E.'

    George Clooney, Johnny Depp, and Matt Damon have all passed on the part, and now it appears Bradley Cooper won't be Steven Soderbergh's Man From U.N.C.L.E., either. The Hangover star was offered the lead role of American spy Napoleon Solo in Soderbergh's big-screen adaptation of the '60s series last month, but a new report says he's now…

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  • Bradley Cooper Offered Steven Soderbergh's 'Man From U.N.C.L.E.'

    When George Clooney dropped out of Steven Soderbergh's The Man From U.N.C.L.E. a few months back, it sent the project scrambling to find someone to replace him. And now, after a whirlwind search process, the actor they've come up with is Bradley Cooper. The Hangover star has been reportedly offered the lead role of American agent…

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  • George Clooney Will No Longer Be Steven Soderbergh's 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'

    Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney have made six films together paired as director and actor (three Ocean's movies, Out of Sight, Solaris and The Good German), and many more as producing partners. Until today it looked like the seventh directing/starring partnership between the two would be The Man From U.N.C.L.E, with Clooney playing the role…

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  • Matt Damon Says Steven Soderbergh Really Does Plan To Retire Soon

    Over the past few years Steven Soderbergh has expressed frustration with filmmaking and has, more than once, talked about the prospect of an early retirement from directing. But the last time that talk cropped up it was just before the director went on a serious filmmaking jag. Rapid-fire projects ensued: The Girlfriend Experience, The Informant!,…

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  • George Clooney Interested In Steven Soderbergh's 'Man From U.N.C.L.E.' Remake

    That didn't take long. Barely 12 hours since the announcement that Oscar winning director Steven Soderbergh was in talks to direct an adaptation of the 1960s television show The Man From U.N.C.L.E, reports are coming out that his long time producing partner and leading man George Clooney is interested in starring in the film. Plus,…

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  • Steven Soderbergh In Talks To Direct 'Man From U.N.C.L.E.'

    Everyone who wants to see a Steven Soderbergh spy film raise their hands. Well, you just may get your wish. The eclectic, Academy Award winning director is currently in talks to direct an adaptation of the mid-Sixties spy television show The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Scott Z. Burns, who wrote two of Soderbergh's most recent films…

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